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Mental Health

8 years

The safety net provided by NHS that's there for physical illness is not there for folks with #mentalhealth problems; it's like pre-NHS era.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

6 years

If your A&E is "not the right place for #mentalhealth crisis" then MAKE IT SO. There is no humane, ethical, professional or medical justification for not equipping your A&E to be able to cope with ALL health crises human beings have. None at all.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

4 years

One of the bizarre things I've learned about psychiatry is that an assessment is often limited to how you present to them in that moment. That's going round for a coffee in someone's kitchen, then later telling all your friends it was a weird house because it only had one room.

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@Sectioned_

7 years

Dear All Pharmacists, do NOT announce your patients' medications in a loud, carrying voice in the pharmacy; respect patient confidentiality.

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@Sectioned_

3 years

I'm not "fighting" mental ill-health. It's not a "battle" I can "win" & that's not a personal failing. It's true for many of us with mental or physical health conditions, especially ongoing or long-term ones. I manage it. I strategise. I negotiate. And I need help with that.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

5 years

I would like everyone - ESPECIALLY #mentalhealth staff - to see just how well - smiling, well-groomed, chatty, eye contact - Catherine looks, despite being sectioned & on 1:1 obs (someone following her 24/7). We do not all sob & clutch our heads all the time. #MothersOnTheEdge

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@Sectioned_

4 years

All 3 visits so far from the Home Treatment Team have been positive & supportive & have made a real difference to me. Without their support, goodness only knows where I would’ve ended up over Christmas, so thank you. Good #mentalhealth care can make such a difference. 🎄😊👍

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

3 months

Some phrases routinely used by #mentalhealth professionals should be eliminated Eg "failure to engage" Any professional who finds themselves using such phrases should see it as a RED FLAG to stop, take a look at the service where they work in, & reflect on their own conduct

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

5 years

One of the nurses who's just come on shift has just knocked on my door to introduce herself (I've met her once before) and say they are around, & to come & see them if I need anything. That's one example of the kindness on the ward. There is a lot of kindness on the ward.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

3 months

Saw a psychiatrist say "personality disorder is a diagnosis made over time by specialists" but it seems to me it's more typically "diagnosis by impression" by a doctor in a one-off meeting with a new patient who's in crisis, regardless of any existing diagnoses eg SMI, ND, PTSD

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

5 years

@BBCBreakfast @BBCNaga The complaints ruling is nonsense. Naga Munchetty called it right, in a diplomatic & heartfelt way.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

4 years

Sorry, #mentalhealth services, but those of us living with psychiatric conditions can't just ... stop ... for the duration of the pandemic. If you're funneling all your resources into new services & new referrals, we still exist. We still need care. #MadCovidDiaries #Covid19UK

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

7 years

I dunno why politicians cite Dyson as a good example of a pro-Brexit business: most Dyson employees are based in Malaysia & Singapore. #wato

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

5 years

A problem with psych wards is they mainly seem to cater for the visibly & vocally distressed. If you're struggling alone in your room, it won't be picked up by location checks. You have to ask, ask again & keep asking for help. That eloquence & persistence is beyond many of us.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

3 years

There's a big difference between making someone a cup of tea and telling them on the phone to make themselves a cup of tea. #mentalhealth

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

4 years

My lovely neighbour just checked in with me to see if there was anything I needed. He’s said I can knock on the door any time I need help - or just want a chat 😊 #COVIDkindness #goodneighbours #bekind

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

5 months

I'm fed up of politicians arguing for #mentalhealth funding to be diverted to prevention & early intervention Any functioning healthcare system requires ALL THREE of the following: * Prevention * Early intervention * Ongoing care for folks with long-term conditions All three

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

7 months

I keep thinking about a population of ghost #mentalhealth patients, unseen by services, no longer on the books, walking among us but not noticed, sometimes moving to an entirely different area hoping to get needed care, sometimes too poorly to fight any more

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@Sectioned_

5 years

If you have friends or family on a psychiatric ward, NOW is the time to visit them - even for just a 20 minute visit to show your face & check if they need anything. Weekends, especially long ones, can be really difficult for patients due to lack of senior staff & supervision.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

7 years

When you hear someone say of disability benefits "We're focusing on those most in need", they mean "We're tightening elegibility criteria".

Paul Waugh

@paulwaugh

7 years

"The fat cats keep the money and us lot get nothing!" Watch voter Cathy tackle Theresa May on disability cuts.

