Report of the Human Rights Defender on the activities of the National Preventive Mechanism in Poland in 2013 sation of heath care centres. Between 1978 and 1992, she was employed at the Psychiatric Clinic of the Medical University of Silesia in Tarnowskie Góry. Since 1992, she has been employed in the Psychiatric Hospital in Toszek. Expert witness at the Regional Court in Gliwice, expert witness at the Episcopal Court in Gliwice. Tomasz Szafrański – a doctor of medical sciences, psychiatrist. Between 1994 and 2012 he worked at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, where he was the head of the inpatient ward since 1999 and where he conducted research. He is the author or co-author of over 70 publications in journals, monographs and of chapters in psychiatry textbooks. Graduate of the School of Human Rights at the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights. For many years the Foundation’s expert, co-author of report Human Rights in Psychiatric Hospitals and Welfare Care Homes (1996) and Monitoring of Forensic Psychiatry Wards (2006). The organiser of many psychiatric scientific conferences. In the framework of his educational activities, he delivered many lectures, training courses and workshops for physicians, psychologists, nurses, social workers and welfare workers. He also delivered trainings in human rights in psychiatry in countries such as Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova and Russia. Member of the Polish Psychiatric Association, International Early Psychosis Association and Schizophrenia International Research Society. Since 2013, he has been the editor in chief of “Psychiatra” magazine. He runs a private practice in Warsaw. Agnieszka Szaniawska-Bartnicka – a psychiatrist (second degree specialist since 1999). Graduate of the Medical Academy in Warsaw. She gained her professional experience at the III Clinic of Psychiatry of the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw, where she has been the head of the general psychiatric ward since 1 January 2013. She finished postgraduate studies in medical rights and bioethics at the Faculty of Law of the University of Warsaw. Maria Załuska – associate professor, PhD, psychiatrist. She received her medical diploma in 1973 at the Medical University in Warsaw. Head of the ward and of the IV Clinic at the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Bielański Hospital. Lecturer at the Faculty of Family Studies at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw. B. Psychologists Paweł Jezierski – a psychotherapist working in the field of psychodynamics. Graduate of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. A  last-year student of the School of Individual Psychotherapy and the School of Group Psychotherapy – trainings organised by the Psychoeducation Laboratory. He gained his clinical experience in the Psychiatric Ward of the Voivodeship Hospital in Łomża. 85