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Tuesday, 19, March, 2024

Fundamentally re-thinking UK mental health practice
and promoting positive change

BLOGS

Essays from a diverse selection of writers, which aim to change the professional and public discourse about emotional distress and unusual experiences.
Charles Spencer, A Very Private School

Charles Spencer, brother of Princess Diana, was abused at boarding school. His story will help others speak out

On 10 March, the Mail on Sunday put Charles Spencer’s story about being sexually abused...

Untold- an excerpt from “Shut up and keep taking the pills!”

Her parents brought her in.  Voluntary admission.  Marie was seventeen, thin and pale.  She looked...

Critical social media literacy protects emerging adults

The potential benefits and negative consequences of social media have long been studied and discussed....

Do psychologists inhibit awareness of oppressive social structures?

A recent study published in the British Journal of Guidance & Counselling explores the psychosocial consequences of...

Placebo Effect – not antidepressants – responsible for depression improvement

In a study of fluoxetine (Prozac) for adolescents, researchers found that the placebo effect predicted...

When access becomes excess: the rise of opportunistic ADHD telehealth companies in the United States

The loosening of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) regulations in an effort to expand telemedicine amid...

SSRI exposure in pregnancy connected to delayed neonatal adaptation

A new article published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition finds that...

Antipsychotics lead to worse outcomes in first-episode psychosis

What happens when you give antipsychotic drugs at the first sign of psychosis? Worse outcomes,...

It’s health’s illusions I recall, I really don’t know health at all

There is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay,...

ADHD tests lead to mass overdiagnosis, researchers warn

ADHD rating scales and screening measures lead to a high number of people inappropriately diagnosed...

Psychiatrists call for transition to social rather than biological treatments

“Something is wrong with American psychiatry.” With that statement, Helena Hansen, Kevin J. Gutierrez, and Saudi Garcia opened...

Challenging the biomedical imperative in global mental health with clinical-community psychology

A new article titled “Reflexivity on the medicalization of the mind and the biomedical invasion...
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Jo Watson’s incredible poem ‘I’m with her’ inspired by Eleanor Longden’s story. Film by Ian Smith

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OTHER RESOURCES

A list of groups and resources that you may find helpful. If you are aware of other resources that we should consider adding, please let us know by email: [email protected].

Mad in America – Mad in America’s mission is to serve as a catalyst for rethinking psychiatric care in the United States (and abroad).

The Power Threat Meaning Framework – Towards the identification of patterns in emotional distress, unusual experiences and troubled or troubling behaviour, as an alternative to functional psychiatric diagnosis.

Drop the Disorder (Facebook) –  a group for anyone who is interested in challenging traditional approaches to emotional distress.

A Disorder 4 Everyone – Exploring the culture of psychiatric diagnosis – creating change. Provides events, blogs and other resources.

A free-to-use guide to the healing of psychological trauma is available. It comprises information, approaches to healing and resources together with links to selected clinicians, organisations, projects and support groups. Download the pdf here: Healing Psychological Trauma

Hearing Voices Network – If you hear voices, HVN can help – we are committed to helping people who hear voices. We offer information, support and understanding to people who hear voices and those who support them.

International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis (UK) – works to promote greater knowledge of the different psychological approaches to psychosis and psychotic experiences – psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, arts-based, family and holistic approaches – and their better integration with each other and with pharmaceutical approaches.

The Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry – CEP exists to communicate evidence of the potentially harmful effects of psychiatric drugs to the people and institutions in the UK that can make a difference.

The Inner Compass Initiative and Withdrawal Project – provides information, resources, tools, and connecting platforms to facilitate more informed choices regarding all things “mental health”.

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Prescribed Drug Dependence will address the growing problem of prescribed drug dependence by demanding appropriate services for those affected, proper training for medical professionals, reduced prescribing through adherence to new and existing guidelines, better data regarding the prevalence of PDD and more research into long-term harms associated with PDD.

More resources are listed here.