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Sexy But Psycho: How the Patriarchy Uses Women’s Trauma Against Them

Author: Editorial 24th February 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Dr. Jessica Taylor. The publishers say: “Angry, opinionated, mouthy, aggressive, hysterical, mad, disordered, crazy, psycho, delusional, borderline, hormonal . . . Women have long been pathologized, locked up and medicated for not conforming to whichever…
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a coherent system

books, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), diagnostic labelling, domestic violence, Jessica Taylor, patriarchy, personality disorder, psychiatry, trauma, violence, violence against women, women

Adverse Childhood Relationship Experiences: The Most Underestimated Risk Factor for Chronic Illness

Author: Editorial 25th October 2021 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Veronique Mead comes from the Chronic Illness Trauma Studies blog. It begins: “If you’ve heard of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and have a low score (such as 1 or ‘zero ACEs’), you may still suspect that trauma has…
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Adverse childhood experiences, Adverse Childhood Relationship Experiences, children and adolescents, Chronic Illness Trauma Studies, trauma, Veronique Mead

The Emperor’s New Clothes

Author: Editorial 12th August 2021 0 Comments

“‘The good ones leave, the weak ones follow the crowd, and the leaders bully and intimidate …” This blog-article comes from Dr Creatively Maladjusted and has been published on Mad in the UK. It begins: “The anonymous blogger of The Double Life of the Recovered Professional wrote: ‘The good ones leave, the…
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a coherent system, Key posts

Dr Creatively Maladjusted, Mad in the UK, personality disorder, service delivery systems, service users, trauma

My psychologist had never seen a black man with self-harm scars | Modern Masculinity

Author: Editorial 2nd June 2021 0 Comments

This 14 minute video comes from The Guardian. The producers say: “In this episode of Modern Masculinity, Guardian journalist Iman Amrani speaks to writer Derek Owusu about his journey to being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). They discuss growing up…
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collaborative practice

attachment theory, black men, Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Culture & Society, Derek Owusu, Iman Amrani, listening, masculinity, self-harm, sexism, suicide, The Guardian, trauma, videos

MDMA could help trauma survivors face painful memories

Author: Editorial 19th May 2021 0 Comments

Rachel Schraer reports for the BBC: “MDMA – most commonly known as a party drug – could be more effective than therapy alone at treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The results of a keenly-awaited trial suggest two-thirds of people no longer qualified for a PTSD…
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emotion-focused care

BBC, ecstasy, MDMA, Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, New Approaches, Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder, PTSD, Rachel Schraer, Research, trauma

Trauma-informed practice: a paradigm shift in the education of mental health nurses

Author: Editorial 4th March 2021 0 Comments

“The emphasis is on what has happened to the person instead of what is wrong with the person.” This article has been co-authored by Jennifer Young, James Taylor, Brodie Paterson, Ivor Smith and Sandy McComish. It has been published in Mental…
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collaborative practice

mental health nurses, Mental Health Practice, RCNi, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, trauma, trauma-informed approaches, University of Stirling

Medicating Normal (a film)

Author: Editorial 20th August 2020 1 Comment

Medicating Normal is a film from Periscope Moving Pictures. A virtual screening will take place on Sat, August 22, 2020 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM BST, followed by an interactive discussion. Details from here . Film synopsis: “Medicating Normal follows the journeys…
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depression, drug withdrawal symptoms, films, insomnia, Periscope Moving Pictures, pharmaceutical industry, Psychiatric Drugs, stress, trauma

The New Anatomy of Melancholy

Author: Editorial 22nd May 2020 0 Comments

BBC Radio 4 has produced an excellent series of twelve episodes about what, a long time ago, used to be called ‘melancholy’ and is now generally called depression. Eight of these programmes (each around 13 minutes long) are available for listening now,…
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audio, BBC, Culture & Society, depression, melancholy, Radio Four, Robert Burton, trauma

Children Who Witness Violence at Home

Author: Editorial 28th February 2020 0 Comments

“Interpersonal violence, especially violence experienced by children, is the largest single preventable cause of mental illness.”Steve Sharfstein, 2006. In De-Medicalising Misery: Psychiatry, Psychology and the Human Condition , Chapter 9 – Children Who Witness Violence at Home – is written by clinical psychologist Arlene Vetere. It begins: “The…
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Arlene Vetere, books, children and adolescents, domestic violence, psychiatry, trauma, trauma-informed approaches, violence

Literature and Mental Health: Reading for Wellbeing

Author: Editorial 16th September 2019 0 Comments

This free, online course is offered by FutureLearn (owned by the Open University), who say: “Find out how poems, plays and novels can help us understand and cope with deep emotional strain. The great 18th century writer Dr Samuel Johnson, who suffered from…
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bereavement, bipolar, dementia, depression, FutureLearn, heartbreak, literature, novels, online course, poetry, reading, stress, trauma