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Is mental health 'awareness' backfiring?
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Some analysis of the data which suggests that mental health awareness campaigns aren't having uniformly positive outcomes for those they're meant to be helping.
#MentalHealth #Awareness #Data
theneuroscienceofeve...
Some analysis of the data which suggests that mental health awareness campaigns aren't having uniformly positive outcomes for those they're meant to be helping.
#MentalHealth #Awareness #Data
Is mental health 'awareness' backfiring?
It's mental health awareness week, again. But the latest data shows that mental health stigma is increasing, not decreasing. What's going on there? And has mental health awareness gone 'too far'?
theneuroscienceofeverydaylife.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Is mental health 'awareness' backfiring?
theneuroscienceofeve...
Some analysis of the data which suggests that mental health awareness campaigns aren't having uniformly positive outcomes for those they're meant to be helping.
#MentalHealth #Awareness #Data
theneuroscienceofeve...
Some analysis of the data which suggests that mental health awareness campaigns aren't having uniformly positive outcomes for those they're meant to be helping.
#MentalHealth #Awareness #Data
"If you haven't got a support network, it's an incredibly stressful, difficult time."
'There was no campsite for my autistic son, so I'm starting my own' What a fantastic idea-hope she gets lots of support www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr...
Bala mum to set up campsite for neurodivergent families after holiday challenges
Families across Wales say there is a lack of holiday facilities for their autistic children.
www.bbc.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"If you haven't got a support network, it's an incredibly stressful, difficult time."
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Nobody signed up for THIS.
Nobody signed up for THIS.
Now feel free to judge but I can recall with stark clarity muttering under my breath;
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August 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Nobody signed up for THIS.
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Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible? | Emily Kenway
Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible? | Emily Kenway
People looking after loved ones struggle to be heard by health professionals. Yet without us, the system would collapse, says author Emily Kenway
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Carers like me connect patients and doctors – so why are we so often made to feel invisible? | Emily Kenway
Hard relate.
Who's fault is it anyway?
A blog about parent blame and system responses.
#Adoption #CCVAB #CPV
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A blog about parent blame and system responses.
#Adoption #CCVAB #CPV
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Who's fault is it anyway?
‘I feel dizzy, I'm…………..sorry’
alcoates.co.uk
June 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Hard relate.
"The fact is that, in the UK, there simply aren’t enough homes that prioritise disability".
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The aesthetics of accessibility: design for disability that’s dynamic not dreary
[FREE TO READ] Architecture is at a fertile inflection point. But while housebuilding goals, sustainability and retrofitting are dominating the agenda, why does accessibility too often remain an after...
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May 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"The fact is that, in the UK, there simply aren’t enough homes that prioritise disability".
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Let’s get this Petition over the finish line—just 13k short of the 100,000 for a parliamentary debate: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND petition.parliament.uk/petit...
Petition: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND
Support in education is a vital legal right of children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). We ask the government to commit to maintaining the existing law, so that vulnerable children with SEND can access education and achieve their potential.
petition.parliament.uk
May 31, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Let’s get this Petition over the finish line—just 13k short of the 100,000 for a parliamentary debate: Retain legal right to assessment and support in education for children with SEND petition.parliament.uk/petit...
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“The system isn’t working so let’s get rid of it completely”
This is sickening. @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social, Derbyshire takes *years* to process an EHCP. We now have Reform threatening provision and, shockingly, your government.
Why attack vulnerable children like this?
This is sickening. @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social, Derbyshire takes *years* to process an EHCP. We now have Reform threatening provision and, shockingly, your government.
Why attack vulnerable children like this?
May 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
“The system isn’t working so let’s get rid of it completely”
This is sickening. @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social, Derbyshire takes *years* to process an EHCP. We now have Reform threatening provision and, shockingly, your government.
Why attack vulnerable children like this?
This is sickening. @jonathandaviesmp.bsky.social, Derbyshire takes *years* to process an EHCP. We now have Reform threatening provision and, shockingly, your government.
Why attack vulnerable children like this?
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And, you know, this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In an NHS ward I saw how Britain relies on immigrants. Yet still we tell them they’re not wanted | John Harris
My dad’s journey through the health and social care systems proves what politicians secretly know: we’ll be lost if they succeed in ‘sending them home’, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And, you know, this www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Pain can present as agitation in delirium—assess and treat appropriately.
Haloperidol is a poor analgesic.
Haloperidol is a poor analgesic.
April 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Pain can present as agitation in delirium—assess and treat appropriately.
Haloperidol is a poor analgesic.
Haloperidol is a poor analgesic.
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On the 24th April at 8pm online I'm presenting my findings from my The Churchill Fellowship study into models of support for adoptive and kinship families.
#CCVAB #CPV #CPVA
Book here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1258791211....
#CCVAB #CPV #CPVA
Book here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1258791211....
April 9, 2025 at 8:06 PM
On the 24th April at 8pm online I'm presenting my findings from my The Churchill Fellowship study into models of support for adoptive and kinship families.
#CCVAB #CPV #CPVA
Book here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1258791211....
#CCVAB #CPV #CPVA
Book here!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1258791211....
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FASD in the news: Irish Examiner: Silent epidemic of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder 'coming down the road at us fast and furiously'
You can read the full article here: www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
You can read the full article here: www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
Silent epidemic of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder 'coming down the road at us fast and furiously'
Advocates call on Government to recognise the condition, which can lead to ADHD and learning difficulties, as a disability
www.irishexaminer.com
March 31, 2025 at 9:12 PM
FASD in the news: Irish Examiner: Silent epidemic of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder 'coming down the road at us fast and furiously'
You can read the full article here: www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
You can read the full article here: www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
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In Northumberland we had the domestic homicide review of 'Sarah'. I sat in a meeting within months of that and the social care team looking to help us were oblivious to it. There can't be enough publicity around this issue that families face.