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@Sectioned_

5 years

@politicalhackuk So much for making the experience of claiming social security “more like work” - nobody loses 8 weeks’ pay for once being 15 minutes late.

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@Sectioned_

6 years

@SusanCalman @keviclifton It's been wonderful watching you develop into such a beautiful dancer, & seeing you fall in love with what your body can do for you (rather than how society often expects women to look). #KeepDancing 💃🕺

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

7 years

@BBCNews A 'gender neutral' uniform policy would allow all pupils to wear skirts or trousers, not ban girls from wearing skirts.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

9 months

When I see what's done to whistleblowers like consultants - professionals with status & credibility - & the extent head honchos & people working in hierarchies go to to protect the organisation & system, there's no hope #mentalhealth patients can successfully challenge poor care

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

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PIP is not a work-related benefit You receive it whether you're in work or not It is paid to working age people to go towards the additional costs of disability @elliereeves @BBCr4today

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@Sectioned_

3 years

Housing insecurity & poor living conditions are big contributors towards poor #mentalhealth . When I was evicted from my long-term home so the landlord could make a bigger profit, I lost not only my home but also my community & place in society. People need homes.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

7 months

But #mentalhealth services are only commissioned to see a minority of patients Folks like me with serious, lifelong conditions (eg schizophrenia, bipolar) now receive only short-term care before being discharged to GP I have no care plan, meds, therapy, social care #Offrolling

Robert Peston

@Peston

7 months

Jeremy Hunt says he wants those who feel unable to work because of physical or mental health conditions to receive medical and therapeutic help as a condition of receiving their out-of-work benefits uplift, as a pathway back to work. But this seems less than practical - even…

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

2 years

11 years ago, @BBCPanorama used secret filming to expose support workers abusing vulnerable people with learning difficulties at Winterbourne View Now they've gone into a psychiatric hospital, @GMMH_NHS 's medium secure Edenfield Centre On next week >

BBC One - Panorama, Undercover Hospital: Patients at Risk

An investigation has found evidence that a secure NHS psychiatric hospital is failing.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

6 years

@guardian How is Young going to represent the interests of students - by getting his dad to ring up & get them places on courses even though they didn't get the grades?

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

5 years

@jeremycorbyn Parties with a clear Remain message surged. Pro-Brexit parties tanked. Clear enough for you yet?

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

9 months

It's horrifying when you know you're really unwell & need help, & you're asking for help - clearly, repeatedly - & the professionals discharge you anyway I can't fix myself from severe & enduring mental illness But somehow that seems to be ... NHS policy now? #DustbinPatient

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

4 months

#Mentalhealth professionals who tell patients they are "falling through the gaps" between MH services are far too optimistic The UK does not have a comprehensive system of MH care with unfortunate gaps Instead, there are small islands of care, with zero help for everyone else

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

6 years

Every #mentalhealth service that trains staff to use physical restraint techniques, every service that detains patients against our will, should also be providing a service that gives open-ended support to patients to help us to deal with the after effects of what they do to us.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

1 year

The year after I was discharged from an inpatient psychiatric ward, I was diagnosed with #ptsd caused by what #mentalhealth staff did to me under section A decade on, I've still not had treatment for ptsd, & have spent years being treated appallingly by the community MH system

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

5 years

If you work in #mentalhealth services & a patient says they've experienced poor care from services (yours/another), be prepared to consider that this is in fact true. Just be prepared to consider it. It might help you escape from diagnostic traps - & improve the care you deliver.

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

4 years

I felt too shy to go to my door to clap but then the sound exploded in my little street & I ran to the door & there we all were, clapping & cheering from the warm glow of our porches. On & on it went, all of us smiling at each other, cheering, joined together as a community 👏👏

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@Sectioned_

10 months

I see some psychiatrists are objecting to a conference speaker being filmed without consent during their #RCpsychic talk Will they be speaking up about the NHS inpatient wards installing Oxevision systems that film patients in their bedrooms without consent? #StopOxevision

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Mental Health

@Sectioned_

9 years

I'm liking the way the programme is emphasing the patients are vulnerable adults with mental health problems. Not monsters. #Broadmoor

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@Sectioned_

3 years

Good to see schizophrenia referred to as a "common mental illness". That term is usually taken to mean depression & anxiety, giving the impression that schizophrenia is rare or unusual. It is not. People living with serious #mentalhealth conditions walk among you every day.

