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Peter Kinderman
@peterkinderman.bsky.social
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Professor of Clinical Psychology. Socialist. Beekeeper. http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

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Girl Interrupted @girl-interrupted.bsky.social · May 27
Join @jowatson-ad4e.bsky.social & @peterkinderman.bsky.social for an audience with an ally Tuesday 3rd June

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An Audience with an Ally - Prof Peter Kinderman
Activist, author, academic & former president of the British Psychological Society, Peter Kinderman joins us to talk about his life & work.
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James Moore @jfmoore.bsky.social · Apr 16
Delighted to see that the @mad-in-america.bsky.social Rethinking Mental Health #podcast is number 1 in Goodpods #Psychiatry all time chart.

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Best Psychiatry Podcasts [2025] Top 21 Shows - Goodpods
Discover the top 21 Psychiatry podcasts in 2025. Listen, review and see what Psychiatry podcasts your friends are listening to. | Listen on Goodpods
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The Power Threat Meaning Framework @ptm-framework.bsky.social · Apr 6
Article in the BMJ recommending ‘conceptual alternatives to diagnosis’ such as the #PTMFramework. Via @profrobhoward.bsky.social

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How do we talk about overdiagnosis of mental health conditions without dismissing people’s suffering?
On 16 March the health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting, made headlines by declaring in an interview that there was an “overdiagnosis” of mental health conditions. The comment was made in the ...
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Richard Pemberton @socratext.bsky.social · Mar 23
Mental health conditions are over diagnosed theconversation.com/are-mental-h...
Are mental health conditions overdiagnosed in the UK? Two experts go head to head
Experts challenge Streeting’s claim about ‘over-diagnosis’, and bring some nuance to the debate.
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Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social · Mar 19
He isn't disputing that their suffering is real 'It's our
response that's the issue. We routinely
pathologise, label and medicate kids' emotions and behaviours'. New book by Sami Timimi out tomorrow www.thetimes.com/article/f5b1...
‘Diagnosing a child with autism or ADHD? There’s a lot of money to be made’
By medicalising normal behaviour we’re damaging the young’s wellbeing, Dr Sami Timimi tells Anna Maxted
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Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social · Mar 15
'As soon as one theory is discredited, the advocates of the biological paradigm turn to another, putting forward a new set of ropey, inconclusive and ambiguous studies as putative evidence' (from Chemically Imbalanced). Article by Bruce Levine www.madinamerica.com/2025/03/do-c...
Do Critics of Biological Psychiatry Have an Alternative to a Life of “Whack-A-Mole”?
Psychiatry has offered many biological theories, but the ones that stick are the effective marketing devices for money-making drugs.
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