Crisis in Serviceland
My experience of childhood abuse put the power in others and removed my control. My later experiences with Mental Health Services did the same. Now I have the PHB, I have the control to do what feels right for me.
In Memoriam: Paula Joan Caplan
Paula Caplan, known for her fierce criticism of psychiatry and its diagnostic manual, died Wednesday at age 74.
Resettlement revisited in my novel Matilda Windsor Is Coming Home
When I switched from clinical psychologist to author, I couldn’t help taking some of my professional life with me.
Call for participants: Understanding Service Responses to Repeated Self-Harm
This research study aims to improve service responses to repeated self-harm. Are you a health professional working in a service which supports people (18+) who repeatedly self-harm?
The ERNI Declaration: Making Sense of Distress Without “Disease”
The ERNI (Emotions aRe Not Illnesses) declaration is based on the idea that distress does not equate to disease, dysfunction, dysregulation, or chemical imbalance. Signatories believe that there needs to be a shift from illness and diagnosis ideas to personal narratives and understandings.