Nat
@natot04.bsky.social
🌈OT in Mental health, navigating working as a professional with ongoing lived/living experience,challenging the stigma and showing it is possible! ADHD💚.Ongoing eating disorder recovery 🙌🏻
Interested in therapeutic relationships and therapeutic endings
Interested in therapeutic relationships and therapeutic endings
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New research project ☺️
Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early?
Please expand the poster below for more information-
Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early?
Please expand the poster below for more information-
February 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
New research project ☺️
Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early?
Please expand the poster below for more information-
Have you had anorexia nervosa yourself and have you also held a role where you provide treatment to others with anorexia? Have you also experienced your own treatment for anorexia ending early?
Please expand the poster below for more information-
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If you have an eating disorder or struggle with disordered eating, there’s a high chance your hunger cues will be all over the place. But not feeling hungry isn’t a reason not to eat, and there’s lots of ways your body might be telling you it’s hungry without a rumbly stomach: 🧵
February 3, 2025 at 12:44 PM
If you have an eating disorder or struggle with disordered eating, there’s a high chance your hunger cues will be all over the place. But not feeling hungry isn’t a reason not to eat, and there’s lots of ways your body might be telling you it’s hungry without a rumbly stomach: 🧵
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3 substance use band 6 occupational therapist jobs covering North Wales health boards now finally available! Be part of developing this area of practice. Check the link for details:
www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo...
www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo...
January 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
3 substance use band 6 occupational therapist jobs covering North Wales health boards now finally available! Be part of developing this area of practice. Check the link for details:
www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo...
www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jo...
A good 18 months in anorexia recovery but the past week suddenly hit with extreme discomfort in my body, reminding myself that the idealisation of ED I’m creating in my mind is just that and the reality is absolute hellfire. #ED #anorexia #recovery #nogoingback #futuregoals
hell.no
hell.no
January 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
A good 18 months in anorexia recovery but the past week suddenly hit with extreme discomfort in my body, reminding myself that the idealisation of ED I’m creating in my mind is just that and the reality is absolute hellfire. #ED #anorexia #recovery #nogoingback #futuregoals
52 cinema films in 52 weeks. Week 4, flight risk. Verdict = ok at best! Trailer showed all the best bits, other than that quite boring and long winded. Might be your cup of tea though ?
#cinema #fils #flightrisk #mentalhealth #recovery
#cinema #fils #flightrisk #mentalhealth #recovery
January 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
52 cinema films in 52 weeks. Week 4, flight risk. Verdict = ok at best! Trailer showed all the best bits, other than that quite boring and long winded. Might be your cup of tea though ?
#cinema #fils #flightrisk #mentalhealth #recovery
#cinema #fils #flightrisk #mentalhealth #recovery
Finally practising what I preach! 💚 #OT #occupationaltherapy #mentalhealth #wellbeing much needed after a hellish few months 💚
January 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Finally practising what I preach! 💚 #OT #occupationaltherapy #mentalhealth #wellbeing much needed after a hellish few months 💚
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It’s the holiday season - a time of year when weight stigma runs particularly rampant - so we thought it’d be a great time to re-share this infographic debunking the myths of body mass index (BMI)!
We’ll continue to shout it from the rooftops:
‼️‼️BMI does NOT indicate health!‼️‼️
We’ll continue to shout it from the rooftops:
‼️‼️BMI does NOT indicate health!‼️‼️
December 2, 2024 at 10:08 PM
It’s the holiday season - a time of year when weight stigma runs particularly rampant - so we thought it’d be a great time to re-share this infographic debunking the myths of body mass index (BMI)!
We’ll continue to shout it from the rooftops:
‼️‼️BMI does NOT indicate health!‼️‼️
We’ll continue to shout it from the rooftops:
‼️‼️BMI does NOT indicate health!‼️‼️
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This is a quick guide to schizophrenia vs schizoaffective disorder along with an interesting study.
I have a new post up on Psychology Today: How do Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder Compare?
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/livi...
Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective Disorder: How They Compare
Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are often confused with each other, but they are fundamentally different. Why are the recovery rates different between the two?
www.psychologytoday.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:42 AM
This is a quick guide to schizophrenia vs schizoaffective disorder along with an interesting study.
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#SocialConnection
#Importance
'through connectedness .. a collective becomes more than the sum of its parts. .. [I]nnate needs for human beings to 'belong' & 'survive', and an enabling .. environment are motivators for people to participate collectively'
Adams & Casteleijn, 2014.
#Importance
'through connectedness .. a collective becomes more than the sum of its parts. .. [I]nnate needs for human beings to 'belong' & 'survive', and an enabling .. environment are motivators for people to participate collectively'
Adams & Casteleijn, 2014.
a poster that says " when we connect we thrive " on it
ALT: a poster that says " when we connect we thrive " on it
media.tenor.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:52 AM
#SocialConnection
#Importance
'through connectedness .. a collective becomes more than the sum of its parts. .. [I]nnate needs for human beings to 'belong' & 'survive', and an enabling .. environment are motivators for people to participate collectively'
Adams & Casteleijn, 2014.
