Dr Simon Bradstreet
@sbradstreet.bsky.social
Freelance consulting and support: mental health and a bit of digital. Gestalt Coach https://sbradstreetconsulting.com. Coordinator @thementalelf.bsky.social Associate https://bsky.app/profile/matter-of-focus.bsky.social ImROC & Habitus UK
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I am raising funds for Bipolar Scotland who make peer support and self management tools available. Peer support can be the difference between struggling alone and finding hope and direction through community. Shares and contributions of any size appreciated.
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Loved writing this - thank you to the wonderful @sbradstreet.bsky.social . And I got to squeeze in a mention of The AI Con from @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social The joy of writing after PhDone!
📱 Peer support has gone digital.
This new meta-analysis suggests apps, chats & video calls can help mental health, but there’s a big problem… nobody agrees what “digital peer support” even means.
Are we digitising care, or diluting it?
#DigitalMentalHealth #PeerSupport #LivedExperience 🧵
This new meta-analysis suggests apps, chats & video calls can help mental health, but there’s a big problem… nobody agrees what “digital peer support” even means.
Are we digitising care, or diluting it?
#DigitalMentalHealth #PeerSupport #LivedExperience 🧵
August 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Loved writing this - thank you to the wonderful @sbradstreet.bsky.social . And I got to squeeze in a mention of The AI Con from @alexhanna.bsky.social and @emilymbender.bsky.social The joy of writing after PhDone!
I am raising funds for Bipolar Scotland who make peer support and self management tools available. Peer support can be the difference between struggling alone and finding hope and direction through community. Shares and contributions of any size appreciated.
www.justgiving.com/page/simon-b...
www.justgiving.com/page/simon-b...
Simon's fundraiser for Bipolar Scotland
Help Simon Bradstreet raise money to support Bipolar Scotland
www.justgiving.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I am raising funds for Bipolar Scotland who make peer support and self management tools available. Peer support can be the difference between struggling alone and finding hope and direction through community. Shares and contributions of any size appreciated.
www.justgiving.com/page/simon-b...
www.justgiving.com/page/simon-b...
Demystifying Research - a free short webinar to introduce a new series from Imroc where we will explore some of the myths around mental health research. We have a research curious community but too many feel excluded
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Demystifying Research – introducing a new series — Imroc
This is a free interactive webinar to introduce Imroc's new Demystifying Research series. Each paper will break down complex concepts—bias, variables, methods—into clear, jargon-free insights, paired ...
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July 7, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Demystifying Research - a free short webinar to introduce a new series from Imroc where we will explore some of the myths around mental health research. We have a research curious community but too many feel excluded
www.imroc.org/imroc-events...
www.imroc.org/imroc-events...
It was pleasure to support this one from Emily. Yet another example of the paucity of evidence when it comes psychiatric policies and practices. Evidence that is badly needed to prevent and anticipate violence and distress in wards
The relationship between staffing and incidents of violence and aggression on wards is complex. Today Emily Wood @emilyfwood.bsky.social reminds us that there is an urgent need for high quality evidence to inform guidelines and practice.
Another great blog edited by @sbradstreet.bsky.social 👏🏽
Another great blog edited by @sbradstreet.bsky.social 👏🏽
June 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It was pleasure to support this one from Emily. Yet another example of the paucity of evidence when it comes psychiatric policies and practices. Evidence that is badly needed to prevent and anticipate violence and distress in wards
Feelings of shame are common in people with experiences of psychosis but poorly understood. A new qual study just out explores experiences of people with lived experience of psychosis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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June 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Feelings of shame are common in people with experiences of psychosis but poorly understood. A new qual study just out explores experiences of people with lived experience of psychosis: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Here's an article I just published. As a psychiatrist I have been keen to understand the relationship between the somatic aspects of depression (disturbed sleep, appetite, energy levels) and the experience of depressed mood www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #philsky
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #philsky
The body intervenes: How active inference explains depression’s clinical presentation
The low mood that characterises depression is accompanied by changes in bodily processes, manifested in symptoms such as insomnia, reduced appetite an…
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May 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Here's an article I just published. As a psychiatrist I have been keen to understand the relationship between the somatic aspects of depression (disturbed sleep, appetite, energy levels) and the experience of depressed mood www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #philsky
#neuroskyence #psychscisky #philsky
Great blog from Eleanor Dawkins for @thementalelf.bsky.social summarising a new study of the association between cognitive decline and anticholinergic drugs (commonly prescribed for side effects of antipsychotics) and cognitive decline.
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Anticholinergics are associated with worse cognition: it’s time to take a serious look at our prescribing - National Elf Service
Eleanor Dawkins explores a new review and meta-analysis suggesting that cognitive impairment is linked with anticholinergic medication in psychosis, providing grounds for more careful monitoring and r...
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May 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Great blog from Eleanor Dawkins for @thementalelf.bsky.social summarising a new study of the association between cognitive decline and anticholinergic drugs (commonly prescribed for side effects of antipsychotics) and cognitive decline.
www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt...
www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt...