#cpv #ccvab
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#cpv #ccvab
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Northumberland mother 'begged for help' with her son's violence
A Northumberland mother says support is needed for parents abused by children with additional needs.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
In Northumberland we had the domestic homicide review of 'Sarah'. I sat in a meeting within months of that and the social care team looking to help us were oblivious to it. There can't be enough publicity around this issue that families face.
#cpv #ccvab
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#cpv #ccvab
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such a gorgeous piece. As the mum of a son with SEND, I often feel like I live in a parallel universe to parents of neurotypical children. This piece really captures how joyous the triumphs are. Can't wait to read the book.
Morning! This is an exclusive extract from my new book Maybe I'm Amazed, about my autistic son James & how music became our shared language. Wait for the Velvet Underground bit at the end www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘He nails it on the first take’: how the Beatles helped my autistic son find his voice
After John Harris’s son was diagnosed, conversation always seemed focused on the things he would struggle with. But a shared passion for playing music grew into something James could do – brilliantly
www.theguardian.com
March 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Such a gorgeous piece. As the mum of a son with SEND, I often feel like I live in a parallel universe to parents of neurotypical children. This piece really captures how joyous the triumphs are. Can't wait to read the book.
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Excellent reading about the cult of Gabor Mate and #trauma. "Western societies have increasingly medicalized suffering, replacing concepts like personal responsibility and agency with narratives of victimhood."
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#TherapistSky #PsySciSky
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#TherapistSky #PsySciSky
The Cult of Gabor Maté: Trauma, Science, and the Rise of Therapeutic Politics
Gabor Maté has built an empire on a simple premise: trauma explains everything.
afurtherinquiry.substack.com
March 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Excellent reading about the cult of Gabor Mate and #trauma. "Western societies have increasingly medicalized suffering, replacing concepts like personal responsibility and agency with narratives of victimhood."
afurtherinquiry.substack.com/p/the-cult-o...
#TherapistSky #PsySciSky
afurtherinquiry.substack.com/p/the-cult-o...
#TherapistSky #PsySciSky
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It seems feminism has lurched back 40yrs at #BRITs2025. Sabrina Carpenter & all her mates opening the show by opening their legs 😬. Bit unecessary and not great for young girls watching their role model 🤔. #TheBRITAwards
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/b...
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/b...
BRITs fans speechless over Sabrina Carpenter's racy pre-watershed performance
Sabrina Carpenter took to the stage this evening at the BRIT Awards to perform her most popular tracks after collecting the Global Success Award at the event
www.mirror.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 9:47 PM
It seems feminism has lurched back 40yrs at #BRITs2025. Sabrina Carpenter & all her mates opening the show by opening their legs 😬. Bit unecessary and not great for young girls watching their role model 🤔. #TheBRITAwards
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/b...
www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/b...
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Congratulations to BRIT winners Charli XCX (Bishop's Stortford College, £38,319 per year), AG Cook (King Alfred School, £27,747) and The Last Dinner Party (Bedales, £52,075) for showing that people from ordinary backgrounds can reach the top in pop music, that most egalitarian of art forms.
March 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Congratulations to BRIT winners Charli XCX (Bishop's Stortford College, £38,319 per year), AG Cook (King Alfred School, £27,747) and The Last Dinner Party (Bedales, £52,075) for showing that people from ordinary backgrounds can reach the top in pop music, that most egalitarian of art forms.
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Former Conservative MP and British Attorney General Dominic Grieve:
March 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Former Conservative MP and British Attorney General Dominic Grieve:
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Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
February 22, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Almost certainly the best thing I was ever told about owls was when I met an owl handler at an owl sanctuary and he told me that the wild owls who lived near the sanctuary worried about the tame show owls there and sometimes stopped by to leave them shrews and mice as presents.
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A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
Rosy is unable to move, breathe or eat unassisted. Yet for hours a day she is being left completely alone
Last September, I received an email from a reader called Rosy. At just 53, motor neurone disease meant Rosy was losing her body as she knew it,…
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all | Frances Ryan
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Winner picked at random at 9am Thursday morning
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January 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Tickets on sale this Thursday (9th Jan) at 10am - no more dates to be added after this, so jump in quick 😉
Winner picked at random at 9am Thursday morning
Tickets on sale this Thursday (9th Jan) at 10am - no more dates to be added after this, so jump in quick 😉
Winner picked at random at 9am Thursday morning
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Tickets on sale: THURSDAY 4pm
December 3, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Re-post for a chance to win this brilliant prize:
2 x tickets to the show
A room at Leven (liveleven.com)
2 x return train tickets from anywhere in the UK
I’ll present you with a signed print after the concert
Winner picked at random: THURSDAY 3pm
Tickets on sale: THURSDAY 4pm
2 x tickets to the show
A room at Leven (liveleven.com)
2 x return train tickets from anywhere in the UK
I’ll present you with a signed print after the concert
Winner picked at random: THURSDAY 3pm
Tickets on sale: THURSDAY 4pm
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Might as well kick things off with a gift - winner picked at 9pm this Sunday
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November 13, 2024 at 9:33 PM
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Might as well kick things off with a gift - winner picked at 9pm this Sunday
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