SANE | Changing mental health for good

@CharitySANE

3 years

Today is #NationalSchizophreniaAwarenessDay . Schizophrenia is a common mental illness that affects 1 in 100 people in their lifetime, yet the condition is widely misunderstood. What do you know about #schizophrenia and #psychosis ? Read more at

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@Sectioned_

28 days

I just did a big scary thing I've been too paralysed to do for 10 days so please send me your congratulations 😃

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@Sectioned_

7 years

I don't understand why "stigma" is used in #mentalhealth circles instead of these clear words: ignorance, prejudice, discrimination.

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@Sectioned_

3 years

Crisis team told me to call back when I was "calmer" 😂😂😂

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@Sectioned_

7 years

Tories "suspend" political campaigning - then immediately PM gives a speech announcing an authoritarian crackdown to appeal to Tory voters.

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@Sectioned_

5 months

If I'd started medical school the year I was first sectioned, I could've qualified as a consultant by now If I'd given birth that year, the child now would be in secondary school When people say "stay strong", "reach out", "keep fighting", they don't realise what they're asking

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@Sectioned_

6 years

Among the dedication, skill & compassion in last week's #Hospital was the scene where a manager shouted over/at a patient identified as needing #mentalhealth input as "disrupting sick patients" & "taking up valuable resource" needed by "really poorly people". #parityofesteem

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@Sectioned_

4 years

Almost all mentions of #mentalhealth around #Covid19UK are about the risks of the general public & frontline staff developing new MH issues - anxiety, depression, #ptsd . There’s barely any mention of folks with existing serious psychiatric conditions, who are *more* vulnerable.

UCL Public Policy

@UCLPublicPolicy

4 years

With #COVID19 forcing millions to stay home, #mentalhealth seems to be a pressing concern for all. In our latest blog, @UCLMentalHealth Director @ProfTonyDavid explores the 'one in four' statistic - and discusses ending the stigma around mental illness.

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@Sectioned_

3 months

Once when under the care of the crisis team - very poorly - I got a letter calling me in for DWP interview I showed the letter to the OT & psychiatrist who came to my bedroom that day, & they said I had to go So I got up & went straight to the DWP, still in my filthy pajamas

Tom Pollard

@PollardTom

3 months

It's obviously completely wrong, even by DWP's own rules, for someone on a mental health ward to be asked to attend a Jobcentre appointment But it's an unsurprising consequence of a system built around achieving compliance rather than genuine engagement

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@Sectioned_

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Discharging patients with severe & enduring #mentalillness from community #mentalhealth teams seems widespread NHS policy now But it's done sneakily, without staff explaining to patients that "You can be referred back any time" is a ruse to make it easier on them to get you out

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@Sectioned_

2 years

I tried to describe my experiences of being brutalised on an inpatient ward to my consultant psychiatrist He'd held senior posts at @rcpsych He insisted patients did not leave hospital with trauma, & showed me the door That was 2011 How much longer? How many more patients?

Royal College of Psychiatrists

@rcpsych

2 years

1/ The Royal College of Psychiatrists is alarmed by the disgraceful scenes on Panorama showing unacceptable behaviours towards vulnerable adults with a mental illness, by some care staff at the Edenfield Centre.

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@Sectioned_

11 months

Inpatient #mentalhealth staff have told me mixed-sex wards are needed since the presence of women patients calms the men down & they are less volatile than all-male wards As if women can't just receive needed care themselves - but must also, while unwell, help staff care for men

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@Sectioned_

3 years

If you want to know some of the background to the #HighIntensityNetwork SIM programme and its "evidence base", @HantsPolice , where SIM started, has just published this information in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request > #StopSIM

Integrated Recovery Programme 2013-2014 - a Freedom of Information request to Hampshire and Isle of...

Dear Hampshire Constabulary, In 2013 Sergeant Paul Jennings of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary designed a “mentoring” pilot intervention targeting eight women who were deemed high...

www.whatdotheyknow.com

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@Sectioned_

5 years

I’ve been pondering the “Reach out” “Just ask for help” “Help is there” “It’s good to talk” messages promoted by #mentalhealth “awareness” campaigns, how hollow they sound to those of us who *have* asked for help, & what my medical notes reveal about some of possible reasons.

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@Sectioned_

6 years

Having a little weep because a doctor's letter I was copied in on was fine. Yes, when you've been on the receiving end of largely poor care for a very long time, receiving a bit of care that isn't poor can be emotional.

