There was much talk last week of 'learning lessons' and 'assertive outreach'. Can we please acknowledge that a major reason mentally ill patients 'disengage' from services is because of the insensitive and often rude way MH professionals treat us. Case in point 👇

We (understandably) often jump to deaths as a result of NHS underfunding or other failure when we discuss it but there’s also just so many people having a worse quality of life than they (we) need to. Deaths are the tip of the iceberg.

Particularly in mental health I worry about what this does to The Discourse bc there’s already this narrative that your suicidality is only real if you actually die

"Suicidal pts are being ignored & accused of attention seeking" Notice the complete absence of gasps following this statement. It's hardly breaking news. NHS England literally rolled out a national programme to have suicidal ppl arrested & imprisoned 🙄 independent.co.uk/news/health/su…

Also important for HCPs to remember that while your motivation may be a desire for a positive outcome, that doesn't mean your behaviour cannot harm or be experienced as abusive by patients - not least bc your idea of a positive outcome may be very different to the patients

The lack of NHS resources has now hit catastrophic levels, as a shortage of available words forces otherwise lovely staff to call patients "attention seekers" & "manipulative", as they no longer have access to nicer, more expensive descriptions.

Nearly 200 patients responded that nhs mh professionals had hung up on them in crisis. #CrisisTeamFail #SuicideAwareness

Our informal poll suggests that it is not a rare experience to contact mh services in distress and the mh professional hangs up. x.com/Alt2suiUKgroup…

I care for someone in my life with SMI. It is a 24/7 job. I get no days off, no pay, no sick leave, no support, no recognition. I have no colleagues, no resources, no help. I have seen & done things as a carer which you wouldn't believe. What I have never done: called them names.

Urghj. The foster/adoption system is not a shopping centre for couples who can't have children. Children in care are individuals with their own needs & identities. They don't exist to complete rich white families & are not some kind of "ethical" alternative lifestyle accessory 😒

Reposting this today, thinking about how many of us who have been harmed by social care/mental health services, get pushed into the position of believing that an inquest is the only forum we have left for truth and justice. psychiatryisdrivingmemad.co.uk/post/justice-w…