Dr Veenu Gupta (She/Her)
@thetealtigeruk.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Lived Experience Research in the Institute for Medical Humanities at Durham University
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Kun faya kun
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Coming up next Thursday 25th September 2025 at 6pm – 7pm (AEST), Dr Veenu Gupta and Tanya Mackay will be speaking on the topic The SUNRISE Mental Health Study: Searching, Unpacking and Naming Research Into Subjective Experiences Research!
Register here to join the conversation go.unimelb.edu.au/zd3p
Register here to join the conversation go.unimelb.edu.au/zd3p
September 16, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Coming up next Thursday 25th September 2025 at 6pm – 7pm (AEST), Dr Veenu Gupta and Tanya Mackay will be speaking on the topic The SUNRISE Mental Health Study: Searching, Unpacking and Naming Research Into Subjective Experiences Research!
Register here to join the conversation go.unimelb.edu.au/zd3p
Register here to join the conversation go.unimelb.edu.au/zd3p
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Such a privilege to collaborate with @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social and Alison Faulkner on this study exploring how subjective experience is integrated (or not) into mental health research. If you're a researcher working in mental health, we want to hear your views! www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/774USE/
July 8, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Such a privilege to collaborate with @mcpinfoundation.bsky.social and Alison Faulkner on this study exploring how subjective experience is integrated (or not) into mental health research. If you're a researcher working in mental health, we want to hear your views! www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/774USE/
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How do we value subjective experiences in mental health research?
Are people’s experiences of depression, anxiety and psychosis properly integrated into mental health research?
Not really.
buff.ly/t5EyJzN
🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealthResearch #SubjectiveExperiencesResearch #Phenomenology #SUNRISE
Are people’s experiences of depression, anxiety and psychosis properly integrated into mental health research?
Not really.
buff.ly/t5EyJzN
🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealthResearch #SubjectiveExperiencesResearch #Phenomenology #SUNRISE
July 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
How do we value subjective experiences in mental health research?
Are people’s experiences of depression, anxiety and psychosis properly integrated into mental health research?
Not really.
buff.ly/t5EyJzN
🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealthResearch #SubjectiveExperiencesResearch #Phenomenology #SUNRISE
Are people’s experiences of depression, anxiety and psychosis properly integrated into mental health research?
Not really.
buff.ly/t5EyJzN
🧵 THREAD
#MentalHealthResearch #SubjectiveExperiencesResearch #Phenomenology #SUNRISE
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Thanks to all who came to our second meeting today, and special thanks to @thetealtigeruk.bsky.social for such an interesting and thought-provoking talk. It's a real privelige to be part of these discussions and share space with others grappling with multiple facets of lived experience research.
June 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thanks to all who came to our second meeting today, and special thanks to @thetealtigeruk.bsky.social for such an interesting and thought-provoking talk. It's a real privelige to be part of these discussions and share space with others grappling with multiple facets of lived experience research.
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We're looking forward to our second meeting this afternoon, with a talk from @thetealtigeruk.bsky.social and some community space with a focus on teaching and lived experience. See you at 13.00!
June 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
We're looking forward to our second meeting this afternoon, with a talk from @thetealtigeruk.bsky.social and some community space with a focus on teaching and lived experience. See you at 13.00!
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📢The next Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS) meeting is MON 23 JUNE, 1pm.
Dr Veenu Gupta will explore the nature of lived experience roles & opportunities for growth. Plus: a discussion on teaching & lived experience.
Interested? Sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lens-meeti...
Dr Veenu Gupta will explore the nature of lived experience roles & opportunities for growth. Plus: a discussion on teaching & lived experience.
Interested? Sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lens-meeti...
June 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
📢The next Lived Experience Network for Scholars (LENS) meeting is MON 23 JUNE, 1pm.
Dr Veenu Gupta will explore the nature of lived experience roles & opportunities for growth. Plus: a discussion on teaching & lived experience.
Interested? Sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lens-meeti...
Dr Veenu Gupta will explore the nature of lived experience roles & opportunities for growth. Plus: a discussion on teaching & lived experience.
Interested? Sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lens-meeti...
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Our next meeting will be on 23rd June from 13.00 - 14.00. Sign up at this link: shorturl.at/3U5sB We hope to see you there!
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Our next meeting will be on 23rd June from 13.00 - 14.00. Sign up at this link: shorturl.at/3U5sB We hope to see you there!