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@Sectioned_

6 years

I'm hearing about patients with long-term serious #mentalhealth conditions like schizophrenia & bipolar disorder who are being discharged from secondary mental health services despite still being very poorly, in contravention of both national policies & local guidance.

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2 months

Just love it when services for folks with severe & enduring #mentalillness are replaced by "signposting" 👍🤪

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@Sectioned_

13 days

The number of people on NHS #mentalhealth waiting lists (2 million!) does not include folks like me who couldn't even make it onto a waiting list I don't show up in any NHS figures Yet I live with severe & enduring #mentalillness for which I've been sectioned #offrolling

Pippa Crerar

@PippaCrerar

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Single biggest thing government could do to reduce number of economically inactive people who are long-term sick is sort out our mental health services. Two million people in England are on NHS mental health waiting lists.

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@Sectioned_

21 days

A question for psychiatrists & other #mentalhealth professionals: Is it common practice - routine, usual, ordinary, to be expected - for staff to look up their patients on social media to see what they are posting?

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@Sectioned_

1 month

Should I just write "feeling rather down and bluesy" on my PIP review form? That's how it works, right?

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@Sectioned_

3 months

In addition, while it is true that a patient can be referred back to #mentalhealth services at any time, that referral *** may well not be accepted *** by MH services Referral back is far from a guarantee of treatment of help

Nuwan Dissanayaka

@nuwandiss

3 months

This goes entirely against the ethos of my field Assertive Outreach Even a rudimentary understanding of severe mental illness is enough to know that some people who are very ill either can’t/won’t engage Engagement is a two way street and removing support is simply unethical

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@Sectioned_

3 years

Do any of the materials being tweeted out about #ptsd mention it can be caused by inpatient psychiatric care though? Detention, seclusion, repeated forced medication - all while you're at your most vulnerable & need the most compassionate care & support. No? It really should.

Centre for Mental Health

@CentreforMH

3 years

Myth: PTSD only affects veterans who have fought in a war. Fact: People can experience PTSD as a result of many different traumatic experiences. There's lots more info on PTSD from our friends @MindCharity :

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“I could not have been more informed about his condition & history, & yet I couldn’t get help for my brother.” Even a consultant specialising in psychosis could not get needed care from a dysfunctional NHS #mentalhealth system, in case you thought you just need to keep trying

Selvaseelan Selvarajah

@DrSelvarajah

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Doctor demands overhaul of NHS psychiatric care after brother’s death

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@Sectioned_

7 years

Big shout out to all public sector workers interacting with the public on twitter; it's a valuable thing to do, for lots of reasons.

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@Sectioned_

6 years

I wonder if there's a scheme anywhere that puts together little gift bags of essentials & treats for psychiatric inpatients? Many of us get no or few visitors so there are things we need, or would appreciate.

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@Sectioned_

3 years

Wishing all the members of the @StopSIMMH coalition all the best as they take a complete break from online campaigning for at least 2 weeks to focus on their own mental health 🤗👍 #StopSIM #mentalhealth #selfcare #HighIntensityNetwork #SerenityIntegratedMentoring

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@Sectioned_

3 months

"Nobody should experience a health service as a landscape of abuse. The growing number of “service-avoiders” [...] reflects the existence of something very dark and very disturbing within NHS mental health services." Important read for everyone working in #mentalhealth services

Wren

@jaunty_aphorism

3 months

I recently had a paper published by the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, about my experiences of harm in mental health services; how this caused me to self-discharge; and my life now as a "service-avoider". It's available here:

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@Sectioned_

8 years

BBC News confirms there's NO NEW MONEY for #mentalhealth : it's just mental health's share of £8.4Bn already announced for NHS. #FutureNHS

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4 years

I've never understood why psychiatric inpatient wards don't take sleep seriously when the impact of sleep deprivation on #mentalhealth is so clear. * Provide eye masks & ear plugs * Quieten common areas/turn down lights from 10pm (esp as we're woken at 7am) * Blackout curtains

what you permit you promote

@drlaurarock

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Guys- re: nonpharmacologic interventions. COVID ARDS pt extubated after >3 weeks with paranoid, agitated delirium for days. got him ear plugs and an eye mask so he could sleep in the open PACU/ICU and he snored for 10 hours, woke up a new man.

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@Sectioned_

5 years

People who dismiss twitter as trivial or vitriolic can miss some of the most extraordinary, human, touching, productive exchanges between folks who might otherwise never have the opportunity to engage this way.