#Importance
'through connectedness .. a collective becomes more than the sum of its parts. .. [I]nnate needs for human beings to 'belong' & 'survive', and an enabling .. environment are motivators for people to participate collectively'
Adams & Casteleijn, 2014.
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Rejection sensitivity is central to ADHD, autism, and cPTSD.
Mental health services rarely understand rejection sensitivity, which is why people in all three diagnostic categories are so often told there is something wrong with their personality.
There isn’t.
#HumanNotPD
Mental health services rarely understand rejection sensitivity, which is why people in all three diagnostic categories are so often told there is something wrong with their personality.
There isn’t.
#HumanNotPD
November 29, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Rejection sensitivity is central to ADHD, autism, and cPTSD.
Mental health services rarely understand rejection sensitivity, which is why people in all three diagnostic categories are so often told there is something wrong with their personality.
There isn’t.
#HumanNotPD
Mental health services rarely understand rejection sensitivity, which is why people in all three diagnostic categories are so often told there is something wrong with their personality.
There isn’t.
#HumanNotPD
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I often walk away from The OT Show with stupid ideas but....
If we put on a 2 day face to face mental health OT conference
Somewhere accessible but not London
Keynote speakers and breakout sessions
Some free lived experience places and lived experience speakers...
If we put on a 2 day face to face mental health OT conference
Somewhere accessible but not London
Keynote speakers and breakout sessions
Some free lived experience places and lived experience speakers...
November 28, 2024 at 9:25 PM
I often walk away from The OT Show with stupid ideas but....
If we put on a 2 day face to face mental health OT conference
Somewhere accessible but not London
Keynote speakers and breakout sessions
Some free lived experience places and lived experience speakers...
If we put on a 2 day face to face mental health OT conference
Somewhere accessible but not London
Keynote speakers and breakout sessions
Some free lived experience places and lived experience speakers...
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There hasn’t been much engagement here with the #AssisteddyingBill This the @rcpsych.bsky.social statement
November 28, 2024 at 10:28 PM
There hasn’t been much engagement here with the #AssisteddyingBill This the @rcpsych.bsky.social statement
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Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 PM
Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
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A year ago I interviewed the philosopher Simon Critchley and we talked about RD Laing the psychiatrist (or anti-psychiatrist) and we talked about the value and importance of lived experience in all understanding of fellow human beings. Here it is: youtu.be/crQAmGOUm3k?...
Occupational Phenomenology | On R.D. Laing: Simon Critchley and Ciarán Gaynor in conversation
YouTube video by Occupational Phenomenology
youtu.be
November 25, 2024 at 7:17 PM
A year ago I interviewed the philosopher Simon Critchley and we talked about RD Laing the psychiatrist (or anti-psychiatrist) and we talked about the value and importance of lived experience in all understanding of fellow human beings. Here it is: youtu.be/crQAmGOUm3k?...
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The lasting effects of a BPD diagnosis for me (now that I've accessed competent treatment) are that I don't accept help well. Because when I have "normal" emotions within hard parts of changing, I hear an internalized voice saying I'm bad & manipulative. The negativity brings me down on myself.
Just shared this elsewhere so to make my Bluesky “sharing nonsense” debut, here it is! (And for the first time in a while maybe people will see it!) #bpd #eupd
www.beamconsultancy.co.uk/the-blog/202...
www.beamconsultancy.co.uk/the-blog/202...
Why You Don't Want A Diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder — Beam Consultancy
Who the hell am I to say this? Well, I’ve worked in mental health services for over 25 years. The last 10 have been in services specifically for people who hurt themselves and want to die. ...
www.beamconsultancy.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 7:34 PM
The lasting effects of a BPD diagnosis for me (now that I've accessed competent treatment) are that I don't accept help well. Because when I have "normal" emotions within hard parts of changing, I hear an internalized voice saying I'm bad & manipulative. The negativity brings me down on myself.
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Thanks to the super power that is our EDACs very own Kyle (and host of our podcast table talk!) have a Spotify account now for our new podcast exploring all things autism and eating disorders 😊 Please do give us a little follow!! open.spotify.com/show/6tEaThW...
EDAC Table Talk Podcast
Podcast · Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative · The Eating Disorders and Autism Collaborative (EDAC) Table Talk podcast centers on discussions around neurodivergence and eating behaviours. As ou...
open.spotify.com
November 25, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Thanks to the super power that is our EDACs very own Kyle (and host of our podcast table talk!) have a Spotify account now for our new podcast exploring all things autism and eating disorders 😊 Please do give us a little follow!! open.spotify.com/show/6tEaThW...