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Are you an academic mental health researcher with lived experience? Come along to our friendly and supportive network meeting to hear from Dr Veenu Gupta, Assistant Professor in Lived Experience Research. We'll also be discussing teaching with lived experience. Sign up to the event below!
Our next meeting will be on 23rd June from 13.00 - 14.00. Sign up at this link: shorturl.at/3U5sB We hope to see you there!
June 5, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Are you an academic mental health researcher with lived experience? Come along to our friendly and supportive network meeting to hear from Dr Veenu Gupta, Assistant Professor in Lived Experience Research. We'll also be discussing teaching with lived experience. Sign up to the event below!
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🏆 Congratulations to the Service User and Carer Reference Group, NCAP @rcpsych.bsky.social, and Lisa Wilson from the Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust @mpftnhs.bsky.social – they are joint winners of the #CAAW25 Patient & Public Involvement Award!
www.hqip.org.uk/news/ppi-her...
www.hqip.org.uk/news/ppi-her...
June 3, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🏆 Congratulations to the Service User and Carer Reference Group, NCAP @rcpsych.bsky.social, and Lisa Wilson from the Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust @mpftnhs.bsky.social – they are joint winners of the #CAAW25 Patient & Public Involvement Award!
www.hqip.org.uk/news/ppi-her...
www.hqip.org.uk/news/ppi-her...
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So excited to announce we’ve won the Clinical Audit Hero Award in the Patient & Public Involvement category for our work on the State of the Nation report 2024!
Massive congrats to the NCAP team including the fantastic service user & carer reference group, & our fellow nominees 👏
#CAAW25
Massive congrats to the NCAP team including the fantastic service user & carer reference group, & our fellow nominees 👏
#CAAW25
June 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
So excited to announce we’ve won the Clinical Audit Hero Award in the Patient & Public Involvement category for our work on the State of the Nation report 2024!
Massive congrats to the NCAP team including the fantastic service user & carer reference group, & our fellow nominees 👏
#CAAW25
Massive congrats to the NCAP team including the fantastic service user & carer reference group, & our fellow nominees 👏
#CAAW25
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Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
Eugenics is on the rise again: human geneticists must take a stand
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics.
go.nature.com
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Scientists must push back against the threat of rising white nationalism and the dangerous and pseudoscientific ideas of eugenics
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
https://go.nature.com/4jGqiUc
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TW Suicide
Suicidal ideation isn't either impulsive or planned but often a weird back and forth between the two until one gives up and goes 'fuck it, ok'.
Suicidal ideation isn't either impulsive or planned but often a weird back and forth between the two until one gives up and goes 'fuck it, ok'.
April 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
TW Suicide
Suicidal ideation isn't either impulsive or planned but often a weird back and forth between the two until one gives up and goes 'fuck it, ok'.
Suicidal ideation isn't either impulsive or planned but often a weird back and forth between the two until one gives up and goes 'fuck it, ok'.
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Hate and its impacts on LGBTQ+ mental health. 🌈 How to combat the negativity and foster wellbeing. My latest blog post #LGBTQ #MentalHealth #Wellbeing @centreformh.bsky.social @literarti.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social @andybell-centremh.bsky.social @aldersonday.bsky.social
Rainbows in the storm: Navigating hostility and hope in LGBTQ+ lives
Following last week's Supreme Court ruling & new data on suicide deaths, @davidwoodhead.bsky.social explores how mental health inequalities are impacting LGBTQ+ people, and how we can tackle these injustices👇 tinyurl.com/mpu2a7px
Following last week's Supreme Court ruling & new data on suicide deaths, @davidwoodhead.bsky.social explores how mental health inequalities are impacting LGBTQ+ people, and how we can tackle these injustices👇 tinyurl.com/mpu2a7px
April 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Hate and its impacts on LGBTQ+ mental health. 🌈 How to combat the negativity and foster wellbeing. My latest blog post #LGBTQ #MentalHealth #Wellbeing @centreformh.bsky.social @literarti.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social @andybell-centremh.bsky.social @aldersonday.bsky.social
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Women's appearance and behaviour is about to get even more highly policed in the UK, with a few people doubtless being emboldened to "take action". This whole billionaire-funded enterprise dials back gender equity by decades.
April 20, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Women's appearance and behaviour is about to get even more highly policed in the UK, with a few people doubtless being emboldened to "take action". This whole billionaire-funded enterprise dials back gender equity by decades.