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10 months

Is it inevitable that psychiatry as now practised in the NHS - snapshot assessments in crisis, rather than continuity of care for patients with lifelong serious conditions - will cause more harm than good?

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@Sectioned_

6 years

If you work in emergency services & tweet about your work or your workplace is planning a live-tweeting event, ask your employer for their social media policy - especially on live-tweeting about folks in #mentalhealth & suicidal crisis. We’re a vulnerable minority, not PR.

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7 years

#BBCPanorama Because of this programme, people who could be helped by psych meds won't take them - and suffer needlessly. You utter shits.

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5 years

People who think mixed sex wards are just fine for women with serious #mentalhealth problems are ignoring what the evidence says & what most women want. It is unacceptable to require women to share wards with men when so many of us have experienced abuse. We have different needs.

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4 years

I am pondering what may happen to #mentalhealth services in the aftermath of #covid19uk . I am concerned that cuts over the past 10-15 years to services for folks with serious lifelong psychiatric conditions in favour of those with mild to moderate conditions will accelerate.

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@Sectioned_

3 months

Dozens of doctors, nurses, nursing associates, healthcare assistants & other staff at Highbury psychiatric hospital in Nottingham are currently suspended Dozens of them That's not a few bad apples - it's systemic abuse

Rebecca Thomas

@Rebeccasmt

3 months

Over 30 staff suspended from hospital ‘for falsifying records and harming patients’ emails leaked to The Independnent show

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3 years

The more appallingly you are treated, the harder it is for reasonable people to believe what you describe. #mentalhealth

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This is not an acceptable way to treat anyone, let alone someone poorly Detained for their own safety -in a cell with a broken window on a freezing night, no food, no meds, no coat, no bedding, watched via CCTV This is basis stuff staff could & should fix now #humanrights

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@Sectioned_

3 years

As a matter of principle, I object to police being involved in any way in the provision of #mentalhealth care. Full stop. It is plain wrong to bring police officers to work in community MH teams as enforcers for clinical staff. It is wrong to criminalise psychiatric patients.

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@Sectioned_

3 years

It is utter nonsense to say that "anyone" experiencing a mental health crisis "can" call their local helpline: some of us really struggle to use the phone, especially when poorly. Strangers on phone lines really help some folks; for many others, they're an extra barrier to help.

NHS England

@NHSEngland

3 years

Anyone experiencing a mental health crisis can call their local helpline, and you can also call on behalf of someone you’re worried about. Support is available for all ages. Visit to find out more about urgent mental health support.

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Now the Met police aren't going to wait in hospital with folks they bring in under s136, hospitals aren't going to suddenly going to conjure up more trained #memtalhealth staff, are they It'll be minimum wage agency security guards "guarding" patients

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6 years

Your periodic reminder that having a diagnosis of mental illness & seeing a psychiatrist do not mean you are a risk to others. Nor are they the underlying explanation for all reprehensible behaviour by political figures. #mentalhealth

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5 years

@SkyNewsBreak Hundreds of thousands of us in the UK live with schizophrenia. The judge said it was not causal, but the drug abuse was - ie the £600 of crack cocaine the attacker took the day before. Stop perpetuating outdated stereotypes that cause real harm to vulnerable folks.

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2 months

This story on Bristol psychiatrist Ben Sessa gets worse the more you read The whole course of his treatment of the patient over 2 years was skewed towards a sexual relationship She's now dead Doctor admits relationship with former patient who's now dead

Doctor admits relationship with former patient who's now dead

Dr Benjamin Sessa is a psychiatrist known for being a vocal advocate of the use MDMA and psychedelics in a therapeutic setting

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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"Women attempt suicide at greater rates than men. Yet almost nothing is known about why - including whether menstruation plays a role." There's a long way to go to make up for the long-standing lack of medical curiosity about women's experiences of distress, suffering & death

Leah Hazard

@hazard_leah

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TW Suicide Should menstrual phase be determined at autopsy after suicide? Fascinating work shows there may be a link between periods and suicide, but as with all things in women's health, it's under-researched. Better understanding could save lives #PMDD

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Speaking to a #mentalhealth nurse today about my experiences of detention, forced treatment & seclusion, & resultant #PTSD . She said she'd carried out restraints, but never realised how traumatising they were or how long the effects lasted. They *really* need to hear this stuff.

