‘I just keep getting hit by stuff’
A man sat across from me in a small room in Dundee House. A few crumpled letters were spread out on a table between...
The IAPT Service Is an Abject Failure
In 2012, an editorial in the prestigious journal Nature claimed that the UK’s IAPT Service is “world-beating”—meaning that the service is the world’s best for treating...
The Great Slowdown: Why Breaking Down Is Waking Up
If we’re courageous enough to imagine a new era of Communitas, and take steps towards it, then we may just emerge from this pandemic with the wisdom it intended us to understand. That mental and emotional equanimity, much like halting the spread of the virus, depends on the actions of society as a whole, as much as it does on the individual
Living Under Section – Coercion, Powerlessness and Aggravated Distress
Having one’s rights and freedoms removed is inherently degrading, no matter how nicely or correctly the procedures for enforcing and managing those removals are implemented. When one’s ability to act autonomously and in personally meaningful ways is significantly undermined for an extended period of time, it is soul destroying, and for me, it certainly contributed to my escalating mental distress.
Antidepressant use linked to sexual dysfunction, why aren’t prescribers discussing it?
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness surrounding the adverse long-term effects of antidepressants, particularly concerning treatment-emergent sexual dysfunction (TESD). A new study published...