If we are going to reduce rates of mental ill health across our society we must take the billions back that's been handed over to the wealthy.
Everything else is a sticking plaster. 🩹
Government and politics, Violence and trauma
Struggling with the silence - Gaza
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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Community is a mental health intervention.
Which is why we’re exploring trauma informed community development work here at @platfform.org
The solutions to our mental health crisis are not within the NHS mental health systems gift to resolve. 💙
Looking forward to being part of this @edpsy.bsky.social conference later this year. 👏
Please consider signing and sharing this open letter with over 600 signatures calling on the BPS and ACP to speak up about Palestine.
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” - Desmond Tutu
www.psychchange.org/palestine1.htm
We know the original austerity cuts cost people their lives. We know it led to overwhelm and then suicide.
We need to learn from that.
A robust social safety net is a mental health intervention.
@jendaffin.bsky.social such an important talk today expanding on research conducted by Platform.
Trauma is STILL not asked about
When it is, it’s often denied or belittled.
The diagnosis is used as a way to gatekeep care and deny services.
It creates chronic dismissal and structural denial.
Most people think Electroshock therapy for mental health is banned. It’s not.
Memory loss is known to result from ECT alongside cardiovascular problems fatigue & emotional blunting.
The UN calls it a human rights abuse so why are we still using it in the UK?
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Huge thanks to @restraintreductionnetwork.org for inviting @jendaffin.bsky.social to speak at their conference last week, and to Jess Matthews for joining us there to share her story.
The diagnosis of personality disorder can function as a restraint, limiting people’s power over their own lives.