Bias has to be one of the most misunderstood research terms but then maybe I'm biased
May 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Bias has to be one of the most misunderstood research terms but then maybe I'm biased
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Today Keir Harding @keirwales.bsky.social looks at an Australian qualitative study that reveals difficult and harmful narratives around people given a diagnosis of ‘borderline personality disorder’.
It's a challenging piece edited by @sbradstreet.bsky.social
Do have a read!
It's a challenging piece edited by @sbradstreet.bsky.social
Do have a read!
May 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Today Keir Harding @keirwales.bsky.social looks at an Australian qualitative study that reveals difficult and harmful narratives around people given a diagnosis of ‘borderline personality disorder’.
It's a challenging piece edited by @sbradstreet.bsky.social
Do have a read!
It's a challenging piece edited by @sbradstreet.bsky.social
Do have a read!
New systematic review of carer's views of recovery oriented practices in International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#recovery #carers #research #mentalhealth
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#recovery #carers #research #mentalhealth
Carers’ Understanding of Recovery‐Oriented Practice in Mental Health Settings: A Systematic Review and Narrative Synthesis
Recovery-oriented practice is a contemporary and internationally accepted approach to mental health care. Moving away from privileging ‘clinical recovery’, it recognises and supports ‘personal recove...
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April 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
New systematic review of carer's views of recovery oriented practices in International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#recovery #carers #research #mentalhealth
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#recovery #carers #research #mentalhealth
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This cohort study, blogged by Duncan Swiffen @duncanswiffen.bsky.social is yet more evidence for lithium as an excellent treatment for people with bipolar disorder. This time it comes out on top in terms of preventing depression-related hospitalisation.
Great bipolar blog @sbradstreet.bsky.social
Great bipolar blog @sbradstreet.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 6:41 AM
This cohort study, blogged by Duncan Swiffen @duncanswiffen.bsky.social is yet more evidence for lithium as an excellent treatment for people with bipolar disorder. This time it comes out on top in terms of preventing depression-related hospitalisation.
Great bipolar blog @sbradstreet.bsky.social
Great bipolar blog @sbradstreet.bsky.social
Another great blog by Shuichi Suetani for @thementalelf.bsky.social . Having undergone different stages of policy around cannabis Canada offers a useful quasi-experiment to explore links with psychosis
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Cannabis legalisation: what can we learn about psychosis risk from the great Canadian (quasi) experiment? - National Elf Service
What can we learn from population data in Canada, a decriminalisation front runner, about the to the risk of psychosis after policy changes?
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March 31, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Another great blog by Shuichi Suetani for @thementalelf.bsky.social . Having undergone different stages of policy around cannabis Canada offers a useful quasi-experiment to explore links with psychosis
www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt...
www.nationalelfservice.net/mental-healt...
New comment in Lancet Psychiatry - Clozapine and treatment-resistant schizophrenia: efficacy versus effectiveness (in short context matters)
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Clozapine and treatment-resistant schizophrenia: efficacy versus effectiveness
A third of people with schizophrenia have symptoms that will not sufficiently respond
to two adequate trials of antipsychotic medications.1 For these people with treatment-resistant
schizophrenia, clo...
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March 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
New comment in Lancet Psychiatry - Clozapine and treatment-resistant schizophrenia: efficacy versus effectiveness (in short context matters)
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Continuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse www.nationalelfservice.net?p=214633
🧵 THREAD
🧵 THREAD
Continuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse - National Elf Service
Analyses of a national database adds to the case that antipsychotic continuation during pregnancy is associated with a reduced risk of postpartum relapse.
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March 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Continuing antipsychotic medication during pregnancy associated with reduced risk of schizophrenia relapse www.nationalelfservice.net?p=214633
🧵 THREAD
🧵 THREAD
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An invite for patients and carers to share thoughts on my planned PhD research about antidepressant deprescribing in primary care. Register here:
Thursday 3 April 2025 7:30pm
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
or Friday 4 April 1:30pm
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#MentalHealthResearch
Thursday 3 April 2025 7:30pm
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
or Friday 4 April 1:30pm
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#MentalHealthResearch
March 11, 2025 at 11:06 AM
An invite for patients and carers to share thoughts on my planned PhD research about antidepressant deprescribing in primary care. Register here:
Thursday 3 April 2025 7:30pm
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
or Friday 4 April 1:30pm
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#MentalHealthResearch
Thursday 3 April 2025 7:30pm
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
or Friday 4 April 1:30pm
bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#MentalHealthResearch
"A brief critique of the pseudo-diagnosis ‘complex emotional needs’" New lived experience critique and editorial in BJ Psych
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A brief critique of the pseudo-diagnosis ‘complex emotional needs’ | The British Journal of Psychiatry | Cambridge Core
A brief critique of the pseudo-diagnosis ‘complex emotional needs’
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March 10, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"A brief critique of the pseudo-diagnosis ‘complex emotional needs’" New lived experience critique and editorial in BJ Psych
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Just out: Mental illness and personal #recovery: A narrative identity framework www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#narrative #recovery #identity
#narrative #recovery #identity
Mental illness and personal recovery: A narrative identity framework
This article presents a metamorphic model to describe the manifold role of narrative identity, a person's internal life story, across the course of me…
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February 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just out: Mental illness and personal #recovery: A narrative identity framework www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#narrative #recovery #identity
#narrative #recovery #identity
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Glad to see our work shared on the hub! @patientsafetylearning.org
💭We explored safety incidents and harms as reported in community-based mental health services.
