Lack of investment in social care, not enough beds for size of the population, unsustainable vacancy rate & chronically overworked staff. Need urgent reform & investment in health & social care & to look after staff better to fix this within a decade. apple.news/AbLDvlE04RpKl9…

NHS told to cut spending to save £4.5bn - This is how out of touch the government are. I guess most of the cabinet go private anyway. If this continues the NHS will be an intolerable place to work in some areas & vacancies will increase further. So sad… apple.news/A02RxdDSGRGaFG…

The endless failure of the few psychiatrists who still use ECT to conduct placebo-controlled trials because they ‘know it works’ places them completely outside the scientific process and evidence-based medicine.
Richard Bentall #FBPE Woke and proud Mad In The UK Sarah P. Hancock, MS, CRC ♿ Lisa Morrison Dr Warren Larkin

Speaking of #MentalHealthMatters , have you, or someone you love had electroconvulsive therapy #ECT ? Share your experience (good/bad/mixed) anonymously in our int'l survey! uelpsych.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_57… Beth Frates MD The Mental Elf Doctor Jodi (she/her) Natasha Tracy Patrick J. Kennedy Kristen Welker

George Kirov 3/3 Everytime I say this, I get pile-ons from ECT advocates saying it would be unethical because they know it works (no they don't) and ECT sceptics who say they know the harms outweigh the benefits (no they don't).

A classic failure of evidence-based medicine.

George Kirov 2/3 We need to do the trial(s). This would be difficult, not impossible. We could get advocates and sceptics to agree outcome criteria. I am an experienced trialist and would be willing to help.

Let's just get the fucking evidence. If it works, so be it. If it doesn't so be it.

George Kirov 1/3 I am tired of saying this (which brings attacks from either side) but there are no high quality placebo-controlled randomized trials of ECT; this is a classic failure of evidence-based medicine.

Dr John Read Royal College of Psychiatrists Psychiatry mislead the public for too long. Charles Medawar warned Prof Robert Kendall, then president of the RCPsych, in 1997 of the risk of SSRI dependence. Again in 2003 he warned of a looming crisis. Years of denial compromising #patientsafety .
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Have you been given ECT in Wales?

Help collect Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 data for this ECT study. It needs more Welsh people to share their experiences.

The research team is made up of people with experience of ECT.

It’s a John Read collaboration study.

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So grateful to have you delivering training to pastoral staff & senior leaders in therapeutic skills Rachel! They are dealing with complexity & need without the training due to lack of specialist input from wider system. We are putting psychological science in their hands 🙌

I had the pleasure of delivering Lancashire Violence Reduction Network Trauma Informed Lancashire training yesterday to these outstanding professionals. Fabulous debate and insights. We have such amazing people working in Lancashire & with their support we will become a trauma informed community 👏👏👏

Thrilled to be part of the 'Sparks in the Dark' conference in Prague alongside advocates from other European Commission projects combatting child sexual abuse.

Our CESAGRAM Project EU project brings a distinct focus on survivor voices, adding essential perspectives to the discussion.

Hopefully will provide more detailed information for how to practically implement hyperbolic/proportional tapering when down to low doses that can confound patients and doctors. As the last version was one of the most popular pages on RCPsych website, hope similar for this

We updated Royal College of Pscyhiatrists (parody) guidance on Stopping Antidepressants bit.ly/3x05zrv with Wendy Burn CBE (She/her) David Taylor with more advice on 'off-label' use eg. diluting liquids, crushing tablets in water. Endorsed by RCGP Royal Pharmaceutical Society Drug-specific advice here: amzn.to/40o3wrI

Please share this important guidance 👇. One in six people are taking antidepressants and I know from personal experience that coming off them is no joke.

On World Social Work Day just a quick message of thanks to all Social Workers across the world working for a shared future for transformative change #BuenVivir #WSWD2024 This year I will be 41yrs as a #SocialWorker

While the number of spiking reports in Lancashire are low, we are pleased to be able support prevention efforts across the county.

Over the next few weeks, licensed premises will receive 'Ask for Angela' training to help them support vulnerable people in their venues.

If you’re in or around Manchester and would like to come to the launch of my book #sicksociety on Thursday 21st March, it would be great to see you! Here is the link to book your free ticket! buytickets.at/sicksocietyboo…

This wonderful book on voices reviews evidence of how the content and emotional tone of voices correlates with social beliefs: if voices are framed as a ‘symptom’ of a disorder, the experience is far more negative. What if psychiatry is harming patients with its messaging? Charlie Heriot-Maitland

Snuck into the budget is something that you won’t hear on the news … UK Defence Spending was cut.