So exciting! If you're interested in submitting your work, please reach out to livedexperiencehandbook@gmail.com for submission guidelines.

Thrilled to announce that @reaveyp.bsky.social & I have secured a contract with Routledge to publish an International Handbook of Lived Experience in the Context of Madness and Distress 😀 Interested in contributing? Please email livedexperiencehandbook@gmail.com for info re submission guidelines.

ISPS UK are starting a new group in 2025!

Raising Our Consciousness: Lived Experience Reflective Group
January 15, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

This monthly reflective group is a space for people with lived experience of ‘psychosis’. Find out more here:

www.ispsuk.org/event/raisin...

A TEDxNHS talk by Joe Tudor. "I felt lost and confused when I was told I had a chemical imbalance. My journey since has brought me the things I now value the most in my life." A short but powerful video full of wisdom and humour. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7GN...

Can you be our Finance Director? You'll bring risk and resilience lens to the conversations, helping to shape and plan the future for Platfform.

#Career #FinanceDirector #job
platfform.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

Right-Wing or Left-Wing: Who Really Owns the Critique of Over-Medicalisation?

Read more here:
www.madintheuk.com/2024/09/righ...

The UK is one of the most unequal developed countries. The super-rich have taken huge amounts of wealth and power at our expense.
It's time to do something about it: people in more equal countries live longer, healthier, happier lives in stronger communities. We can do that here!

My upcoming book uses original research to reveal how the chemical imbalance theory of depression was weaponised by Pharma, aided by the medical profession, to change the way we think about ourselves and what it means to be human

Hi Bluesky! We're a UK charity, supporting the development & implementation of good practice for psychiatric drug withdrawal in every country. Follow & support our work. iipdw.org

Do read my latest paper out today on the nuances of “trauma informed care” that may be under-appreciated in mental health services: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Telling someone who has and is surviving #CSA or sexual abuse that their personality is disordered, is wrong and unethical. #TraumaNotPD
This diagnosis is like a red flag to all mental health and social care workers - it means we are hated and suspected before we even get near a service.

Great opportunity to work with the fab @reaveyp.bsky.social and colleagues:

Funded PhDs on place and memory, University of Stirling – apply by Dec 20, to start March/ April 2025:

placememory.net/apply-now-fo...

The chemical imbalance theory of depression is fundamental to how we think about depression and emotions now. It is the basis for the idea that they can be treated by drugs (e.g. antidepressants). But it is not supported by evidence, as people had been led to believe.

What an extraordinary woman ♀️

Workshop on Friday with Dr Anne Guy, lead editor for the “Guidance for Psychological Therapists: Enabling Conversations with Clients Taking or Withdrawing from Psychiatric Drugs” will provide the basic crucial knowledge that all therapists need on this subject.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5625199312...

Important article exploring the damaging impact of a diagnosis of 'BPD' and the value of offering humane, evidence based alternatives instead:

www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journal...

New open access book available here: Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare
Recognising Agency and Promoting Virtues Across the Life Span

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...