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"This report shines a necessary light on the diagnosis of ‘personality disorder’. As the findings make starkly clear, this label often serves not as a gateway to support, but as a barrier to compassion." — Alexis Quinn Survivor, psychotherapist, author and manager of the Restraint Reduction Network.
The Hidden Harm of the Diagnosis of personality disorder report - Platfform
For over 35 years, across our projects and services, we have listened to people’s experiences of the mental health system. Time and time again, we’ve heard experiences where the mental health system c...
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February 12, 2026 at 3:50 PM
"This report shines a necessary light on the diagnosis of ‘personality disorder’. As the findings make starkly clear, this label often serves not as a gateway to support, but as a barrier to compassion." — Alexis Quinn Survivor, psychotherapist, author and manager of the Restraint Reduction Network.
Our new report, ‘The Hidden Harm of the diagnosis of personality disorder’, which will be launched at our sold-out event tomorrow, will call for change to the treatment of people given the diagnosis of personality disorder.
The findings are hard-hitting – but they aren’t new.
The findings are hard-hitting – but they aren’t new.
February 11, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Our new report, ‘The Hidden Harm of the diagnosis of personality disorder’, which will be launched at our sold-out event tomorrow, will call for change to the treatment of people given the diagnosis of personality disorder.
The findings are hard-hitting – but they aren’t new.
The findings are hard-hitting – but they aren’t new.
This week, as part of WCVA Cymru's #WelshCharitiesWeek, we recognise the amazing work of the community groups and voluntary organisations who work alongside us to support people facing mental health challenges.
Find out more about Platfform's community at buff.ly/V7AEEl3.
Find out more about Platfform's community at buff.ly/V7AEEl3.
February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
This week, as part of WCVA Cymru's #WelshCharitiesWeek, we recognise the amazing work of the community groups and voluntary organisations who work alongside us to support people facing mental health challenges.
Find out more about Platfform's community at buff.ly/V7AEEl3.
Find out more about Platfform's community at buff.ly/V7AEEl3.
2026 could well be a year of change in Wales, and we hope it can be the year we look back on in the future, when real change in delivering better mental health services started.
@ewanhilton.bsky.social, Platfform CEO reflects on glimmers of hope.
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@ewanhilton.bsky.social, Platfform CEO reflects on glimmers of hope.
platfform.org/wellbeing/lo...
Lots of looking forward - Platfform
As we hurtle through February, and the Christmas break becomes a fading distant memory, this is the time of the year when I do a little bit of looking back – and lots of looking forward.
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February 5, 2026 at 1:10 PM
2026 could well be a year of change in Wales, and we hope it can be the year we look back on in the future, when real change in delivering better mental health services started.
@ewanhilton.bsky.social, Platfform CEO reflects on glimmers of hope.
platfform.org/wellbeing/lo...
@ewanhilton.bsky.social, Platfform CEO reflects on glimmers of hope.
platfform.org/wellbeing/lo...
Our event brings together leaders and changemakers from the public, private and voluntary sectors.
It is a space for people in all sectors to explore how we can come together to help our communities thrive and build hope for the future.
Join us 👉 platfform.org/event/wales-...
It is a space for people in all sectors to explore how we can come together to help our communities thrive and build hope for the future.
Join us 👉 platfform.org/event/wales-...
February 5, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Our event brings together leaders and changemakers from the public, private and voluntary sectors.
It is a space for people in all sectors to explore how we can come together to help our communities thrive and build hope for the future.
Join us 👉 platfform.org/event/wales-...
It is a space for people in all sectors to explore how we can come together to help our communities thrive and build hope for the future.
Join us 👉 platfform.org/event/wales-...
Community matters for mental health.
Our Wales Week London event explores how connection, relationships and shared purpose help people and communities thrive.
🚤Join us on the River Thames for meaningful conversation and shared hope.
Spaces are limited, register your interest: buff.ly/NNZXHNf
Our Wales Week London event explores how connection, relationships and shared purpose help people and communities thrive.
🚤Join us on the River Thames for meaningful conversation and shared hope.
Spaces are limited, register your interest: buff.ly/NNZXHNf
January 29, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Community matters for mental health.
Our Wales Week London event explores how connection, relationships and shared purpose help people and communities thrive.
🚤Join us on the River Thames for meaningful conversation and shared hope.
Spaces are limited, register your interest: buff.ly/NNZXHNf
Our Wales Week London event explores how connection, relationships and shared purpose help people and communities thrive.