🧵Reflections on our key findings: bsky.app/profile/phoe...
📄Full paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003532
#patientsafety
#academicsky
💭We explored safety incidents and harms as reported in community-based mental health services.
🧵Reflections on our key findings: bsky.app/profile/phoe...
📄Full paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003532
#patientsafety
#academicsky
February 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Glad to see our work shared on the hub! @patientsafetylearning.org
💭We explored safety incidents and harms as reported in community-based mental health services.
🧵Reflections on our key findings: bsky.app/profile/phoe...
📄Full paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003532
#patientsafety
#academicsky
💭We explored safety incidents and harms as reported in community-based mental health services.
🧵Reflections on our key findings: bsky.app/profile/phoe...
📄Full paper: doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724003532
#patientsafety
#academicsky
Newly published scoping review: The Type, Impacts, and Experiences of Peer Support for People Living With Bipolar Disorder: A Scoping Review
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Type, Impacts, and Experiences of Peer Support for People Living With Bipolar Disorder: A Scoping Review
Background Internationally, mental health policy has highlighted the exchange of peer support between people with lived experience as a key component of recovery-oriented care. There is some evidenc...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 20, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Newly published scoping review: The Type, Impacts, and Experiences of Peer Support for People Living With Bipolar Disorder: A Scoping Review
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Are you based in Scotland? Keen to take on a trustee role? Passionate about improving Mental Health?
Apply to join us on the Penumbra board!
More about Penumbra Mental Health: penumbra.org.uk
Apply here: bta.current.jobs/job/trustees...
Apply to join us on the Penumbra board!
More about Penumbra Mental Health: penumbra.org.uk
Apply here: bta.current.jobs/job/trustees...
January 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Are you based in Scotland? Keen to take on a trustee role? Passionate about improving Mental Health?
Apply to join us on the Penumbra board!
More about Penumbra Mental Health: penumbra.org.uk
Apply here: bta.current.jobs/job/trustees...
Apply to join us on the Penumbra board!
More about Penumbra Mental Health: penumbra.org.uk
Apply here: bta.current.jobs/job/trustees...
Therapist guided online CBT as effective as face to face in Finnish retrospective cohort study
#digitalmentalhealth #icbt
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#digitalmentalhealth #icbt
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Efficacy and effectiveness of therapist-guided internet versus face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy for depression via counterfactual inference using naturalistic registers and machine learning ...
Considered alongside previous RCTs, our findings suggest that short first-line treatments
with therapist-guided iCBT are at least as effective and efficacious as fCBT. Our
findings eliminate error sou...
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February 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Therapist guided online CBT as effective as face to face in Finnish retrospective cohort study
#digitalmentalhealth #icbt
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
#digitalmentalhealth #icbt
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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Trump directed a panel headed by HHS Sec RFK, Jr. (no medical training at all) to assess “the prevalence of and threat” posed by SSRIs, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs. #medsky
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Trump casts psychiatric and weight-loss drugs as threats to children
Trump directed a panel headed by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to assess “the prevalence of and threat” posed by SSRIs, mood stabilizers, stimulants, and weight-loss drugs.
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February 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Feeling rather chuffed with my first Gestalt Coaching testimonial. Do get in touch of are curious about coaching as a process for change and development or take a look at my website. sbradstreetconsulting.com/coaching
February 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Feeling rather chuffed with my first Gestalt Coaching testimonial. Do get in touch of are curious about coaching as a process for change and development or take a look at my website. sbradstreetconsulting.com/coaching
New: Real-world effectiveness of pharmacological maintenance treatment of #bipolar #depression: a within-subject analysis in a Swedish nationwide cohort.
Lithium associate with sig reduced risk of depression related admission.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Lithium associate with sig reduced risk of depression related admission.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Real-world effectiveness of pharmacological maintenance treatment of bipolar depression: a within-subject analysis in a Swedish nationwide cohort
Since medications are typically started when depressive symptoms re-emerge, all treatments
might appear less effective than they actually are when the reference is non-use of
medication. Lithium was t...
www.thelancet.com
February 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
New: Real-world effectiveness of pharmacological maintenance treatment of #bipolar #depression: a within-subject analysis in a Swedish nationwide cohort.
Lithium associate with sig reduced risk of depression related admission.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Lithium associate with sig reduced risk of depression related admission.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Using Technology to Support Measurement-Based Care: Design and Implementation of the Measurement-Assisted Care Program psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...
Using Technology to Support Measurement-Based Care: Design and Implementation of the Measurement-Assisted Care Program | Psychiatric Services
Objective: The authors aimed to increase measurement-based care in an outpatient academic psychiatry service. Methods: The Measurement-Assisted Care program (MAC) was implemented as a clinical quality...
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February 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Using Technology to Support Measurement-Based Care: Design and Implementation of the Measurement-Assisted Care Program psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/...