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NHS bosses who silence whistleblowers face sack under government plans👏
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
NHS bosses who silence whistleblowers face sack under government plans
Ministers to launch public consultation on regulating managers in effort to end ‘culture of cover-up’ in NHS
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:57 PM
NHS bosses who silence whistleblowers face sack under government plans👏
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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My experience:
Team had concerns organisation had harmed a patient
I raised them
After 3 days told I was being investigated for misconduct
Asked to change notes detailing teams concern about harm
Cleared after 6 months
Patient never told of concerns
Commissioners never told of harms
We need this👇
Team had concerns organisation had harmed a patient
I raised them
After 3 days told I was being investigated for misconduct
Asked to change notes detailing teams concern about harm
Cleared after 6 months
Patient never told of concerns
Commissioners never told of harms
We need this👇
NHS managers who silence whistleblowers could be barred from working in the NHS, under proposals being announced this week www.gov.uk/government/n...
New protections for whistleblowers under NHS manager proposals
NHS managers who silence whistleblowers could be barred from working in the NHS, under proposals being announced this week.
www.gov.uk
November 24, 2024 at 8:06 PM
My experience:
Team had concerns organisation had harmed a patient
I raised them
After 3 days told I was being investigated for misconduct
Asked to change notes detailing teams concern about harm
Cleared after 6 months
Patient never told of concerns
Commissioners never told of harms
We need this👇
Team had concerns organisation had harmed a patient
I raised them
After 3 days told I was being investigated for misconduct
Asked to change notes detailing teams concern about harm
Cleared after 6 months
Patient never told of concerns
Commissioners never told of harms
We need this👇
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I’m concerned the shift to Bluesky may impact the response to the government’s #whitepaper ‘Get Britain Working,’ set to land in the next week or so. My engagements and followers are down even including there, as are those of much more influential/important activists. We must 🗣️across platforms 🙏.
November 22, 2024 at 9:24 PM
I’m concerned the shift to Bluesky may impact the response to the government’s #whitepaper ‘Get Britain Working,’ set to land in the next week or so. My engagements and followers are down even including there, as are those of much more influential/important activists. We must 🗣️across platforms 🙏.
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Our recent paper (led by Phaedra Longhurst) argues that eating disorder measures lack validity for Autistic folks: leads to pathologising Autistic people's eating & missing EDs that don't present neurotypically.
Validated, Autistic-led measures urgently needed!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Validated, Autistic-led measures urgently needed!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Measuring eating disorders in Autistic people: a proposal for future research
While diagnostic pathways for identifying Autism in eating disorder (ED) populations have been developed, the field continues to lack validated psychometric tools to measure EDs for use in the Auti...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Our recent paper (led by Phaedra Longhurst) argues that eating disorder measures lack validity for Autistic folks: leads to pathologising Autistic people's eating & missing EDs that don't present neurotypically.
Validated, Autistic-led measures urgently needed!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Validated, Autistic-led measures urgently needed!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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We are super proud to have worked with this with Phaedra Longhurst, @dr-liz-evans.bsky.social @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social @karri-g-smith.bsky.social @fionaduffy.bsky.social and Emy Nimbley 👇
Our recent paper (led by Phaedra Longhurst) argues that eating disorder measures lack validity for Autistic folks: leads to pathologising Autistic people's eating & missing EDs that don't present neurotypically.
Validated, Autistic-led measures urgently needed!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Validated, Autistic-led measures urgently needed!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Measuring eating disorders in Autistic people: a proposal for future research
While diagnostic pathways for identifying Autism in eating disorder (ED) populations have been developed, the field continues to lack validated psychometric tools to measure EDs for use in the Auti...
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2024 at 9:11 AM
We are super proud to have worked with this with Phaedra Longhurst, @dr-liz-evans.bsky.social @kerenmaclennan.bsky.social @karri-g-smith.bsky.social @fionaduffy.bsky.social and Emy Nimbley 👇
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Yey!!!!! Welcome to bluesky @kingsedresearch.bsky.social .. you wanna be friends??? 🤣🤣🤣
Centre for Research in Eating and Weight Disorders (@kingsedresearch.bsky.social)
The KCL Centre for Research in Eating/Weight Disorders (CREW) aims to find out more about the causes & consequences of eating disorders and advance treatment.
kingsedresearch.bsky.social
November 19, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Yey!!!!! Welcome to bluesky @kingsedresearch.bsky.social .. you wanna be friends??? 🤣🤣🤣
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Suicide prevention, digital health, and human-centered design!! If these are things you love, we're looking for T32 postdocs to join us at Northwestern's Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies!
cbits.northwestern.edu/training/pos...
cbits.northwestern.edu/training/pos...
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Mental Health
Learn about our NIMH T32 postdoctoral fellowship, the Multidisciplinary Training Program in Digital Mental Health, and find out how to apply.
cbits.northwestern.edu
November 22, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Suicide prevention, digital health, and human-centered design!! If these are things you love, we're looking for T32 postdocs to join us at Northwestern's Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies!
cbits.northwestern.edu/training/pos...
cbits.northwestern.edu/training/pos...