🚤Join us on the River Thames for meaningful conversation and shared hope.
Spaces are limited, register your interest: buff.ly/NNZXHNf
📢 Join our team in Torfaen as a floating support Case Worker. With your excellent communication skills, experience in a trauma informed role, and ability to focus on listening to lived experiences - you will help people to develop their confidence and skills to live independently.
>> buff.ly/Z0ayli6
>> buff.ly/Z0ayli6
January 26, 2026 at 4:45 PM
📢 Join our team in Torfaen as a floating support Case Worker. With your excellent communication skills, experience in a trauma informed role, and ability to focus on listening to lived experiences - you will help people to develop their confidence and skills to live independently.
>> buff.ly/Z0ayli6
>> buff.ly/Z0ayli6
📣Be part of the collaboration in driving our mission for positive change and social justice. Join us for an evening of conversations, connections and building communities of hope.
🗓️5th March, 6pm-9pm
📍London
Register your interest platfform.org/event/wales-...
#WWLDEG
🗓️5th March, 6pm-9pm
📍London
Register your interest platfform.org/event/wales-...
#WWLDEG
January 22, 2026 at 5:07 PM
📣Be part of the collaboration in driving our mission for positive change and social justice. Join us for an evening of conversations, connections and building communities of hope.
🗓️5th March, 6pm-9pm
📍London
Register your interest platfform.org/event/wales-...
#WWLDEG
🗓️5th March, 6pm-9pm
📍London
Register your interest platfform.org/event/wales-...
#WWLDEG
Join us online on 12 February to learn about 30 people’s experience of the diagnosis and treatment of #PersonalityDisorder in our new report.
Does the system work for the people it’s meant to help?
Find out more here: buff.ly/xeM1xCW
#mentalhealth
Does the system work for the people it’s meant to help?
Find out more here: buff.ly/xeM1xCW
#mentalhealth
The Hidden Harm of the Diagnosis of Personality Disorder
Platfform has spent two years hearing real stories from people who have received this diagnosis. This new report shows what we found.
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January 21, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Join us online on 12 February to learn about 30 people’s experience of the diagnosis and treatment of #PersonalityDisorder in our new report.
Does the system work for the people it’s meant to help?
Find out more here: buff.ly/xeM1xCW
#mentalhealth
Does the system work for the people it’s meant to help?
Find out more here: buff.ly/xeM1xCW
#mentalhealth
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We are recruitingTrustees to join out Board at @platfform.org - hear for our Chair Anne-Lousie and find all the information your need to understand more about eh role below 👇🏻
2026 is the year of fresh opportunities! Our work is expanding across the UK and as our trustee you will help us to think differently, do differently, and to challenge the status quo.
Sounds exciting? Get in touch with @ewanhilton.bsky.social for a chat and read more platfform.org/about-us/joi...
Sounds exciting? Get in touch with @ewanhilton.bsky.social for a chat and read more platfform.org/about-us/joi...
January 7, 2026 at 5:36 PM
We are recruitingTrustees to join out Board at @platfform.org - hear for our Chair Anne-Lousie and find all the information your need to understand more about eh role below 👇🏻
2026 is the year of fresh opportunities! Our work is expanding across the UK and as our trustee you will help us to think differently, do differently, and to challenge the status quo.
Sounds exciting? Get in touch with @ewanhilton.bsky.social for a chat and read more platfform.org/about-us/joi...
Sounds exciting? Get in touch with @ewanhilton.bsky.social for a chat and read more platfform.org/about-us/joi...
January 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
2026 is the year of fresh opportunities! Our work is expanding across the UK and as our trustee you will help us to think differently, do differently, and to challenge the status quo.
Sounds exciting? Get in touch with @ewanhilton.bsky.social for a chat and read more platfform.org/about-us/joi...
Sounds exciting? Get in touch with @ewanhilton.bsky.social for a chat and read more platfform.org/about-us/joi...
The Housing Support Grant funds services that help keep people safe, and that funding needs protecting.
Here's Kirsty's frank look into the reality of managing supported housing platfform.org/homelessness...
@cymorthcymru.bsky.social
Here's Kirsty's frank look into the reality of managing supported housing platfform.org/homelessness...
@cymorthcymru.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 1:03 PM
The Housing Support Grant funds services that help keep people safe, and that funding needs protecting.
Here's Kirsty's frank look into the reality of managing supported housing platfform.org/homelessness...
