Socio-legal academic @latrobelaw, ARC DECRA Fellow, Honorary Fellow @MDI_unimelb // Disability & health-related law & politics // sometimes muso
Wurundjeri Lands, Melbourne
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A web-based version of our Digital Futures in Mind report is now available for anyone interested in (a more web-friendly read about) the politics, law, & ethics of tech experiments in the mental health context piersgooding.github.io/digit…
ALT Report cover that reads: Digital Futures in Mind: Reflecting on Technological Experiments in Mental Health and Crisis support
“A coronial inquest has found a NSW prison inmate waited almost a year for mental health treatment that never came. The inquest heard there were two mental health nurses responsible for about 700 inmates at the prison.”
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Why cameras in mental health bedrooms are under scrutiny
Cameras are monitoring patients in NHS mental health bedrooms, but concerns over consent, privacy and staff reliance are now under scrutiny, writes @AyshahTull.
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“In 2024, Larry Richardson had built a Google Scholar h-index of 11 over a short stretch of time, highlighting his promising trajectory as an up-and-coming scholar. The only problem was that Larry turned out to actually be a cat” @PeterWoelert on citations futurecampus.com.au/2026/10/…
"A man was kept in jail illegally because of a severe shortage of beds at WA’s only facility for mentally impaired prisoners. A Supreme Court judge found officials were being forced to break the state's own rules due to a lack of [hospital] beds..." abc.net.au/news/2026-10-09/m…
"Full OPCAT implementation requires nomination of a national preventive mechanism that oversees or coordinates all inspections of places of detention, which includes locked mental health facilities," he said.
abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/f…
Anyone interested in unfitness to stand trial jurisprudence may be interested in this excellent article on the doctrine in international criminal law: 'The response to a finding of unfitness in international criminal law: Lessons from the Kabuga' pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/4280…
A nice summary of our paper on video-algorithmic patient monitoring and surveillance in mental health inpatient units was just published by @Mad_In_America, based on research conducted with @hmltnknndy @sjdalf @cathydan, @TimothyKariotis, and Bridget Hamilton.
Patients Warn That Mental Health Surveillance Could Undermine Care.
New research finds patients and nurses fear video monitoring could undermine therapeutic relationships, compromise privacy, fuel mistrust, and replace human care with #surveillance.
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Very sadly Diana died on 30 May 2026 in Moissac Hospital after a long period of ill health. Memorial to her life will be afternoon of Saturday 26 September in London. Details from [email protected]
“Over the last week Donald Trump has signed the form that expands an AI pilot by Limbic to provide AI therapy across federal health care systems in the States.”
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“If you’re on Medicare, you will rapidly only be able to access automated care. For every 1000 consumers treated by an ‘AI Analyst’ they will be overseen by one actual clinician…”
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The celebration of the life of Diana Rose @DianaRose160 will take place in London on the afternoon of Saturday 26 September. Please hold her in your thoughts and in your hearts. You can find tributes to her life and work at dianarose.fr
"When Does Mental Illness Change Criminal Responsibility?" - good summary of major issues concerning mental health and criminal law in Australia on this new podcast, with an excellent interview with the (highly experienced) Tim Marsh KC.
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"County Court of Victoria judge Sandra Davis found that the 23-year-old has been on remand in Victoria for 538 days, after offending that was done while he was experiencing psychosis in the context of longstanding schizophrenia..." abouttime.org.au/news-and-in…
Troubling reports from @theage of late about Victoria's mental health system: "A children’s mental health unit has been closed and five of its staff stood down amid allegations of bullying and the use of force against vulnerable young patients [under 12]."
theage.com.au/national/victo…
Plus commentary from @PatMcGorry: "Acute units remain custodial and non-therapeutic... The risks to patients, to staff through both moral and physical injury, and to the wider community have continued to worsen..." theage.com.au/national/victo…
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Unlike Penelope, we didn’t have to wait 20 years for the return of Bronitt and McSherry’s Principles of Criminal Law, though sometimes it felt like it! Thanks to co-author extraordinaire @SBronitt and all our fab research associates #CriminalLaw #AusLaw
New edition of B&McS will be out by month’s end. A Sisyphus-like challenge over many years. Thank u Bern and our #inspiringRAminds for sharing the Odyssey!
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The families of four teens who died by suicide are suing Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube over what they describe as “years of escalating harms” from using their platforms that eventually resulted in their deaths. cbsnews.com/news/meta-tiktok…
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