'Blank face observations' reminiscent of Tronick's 'still face experiment' -the lack of response causing babies to become angry, confused, care-seekin and near catatonic before giving up. There are effects even from one go that can be picked up in stress response months later.

Keir Harding ISSPD BIGSPD @ESSPD Recovery in the Bin Survivors against PD #StopSIM #StopOxevision The Mental Elf @HartleySamantha Wren Cage Wren Dr Jay Watts #TraumaNotPd @BPDTestimony Lara Ferguson 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Mary Doherty 🏳️‍🌈 Practitioners vs. 'personality pathology' 💙 Ålyn Dr Charlotte Huggett Dr Charley Baker Dr John Read Neurodivergent Dr Marie Camin, Clinical Psychologist The Atypical Psychologist🌱 Personality Disorder “There is a wealth of evidence to suggest that the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD, or similar Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, EUPD) construct is harmful.” acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Dear Rachel There will be days when you think about #selfharm and #suicide; being discharged from hospital doesn't just erase that. There will be days when #mentalillness is the only focus. When #mentalhealth feels so so far away. There will be days, weeks, when it feels like

Journal club 📚 🧵 "Terminal Anorexia Nervosa (T-AN) may not be terminal," reveals a new empirical study, challenging assumptions and offering hope. Data over opinions! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Morgan Robison @FSUPsychology #AnorexiaRecovery psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2024-…

So pleased to see this study make it to print - the participants words certainly resonated with us and we hope they will with others #HigherEd #psychosis doi.org/10.1080/016421…

doi.org/10.12968/bjmh.… ‘When mh SU’s are told they have capacity to end their life, and healthcare is withheld from them, not only does this risk their life, it erodes their self worth and value, inducing a deeply damaging sense of being undeserving of care and compassion’

"She wants more support for women who have suffered birth trauma, postnatal depression or any perinatal mental health complications...And for every mother ...to be able to access the mental health support they need." Well said, Louise Thompson. womenshealthmag.com/uk/health/a609…

Thank you to all the hard work from @RCOTWalesRegion bringing together a great event at USW yesterday. I feel better informed & better able to join and articulate the conversation around #EBD It was great sensing the real community between #occupationaltherapy educators Wales too

I was deliberating taking part in the mum’s race #sportsday Uphill & grass in a wheelchair isn’t easy 🙈 I did it and look at this for support 🥰😲👇🏻 #JustDoIt ♿️ doesn’t have to mean you must ‘sit out’ My heart melted when my daughter said she was proud #last ❤️

Pleased to see laxatives sales being limited to Over 18s only, and only a single pack at a time. Small steps to making the world a slightly safer place for people with eating disorders. Great to see shops taking this seriously, especially with harm laxative abuse can do.

I am still looking for participants to take part in my thesis. If you are a psychologist or psychotherapist with experience of working with individuals who have engaged in stalking behaviours with comorbid mental health please see the ad below #dclin #thesis #stalking

There are just 2 weeks left to apply for a bursary to attend the RCPsych Eating Disorders Faculty conference on 12-13/11/2024.  •Medical students •Foundation Year doctors (FY1-2) •psychiatric trainees (CT1-3 &ST4-6) & people with lived experience.

Who wouldn't want to drop in for a chat with me about my role and all the fabulous stuff I get to do?! 😁 UoL_OT Lincs Comm Health Lincolnshire AHPs

them: have you tried using a planner? me: um, yeah. I already own like 47 planners. ... also me: [buys another planner]

And what does this mean when leaving the ward? 1 - People might be disregulated BECAUSE of the chaos, hierarchy, scrutiny, absence of privacy etc. Removing them from that is an intervention. 2 - We might not want to replicate those features of a hospital in the community.

Understanding mental health, identity, roles and occupation through the eyes of our artists Guild Lodge LSCFT. A fabulous co-produced exhibition Haworth Art Gallery and Artists' Studios . Amazing contributions from both service users and staff. JoLM RCOT Mental Health

I refuse to believe it

I wish my depression was as simple as 'getting out of a bad situation'. What a reductionist and self centred take on depression that ignores the experiences of many.