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Thread -please read all of it
1/8 An extraordinary day in London. Many thousands. The police seemed blindsided by the way we completely filled Parliament Sq & later the surrounding streets and then St James’ Park.
And wow did we need it.
But…
1/8 An extraordinary day in London. Many thousands. The police seemed blindsided by the way we completely filled Parliament Sq & later the surrounding streets and then St James’ Park.
And wow did we need it.
But…
April 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Thread -please read all of it
1/8 An extraordinary day in London. Many thousands. The police seemed blindsided by the way we completely filled Parliament Sq & later the surrounding streets and then St James’ Park.
And wow did we need it.
But…
1/8 An extraordinary day in London. Many thousands. The police seemed blindsided by the way we completely filled Parliament Sq & later the surrounding streets and then St James’ Park.
And wow did we need it.
But…
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lgbt labour speaks out once it's too late to stop the wheels in motion.
Supreme Court: LGBT Labour breaks ranks with government over trans ruling as Duffield says PM should apologise labourlist.org/2025/04/supr... – via LabourList
Supreme Court: LGBT+ Labour breaks ranks with government over trans ruling as Duffield says PM should apologise - LabourList
LGBT+ Labour has broken ranks with the government to condemn the Supreme Court’s ruling that sex only relates…
labourlist.org
April 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
lgbt labour speaks out once it's too late to stop the wheels in motion.
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“They should have known that to deliver justice means hearing from both sides. They should have had some humility about the limits of their own knowledge.”
I've put on my hob nailed boots and given the Supreme Court decision the kicking it deserves. goodlaw.social/vd3a
The Supreme Court ignored trans voices. I’m ashamed of what our law has become | Good Law Project
The Supreme Court’s decision to exclude trans voices has harmed trans people – and harmed the fairness of their ruling.
goodlaw.social
April 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
“They should have known that to deliver justice means hearing from both sides. They should have had some humility about the limits of their own knowledge.”
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April 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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I've been reflecting some more overnight on the For Some Women Scotland case. 🧵
April 17, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I've been reflecting some more overnight on the For Some Women Scotland case. 🧵
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Every member of any marginalised group, not matter how vehemently transphobic, should be concerned by the precedent this sets: that the Supreme Court is willing to hear arguments to restrict the rights, freedoms, and protections of marginalised groups without any defence from that group.
No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Every member of any marginalised group, not matter how vehemently transphobic, should be concerned by the precedent this sets: that the Supreme Court is willing to hear arguments to restrict the rights, freedoms, and protections of marginalised groups without any defence from that group.
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No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously decided that the definition of sex under the Equality Act 2010 refers solely to biological sex, and does not include people with a Gender Recognition Certificate.
April 16, 2025 at 9:08 AM
No trans people were consulted on this decision that only affects trans people. In fact trans people were actively barred from consulting on this decision that only affects trans people. But transphobic bigots? Oh they got consulted for days.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
Fucking grim. I'm absolutely fuming.
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If your response to JK Rowling successfully throwing enough money at the UK courts to get them to take away basic human rights and personhood from trans women is "Well every creator is problematic at some point, I'm still reading Harry Potter," sincerely fuck off.
April 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If your response to JK Rowling successfully throwing enough money at the UK courts to get them to take away basic human rights and personhood from trans women is "Well every creator is problematic at some point, I'm still reading Harry Potter," sincerely fuck off.
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The British economy has been hemorrhaging ever since Brexit, corruption rampant, and yet the UK government in all it's buffoonery has decided the best use of it's time and resources was to make the lives of 0.5% of their population a public debate for nearly half a decade making lives more miserable
April 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The British economy has been hemorrhaging ever since Brexit, corruption rampant, and yet the UK government in all it's buffoonery has decided the best use of it's time and resources was to make the lives of 0.5% of their population a public debate for nearly half a decade making lives more miserable
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“The Supreme Court can kid itself all it likes about this decision not being bad for trans people. Trans people know it is the latest savage blow against a community that is already reeling.”
goodlawproject.org/the-supreme-...
goodlawproject.org/the-supreme-...
The Supreme Court ignored trans voices. I’m ashamed of what our law has become | Good Law Project
The Supreme Court’s decision to exclude trans voices has harmed trans people – and harmed the fairness of their ruling.
goodlawproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:56 PM
“The Supreme Court can kid itself all it likes about this decision not being bad for trans people. Trans people know it is the latest savage blow against a community that is already reeling.”
goodlawproject.org/the-supreme-...
goodlawproject.org/the-supreme-...