Power Threat Meaning Framework – A New Vision for Mental Health

Trauma informed care on acute inpatient units: reducing self harm and restrictive practices

Author: Editorial 19th October 2023 0 Comments

This research article by Kirsten Lawson has been published on The Mental Elf website. It begins: “The NHS Long Term Plan (2019) is now 4 years old and within it there was laid out a 10-year plan for mental health services to be…
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acute inpatient psychiatric units, inpatient mental health units, Kirsten Lawson, Power Threat Meaning Framework, Team Formulation and Psychological Stabilisation intervention, The Mental Elf, trauma, trauma-informed approaches

Trauma-Informed Care and PTMF reduce self-harm, seclusion, and restraint in acute inpatient psychiatric setting

Author: Editorial 14th June 2023 0 Comments

This article by Richard Sears has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “A recent study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that adopting a Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) approach in inpatient psychiatric settings can significantly reduce self-harm and the use of seclusion…
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acute inpatient psychiatric units, Faye Nikopaschos, Frontiers in Psychology, Mad in the UK, Power Threat Meaning Framework, Research, Richard Sears, trauma-informed care

Moving Beyond Psychiatric Diagnosis: Lucy Johnstone, PsyD

Author: Editorial 24th March 2023 0 Comments

In this interview , published in the Psychiatric Times , Dr Awais Aftab and Dr Lucy Johnstone discuss her criticisms of psychiatric diagnosis and her approach to psychological formulation as a conceptual alternative to diagnosis: “Aftab: Formulation has a long history…
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Awais Aftab, diagnostic labelling, Lucy Johnstone, Power Threat Meaning Framework, Psychiatric Times, psychiatry, Psychological Formulation

My take on “A Psychopharmacology Fit for Mad Liberation? by Awais Aftab”

Author: Editorial 13th March 2023 0 Comments

This post by Vincenzo has been published on his blog-site. It begins: “In the latest edition of Asylum Magazine, Dr Awais Aftab published an article on the relation between Psychopharmacology and Mad Liberation and brought it to my attention. The full…
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Asylum Magazine, Awais Aftab, organisation of knowledge, person-centered, person-centred, Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychopharmacology, Vincenzo

Brief response to queries about the new All Wales Psychiatric Genomics Service

Author: Editorial 29th June 2022 0 Comments

This article by Jonathan Gadsby has been published by the Critical Mental Health Nurses’ Network. It begins: “Thank you to all those who have been in touch about this. It would be wrong to say that the Critical Mental Health Nurses’…
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epigenetics, Genetics, Human Genome Project, Jonathan Gadsby, Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychiatric genetics, schizophrenia, Wales

Investigation into Alternatives to Psychiatric Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 7th March 2022 0 Comments

This doctoral thesis comes from Jade Varney and has been published on the website of Canterbury Christ Church University. It includes: A review of alternatives to psychiatric diagnosis: “The first part of the review explored what the literature suggests should be…
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Classification and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Concerns, diagnostic labelling, ICD-11, Jade Varney, Listing problems, Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS), Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychiatry, Psychological Formulation

Are you mentally ill, or very unhappy? Psychiatrists can’t agree

Author: Editorial 4th March 2022 0 Comments

This article by Sophie McBain has been published in The New Statesman. It begins: “One afternoon in December 2004, Samantha* left her house in northern England and walked to the nearby river. She tried not to think about her five young…
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Critical Psychiatry Network, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, diagnostic labelling, DSM, Lucy Johnstone, Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychiatry, Sami Timimi, Sophie McBain, The New Statesman

A Straight Talking Introduction To The Power Threat Meaning Framework: An Alternative To Psychiatric Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 23rd November 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Mary Boyle and Lucy Johnstone. The publishers say: “The current mainstream way of describing psychological and emotional distress assumes it is the result of medical illnesses that need diagnosing and treating. This book summarises a…
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books, diagnostic labelling, Lucy Johnstone, Mary Boyle, PCCS Books, Power Threat Meaning Framework, psychiatric diagnosis, psychiatry

Crossing Cultures with the Power Threat Meaning Framework – New Zealand

Author: Editorial 7th September 2020 0 Comments

“This is the first of two blogs about my invited tour of New Zealand and Australia with the Power Threat Meaning Framework (joined by contributing author John Cromby in Australia). The PTMF is an ambitious attempt to outline a conceptual…
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Culture & Society, Lucy Johnstone, Mad in the UK, Maori, New Zealand, Power Threat Meaning Framework, wellbeing

Power Threat Meaning Framework: a slideshow presentation

Author: Editorial 15th August 2018 0 Comments

On January 18th 2018, in London, the British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP) publicly launched the Power Threat Meaning (PTM) Framework … the culmination of a five year project. The framework is subtitled: “Towards the identification of patterns…
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British Psychological Society, emotional distress, Lucy Johnstone, Mary Boyle, narrative, Power Threat Meaning Framework, transliminal, troubled behaviour, troubling behaviour