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Some people find psychiatry helpful… and that’s OK
I grew up very close to a Victorian asylum. It began to close in the late 1980s, when I was in my teens, but even as a child I was aware that some of the people I saw wandering the … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychiatry, Diagnosis, History of mental health, Hospital, Inpatient care, Medication, Mental health, mental health debate, Mental health services, NHS services, Psychiatry, psychology, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Antipsychiatry, Asylum, Diagnosis, Mental health, Mental Health Act, mental health professionals, Mental health services, Psychiatric drugs, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatric medication, Psychiatric ward, Psychiatrists, Psychiatry, Psychology
And what do YOU do?
Nothing. I do nothing. I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of days I’ve worked in the past 18 months. When I was well, I had a career with professional training, and was promoted every two … Continue reading
Bed/crisis
In past times when I have been very ill a bed has been found at my local unit – and quickly. I think one was sourced within the day the first time around, and the following day at the start of my … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Hospital, Hypomania, Inpatient care, Mental health, Mental health services, Mixed mood, Mood disorder, NHS services, Politics and current affairs, Psychiatry, Rapid cycling, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Treatment planning, Uncategorized
Tagged Bed crisis, Crisis care, Crisis services, Crisis Team, Distraction techniques, Home Treatment Team, Hospital bed, Hospital care, Inpatient bed, Inpatient treatment, Mixed affective state, Mixed episode, Mixed mood, Mixed state, Psychiatric hospital, Psychiatric ward, Rapid cycling
Me me me
Dullness warning: I am going to assume you’re at risk of boredom here, not just because I have already posted twice in a week, but also because this is going to one of those posts that’s using writing as therapy in attempt … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Crisis care, Depression, Mental health, Mental health services, Mood disorder, Psychosis, Stress, Suicidal thought, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged Blogging, Crisis, Delusional ideas, Depression, Home Treatment Team, House move, Low mood, Paranoia, persecutory beliefs, Psychosis, Stress, Suicidal feelings, Suicidal ideation, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
Research dissemination – can you help?
The McPin Foundation has The Primrose project: severe mental illness and physical health The McPin Foundation are recruiting to a new lived experience dissemination advisory group (LEDAP). The Primrose study, coordinated by McPin and University College London, has been … Continue reading
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Troubles
So this week Prince Harry made a number of statements on mental health. I am really glad that he feels able to disclose a need for treatment around the death of his mother. It would be very sad to think of him … Continue reading
Posted in Antipsychiatry, Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression, Hospital, Medication, Mental health, mental health debate, Mood disorder, Parenting, Psychiatry, psychology, Stigma and discrimination, Suicide, Uncategorized
Tagged Critical psychiatry, Diagnostic labeling, Discrimination, Labelling theory, Mental health service user, Mental health stigma, Prince Harry, Psychiatry, Psychology, Stigma
Who’s listening?
It’s no fun being trapped in a pit. You were walking along in the forest and you just kind of… slid. And now you’re on your own in the darkness, looking up at the moon through a circle of dirt. You didn’t … Continue reading
