Research Fellow at Durham University, exploring narratives and experiences of madness, mental illness, and mental distress. Interested in stories and why we tell them.
Veronica Heney
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So exciting to see this! @drflewis.bsky.social and I have an essay in here about royal women, the visual politics of madness, and mad relationality. We're so delighted to be included among such august company!
This raises questions about what the very nature of care could or should be in the context of self-harm – perhaps we need to throw away old assumptions, and find new ways of imagining care?
A huge success and a testament to the principled, dedicated, generous campaigning and activism of the wonderful @stopoxevision.bsky.social team
Throughout, unlike prevailing wisdom that suggests care for self-harm requires silence, avoidance, absence & distance (i.e. not representing self-harm to make sure no-one engages in imitative behaviour), for my participants care involved being close to the idea of self-harm, engaging deeply with it
Really delighted to share this paper drawing on data from my PhD to explore the relation between care, texts, & self-harm. Particularly, I draw out how my participants engaged in active, creative, & relational viewing/reading practices to enable care for self-harm: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Can't wait to see this book out. Also looking forward to @veronicaheney.bsky.social own book, which will be up on the website soon!
Veronica Heney
This is happening on Monday 8 December, 2.30 pm, online! It's going to be a fantastic seminar with Dr Ayra Thampuran, Dr Chimwemwe Phiri and @duncanwilson78.bsky.social, who will share short provocations on the topic of consent, followed by plenty of time for questions and discussion #photohist
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Interesting blog via @nsunnews.bsky.social
I know it's usual for a book to be published before it's launched, but we are having an early launch of our co-authored book - Waiting Times: Crisis, Chronicity and Care - at Birkbeck's Social Science week. Please do sign up if you'd like to attend in person/virtually. www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Veronica Heney
Veronica Heney
Veronica Heney
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Social Sciences Festival 2026: Waiting Times Book Launch - Professor Lisa Baraitser
A NHS Trust was ordered to pay compensation to a patient over use of Oxevision (LIO) - what does this mean for other Trusts? What does the guidance from NHS England and CQC say about its use?
Plus, read our letter to NHSE asking them to take action
stopoxevision.com/2026/04/29/t...
Ben Doyle
After new information through FOI that yet another Trust has stopped using Oxevision, we can now reveal that just 19 out of the 50 mental health Trusts are still using the system - well below the 50% that Oxehealth (now LIO) once boasted!