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@Sectioned_

6 years

I am constantly impressed by the awesome #mentalhealth folks I stumble across on twitter. Mental health tweeps contribute in so many different & varied ways, whether that's sharing academic or clinical knowledge or the depths of their struggles or a tip for getting through. 😘

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@Sectioned_

7 years

If there's a #mentalhealth professional who's helped you, let them know; it can be tough working in services under such pressure.

Elin Roddy

@elinlowri

7 years

A lovely card like this can literally keep me and the team going for weeks ❤️️

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@Sectioned_

5 years

No, I will not discuss meds at a hatch in a busy corridor, nor with my bedroom door open & the staff member standing outside. I need privacy & dignity, & medical confidentiality is a fundamental part of healthcare not something cooked up by me to be awkward or waste staff time.

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@Sectioned_

10 days

Shocking as the figure of 15,000 deaths is, it only includes patients who were RECEIVING care from a community #mentalhealth team in 2022-3 It does not include folks who, like me, have been excluded by NHS MH services because of policy of #offrolling SMI patients

AsifAMHP

@asifamhp

10 days

Patients ‘begging’ for help as leak reveals thousands die under community mental health services ⁦ @Rebeccasmt ⁩

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@Sectioned_

19 days

I've just been canvassed on the doorstep by a Tory party member If nothing else, I stopped him bothering anyone else for 15 mins But I also opened my front door to show him the reality of cuts to local council budgets & the impact of not receiving needed #socialcare support

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@Sectioned_

5 months

@Shrink_at_Large Does 'abandonment therapy' consist of sticking the person on an endless waiting list; cancelling appointments at the last minute; saying one thing then doing another; setting appointments without telling you about them then discharging you without notice Aka treatment as usual

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@Sectioned_

4 months

@Naylor007 My response is "Why do you ask?" It's polite, efficient & multi-purpose - it's useful for any intrusive question, doesn't require me to use any spoons thinking up a witty, tailored response, & throws responsibility for providing info back where it should lie: with the stranger

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@Sectioned_

7 years

My new #mentalhealth social worker was so helpful today, & treated me w/ kindness & patience. I've been treated as The Problem for too long.

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@Sectioned_

9 years

Big shout out to all the fab #mentalhealth staff who did a great job helping folks to exercise their right to vote today. We all matter.

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@Sectioned_

5 years

"Manipulative" Do people realise quite how potentially toxic & long-lasting the effects are when a person in a position of authority (eg parent, doctor) describes someone in a vulnerable position (child, patient) this way? Would they stop labeling others that way if they knew?

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@Sectioned_

5 years

Yet again wondering why national #mentalhealth charities organise events supposedly aimed at folks like me but starting early morn: * Rush hour travel is inaccessible for many with anxiety * Off-peak travel passes can't be used * It's too early for folks on sedating meds 🙄🙄🙄

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@Sectioned_

1 year

The consultant psychiatrist is reported to have pushed for this vulnerable young woman - autistic, diagnosed with PD, anxiety & depression, sectioned under the MH Act - to be prosecuted for attempting to take her own life What's his name? His patients need to know #StopSIM

Survivors against PD #StopSIM #StopOxevision

@SurvivorsNotPD

1 year

Woman rescued from A40 bridge while in mental health crisis is prosecuted #stopSIM

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@Sectioned_

3 years

Pondering why #mentalhealth staff behave as if having "insight" - knowing I'm poorly; asking for help for SMI - means I don't need help. Does knowing my leg is broken mean I can fix my broken leg myself? Do doctors believe they won't get disease because they've studied disease?

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@Sectioned_

5 years

Last weekend, I bought a paper & sat on the beach all day reading it. It was the first time I’d been able to read a paper for ages. Doctors should definitely be prescribing beaches 🏖

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@Sectioned_

3 months

Does anyone who is #ActuallyAutistic think that Simon Baron-Cohen & his team of researchers studying the diaries of Caitlyn Scott-Lee - who took her own life at age 16 - will improve the care, treatment & support for autistic children & teenagers?

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@Sectioned_

5 years

"As service users & carers, we are not inspired by measures of readmissions & inpatient bed-days; we want to know what difference interventions make to the quality of people’s lives & wellbeing." Research rarely looks at what matters to us. It's all about service convenience.

The Mental Elf

@Mental_Elf

5 years

Research into controversial Community Treatment Orders has failed to find any significant effect on inpatient services

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