@cymorthcymru.bsky.social
Here's Kirsty's frank look into the reality of managing supported housing platfform.org/homelessness...
@cymorthcymru.bsky.social
The diagnosis of personality disorder can hide people’s experiences, and the distress that they are responding to. We’ve gathered people’s stories of receiving this diagnosis so that the truth behind the label can be heard.
Read Megan’s story, and those of many others, here: buff.ly/k6SWnKa
Read Megan’s story, and those of many others, here: buff.ly/k6SWnKa
December 19, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The diagnosis of personality disorder can hide people’s experiences, and the distress that they are responding to. We’ve gathered people’s stories of receiving this diagnosis so that the truth behind the label can be heard.
Read Megan’s story, and those of many others, here: buff.ly/k6SWnKa
Read Megan’s story, and those of many others, here: buff.ly/k6SWnKa
Last year, homelessness in Wales reached record numbers, so more people needed the support of housing and homelessness services. Like Keith, who was in temporary accommodation and facing mental health struggles when he was referred to us. (1/3) @cymorthcymru.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Last year, homelessness in Wales reached record numbers, so more people needed the support of housing and homelessness services. Like Keith, who was in temporary accommodation and facing mental health struggles when he was referred to us. (1/3) @cymorthcymru.bsky.social
Thank you to @sarah4bridgend.bsky.social for her supportive words on the Hangout projects, which we run alongside @cavuhb.bsky.social, and for her recent visits to both spaces, where she discussed the benefits of open-access mental health support with our staff and the young people there. (1/3)
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Thank you to @sarah4bridgend.bsky.social for her supportive words on the Hangout projects, which we run alongside @cavuhb.bsky.social, and for her recent visits to both spaces, where she discussed the benefits of open-access mental health support with our staff and the young people there. (1/3)
Huge thanks to @restraintreductionnetwork.org for inviting @jendaffin.bsky.social to speak at their conference last week, and to Jess Matthews for joining us there to share her story.
The diagnosis of personality disorder can function as a restraint, limiting people’s power over their own lives.
The diagnosis of personality disorder can function as a restraint, limiting people’s power over their own lives.
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Huge thanks to @restraintreductionnetwork.org for inviting @jendaffin.bsky.social to speak at their conference last week, and to Jess Matthews for joining us there to share her story.
The diagnosis of personality disorder can function as a restraint, limiting people’s power over their own lives.
The diagnosis of personality disorder can function as a restraint, limiting people’s power over their own lives.
Platfform will always welcome trans people, whether you're accessing support, or joining us as a colleagues or volunteer.
Community is a mental health intervention – and that starts with a sense of belonging, and being welcomed for who you are by the people around you.
#transgenderawarenessweek
Community is a mental health intervention – and that starts with a sense of belonging, and being welcomed for who you are by the people around you.
#transgenderawarenessweek
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Platfform will always welcome trans people, whether you're accessing support, or joining us as a colleagues or volunteer.
Community is a mental health intervention – and that starts with a sense of belonging, and being welcomed for who you are by the people around you.
#transgenderawarenessweek
Community is a mental health intervention – and that starts with a sense of belonging, and being welcomed for who you are by the people around you.
#transgenderawarenessweek
Our trustee Chris brings 20 years of experience in the not-for profit and public sectors, including at senior leadership level. He shares why he values his trustee role at Platfform.
Thank you for your care, insight and the support you bring Chris ❤
#TrusteesWeek #values #leadership #impact
Thank you for your care, insight and the support you bring Chris ❤
#TrusteesWeek #values #leadership #impact
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Our trustee Chris brings 20 years of experience in the not-for profit and public sectors, including at senior leadership level. He shares why he values his trustee role at Platfform.
Thank you for your care, insight and the support you bring Chris ❤
#TrusteesWeek #values #leadership #impact
Thank you for your care, insight and the support you bring Chris ❤
#TrusteesWeek #values #leadership #impact
Debbie Green has been volunteering as a trustee at Platfform for a while. This week she has reflected on what she enjoys about her role. Thank you for generously sharing your time and expertise to support our journey Debbie ❤️
#TrusteesWeek #values #impact #leadership
#TrusteesWeek #values #impact #leadership
November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Debbie Green has been volunteering as a trustee at Platfform for a while. This week she has reflected on what she enjoys about her role. Thank you for generously sharing your time and expertise to support our journey Debbie ❤️
#TrusteesWeek #values #impact #leadership
#TrusteesWeek #values #impact #leadership
Excited to be at @welshnhsconfed.bsky.social annual conference today. Pop by our spot in the exhibition space and chat to David and Laurence about all things mental health 👋
#WelshConfed25
#WelshConfed25
November 6, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Excited to be at @welshnhsconfed.bsky.social annual conference today. Pop by our spot in the exhibition space and chat to David and Laurence about all things mental health 👋
#WelshConfed25
#WelshConfed25
Our Trustees help set the path for how we want the Platfform team to be – our values of connectedness, compassion, curiosity, and bravery are how we support others, collaborate and work together.
