stigmatising distress

What happened to you? Trauma informed approaches to mental health care. A paradigm shift in services needed NOW.

Published January 8, 2020

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Counselling and therapy., Domestic violence & abuse, Education, Human Rights Violations, LBGT Mental Health, Look after yourself, Men's Mental Health, Older people's mental health, Open Dialogue, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Research, Social & Economic inequalties, Stigma, Trauma and psychosis, Women's Mental Health, Young Peoples Mental Health

An essential reading list for everyone involved in mental health today.

Published January 2, 2020

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Education, Hearing Voices, In the News, LBGT Mental Health, Medication, Men's Mental Health, Mental Wellbeing, Older people's mental health, Open Dialogue, Prescription psychiatric drugs, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Resources, Service User and Carer Involvement, Social & Economic inequalties, Stigma, Trauma and psychosis, Women's Mental Health, Young Peoples Mental Health

Stigma and mental health problems: why psychiatric professionals are the main culprits. Dr Gary Sidley.

Published January 1, 2020

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Education, Mental Wellbeing, Open Dialogue, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Resources, Stigma, Young Peoples Mental Health

We are in the midst of a mental health crisis – advice about jogging and self-care is not enough. The Guardian.

Published December 22, 2019

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Social & Economic inequalties, Social Isolation, Socioeconomic causes of mental distress, Suicide Prevention

Experts Warn There’s a Huge Problem With How Mental Health Problems Are Diagnosed. All distress in NOT ‘disorder’.

Published July 15, 2019

Posted in Iatrogenic Trauma, Adult Mental Health, Counselling and therapy., Prescription psychiatric drugs, Psychiatric drug side effects, Psychiatry, Socioeconomic causes of mental distress, Stigma, Trauma and addiction, Trauma and psychosis

Child abuse and violence survivors are being misdiagnosed and re-traumatised by the NHS. Dr Jay Watts in the Independent.

Published July 6, 2019

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Counselling, Counselling and therapy., Domestic violence & abuse, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Human Rights Violations, Mental Wellbeing, Politics, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Research, Service User and Carer Involvement, Stigma

The bio-bio-bio model of madness. John Read wonders what happened to the ‘psycho’ and ‘social’ in explanations of mental illness. Must read article for ALL involved with mental health.

Published April 6, 2019

Posted in Iatrogenic Trauma, Adult Mental Health, Counselling, Counselling and therapy., Education, Hearing Voices, In the News, Medication, Mental Wellbeing, Poverty, Prescription psychiatric drugs, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Resources, Social & Economic inequalties, Social Isolation, Socioeconomic causes of mental distress, Stigma, Trauma and psychosis, Young Peoples Mental Health

We need to address the socioeconomic causes of mental health issues if we really want to tackle the problem. The Independent.

Published March 22, 2019

Posted in Iatrogenic Trauma, Adult Mental Health, Benefit sanctions, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Community involvement, Debt, Domestic Abuse, Domestic violence & abuse, Drugs and Alcohol, Eating Disorders, Education, Health and Wellbeing, Hearing Voices, Housing Support, Human Rights Violations, Mental Wellbeing, Poverty, Prescription psychiatric drugs, Psychiatry, Psychology, Social & Economic inequalties, Social Isolation, Socioeconomic causes of mental distress, Stigma, Trauma and psychosis, Zero hours contracts

‘Dozens of mental disorders don’t exist’ Has the drive to identify all illnesses created a ‘fiction’ of psychiatry? The Telegraph.

Published February 8, 2019

Posted in Iatrogenic Trauma, Adult Mental Health, Counselling, Health and Wellbeing, In the News, Medication, Mental Wellbeing, Prescription psychiatric drugs, Psychiatric drug side effects, Psychiatry, Psychology, Talking therapies

Victim Blaming: Childhood Trauma, ‘Mental Illness’ & Diagnostic Distractions?

Published January 7, 2019

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Counselling and therapy., Domestic violence & abuse, Drugs and Alcohol, Education, In the News, Mental Wellbeing, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Stigma

Psychiatric Diagnosis is a Fraud: The Destructive and Damaging Fiction of Biological ‘Diseases’ Robert Berezin.

Published April 1, 2018

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Domestic violence & abuse, Eating Disorders, Education, Hearing Voices, LBGT Mental Health, Medication, Men's Mental Health, Mental Wellbeing, Older people's mental health, Poverty, Prescription psychiatric drugs, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Social Isolation, Women's Mental Health, Young Peoples Mental Health

A survivors account of their personal experiences of mental health services in Wirral.

Published March 21, 2018

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Medication, Psychiatry, Resources, Social & Economic inequalties, Stigma, Trauma and psychosis

How Psychiatry Evolved Into A Religion.

Published February 18, 2018

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Education, Human Rights Violations, Mental Wellbeing, Prescription psychiatric drugs, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Research, Social & Economic inequalties, Trauma and psychosis

Schizophrenia – Man Made Myth?

Published February 6, 2018

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Counselling and therapy., Education, Hearing Voices, LBGT Mental Health, Look after yourself, Men's Mental Health, Mental Wellbeing, Older people's mental health, Prescription psychiatric drugs, Social Isolation, Stigma, Trauma and psychosis, Women's Mental Health, Young Peoples Mental Health

We need to talk about stigma within the mental health system. Louisa Harvey.

Published September 26, 2017

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Education, Politics, Psychiatry, Research, Service User and Carer Involvement, Stigma

The game of LIFE for a young person with a mental health problem. Shocking statistics of the damage done by giving a young person a mental health diagnosis.

Published September 9, 2017

Posted in Stigma, Young Peoples Mental Health

Prince Harry says we must stop handing out pills to cure all ills as he criticises how doctors treat depression

Published May 27, 2017

Posted in Adult Mental Health, Counselling, Counselling and therapy., Education, Mental Wellbeing, Politics, Prescription psychiatric drugs, Psychiatry, Psychology, Research, Young Peoples Mental Health

What’s the Harm in Taking an Antidepressant?

Published January 31, 2016

Posted in Health and Wellbeing, Medication, Mental Wellbeing, Research

Antipsychotic drugs and the alternatives. Robert Whitaker author of Anatomy of an Epidemic and Mad in America.

Published May 12, 2014

Posted in Education, In the News, Medication

“Living with voices in your head” Eleanor Longden at TED conference 2013 California. Recovery is possible with the right support.

Published May 9, 2014

Posted in In the News, Medication, Psychiatry, Psychology, Psychotherapy, Stigma

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