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Another taboo topic: do ‘antipsychotics’ cause withdrawal symptoms? ⁦Dr Joanna Moncrieff⁩ ⁦Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social⁩ ⁦CEP⁩ ⁦@MarnieWedlake⁩ ⁦Anne Guy 💙⁩ ⁦Indigo Daya⁩ ⁦International Institute for Psych Drug Withdrawal⁩ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Instead of using social policy to tackle the systematic drivers of the nation's ever worsening mental health, our politicians call for 'more anti-stigma campaigns, mental-health-aid at work & better access to GPs', as if this is the real solution. You see the problem here, right?

Walk and talk (just a bit faster) ...with Ronnie

From Mad in the Netherlands: If coercion doesn’t work, why is it used it so much? madintheuk.com/2024/04/if-coe…

Hardest Geezer: The man who ran the entire length of Africa bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

letsconnect-eng.co.uk/index.php/blog…

Great study. 27 years after our first review showing child abuse is a cause of psychosis. How many more studies like this before psychiatry actually starts asking and listening? Admissions for psychosis following agency-notified child maltreatment ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to be part of this conference today, organised by Teesside Psychology students and South Tees Well-being network

One in 9 girls and 1 in 20 boys under the age of 18 are sexually abused. Where is the similar outrage at the absent or overmedicalisation of care? Where the concerns about safety?

Childhood trauma isn't just about what happened; it's also about what didn't happen.

Assuming a diagnostic identity won't save you from structural harm, erase your trauma or heal relational deprivation. It won't lead to political uprising or systemic reform, but will just further entrench the widespread depoliticisation/commodification of socially-rooted distress

The metaphor of the medical model hides the problems we face in life & focuses away from the things we need to deal with. #medicalisation #emotionaldistress #AD4E theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Rose Cartwright was told 'the root cause of mental illnesses are biological abnormalities in the brain' but realised this was not true and not helpful theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

Messing about with the brain: a response to commentaries on ‘Depression: why electricity and drugs are not the answer’ | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/49FkzZe

I will be running another workshop for A Disorder 4Everyone on 1 November. #existential

Maybe the most fun thing I’ve ever written for Canary Rebuilding lives: how #LEGO is helping adults heal from #trauma thecanary.co/opinion/2024/0…

The amazing HG sharing insights into the therapeutic benefits of LEGO , play & activity based mindfulness.

Compassionate, collaborative care for self-harm/suicidal thoughts saves lives A Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis can be applied too readily and cause harm My view - can act as a barrier to accessing best care due to stigma and prejudice What do you think? Pls vote 🙏🏼

Exciting developments in community men’s health #CMHT #ABCD #Loneliness #Community