#TrusteeWeek #values #impact
#TrusteeWeek #values #impact
November 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our Trustees help set the path for how we want the Platfform team to be – our values of connectedness, compassion, curiosity, and bravery are how we support others, collaborate and work together.
#TrusteeWeek #values #impact
#TrusteeWeek #values #impact
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"We want a person-centred, recovery-oriented, and rights-based mental health system in Wales which provides the highest standard of care for all."
Don't miss out on the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto launch 👇 #MentalHealth #Wales
@mindcymru.bsky.social @adferiad.org
Don't miss out on the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto launch 👇 #MentalHealth #Wales
@mindcymru.bsky.social @adferiad.org
We all want a bright future for mental health in Wales, and the community bonds that help us to thrive together. So what do we need to see from political leadership to make it happen?
Join us for the launch of the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto, 12/11, online.
Details: buff.ly/ZHz2waS
Join us for the launch of the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto, 12/11, online.
Details: buff.ly/ZHz2waS
October 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
"We want a person-centred, recovery-oriented, and rights-based mental health system in Wales which provides the highest standard of care for all."
Don't miss out on the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto launch 👇 #MentalHealth #Wales
@mindcymru.bsky.social @adferiad.org
Don't miss out on the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto launch 👇 #MentalHealth #Wales
@mindcymru.bsky.social @adferiad.org
Looking forward to some great conversations @welshnhsconfed.bsky.social next Friday!
You can also join us for a breakout session on holistic approaches, hearing people's stories for practical change, and how we can have hope for the future of mental health.
Info: buff.ly/l7oWuQE
#WelshConfed25
You can also join us for a breakout session on holistic approaches, hearing people's stories for practical change, and how we can have hope for the future of mental health.
Info: buff.ly/l7oWuQE
#WelshConfed25
October 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Looking forward to some great conversations @welshnhsconfed.bsky.social next Friday!
You can also join us for a breakout session on holistic approaches, hearing people's stories for practical change, and how we can have hope for the future of mental health.
Info: buff.ly/l7oWuQE
#WelshConfed25
You can also join us for a breakout session on holistic approaches, hearing people's stories for practical change, and how we can have hope for the future of mental health.
Info: buff.ly/l7oWuQE
#WelshConfed25
We all want a bright future for mental health in Wales, and the community bonds that help us to thrive together. So what do we need to see from political leadership to make it happen?
Join us for the launch of the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto, 12/11, online.
Details: buff.ly/ZHz2waS
Join us for the launch of the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto, 12/11, online.
Details: buff.ly/ZHz2waS
October 27, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We all want a bright future for mental health in Wales, and the community bonds that help us to thrive together. So what do we need to see from political leadership to make it happen?
Join us for the launch of the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto, 12/11, online.
Details: buff.ly/ZHz2waS
Join us for the launch of the Wales Alliance for Mental Health Manifesto, 12/11, online.
Details: buff.ly/ZHz2waS
No Man's Land, a deeply moving performance by Kyle Stead, starts tonight at Park & Dare Theatre CF42 6NL, running until Sat 25 Oct. Tickets available from: buff.ly/opcv5Cn
- Supported by Platfform
- Written by Rachel Trezise
- Directed by Matthew Holmquist
- Photography by Kirsten McTernan
- Supported by Platfform
- Written by Rachel Trezise
- Directed by Matthew Holmquist
- Photography by Kirsten McTernan
October 23, 2025 at 3:46 PM
No Man's Land, a deeply moving performance by Kyle Stead, starts tonight at Park & Dare Theatre CF42 6NL, running until Sat 25 Oct. Tickets available from: buff.ly/opcv5Cn
- Supported by Platfform
- Written by Rachel Trezise
- Directed by Matthew Holmquist
- Photography by Kirsten McTernan
- Supported by Platfform
- Written by Rachel Trezise
- Directed by Matthew Holmquist
- Photography by Kirsten McTernan