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Author Archive: Editorial
Wellbeing Manifesto
Mary O’Hagan, author of Madness Made Me: A Memoir , has prepared a Wellbeing Manifesto (with a New Zealand orientation), subtitled “A submission to the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction”. The manifesto includes seven wellbeing priorities, plus a listing of foundational principles of wellbeing and twelve…
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Doubt is Our Product
From the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry : Auntie Psychiatry writes: “I had the idea for this cartoon while listening to the Royal Society of Medicine podcast: Episode 1 . The spiel reads… “In this episode, Prof Sir Simon Wessely, Consultant Psychiatrist and Past President of the Royal College of…
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People with learning disabilities over-prescribed psychiatric drugs
A study by Public Health England (July, 2015) found that people with learning disabilities are regularly prescribed psychiatric drugs without a recorded diagnosis. The report’s Executive Summary referred to a prior UK government report – Transforming Care – and noted the…
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Some interesting quotations (1)
You might find some (or all) of the following quotes interesting: “… the heart of our work is the hurt in our hearts” – extract from CPCAB philosophy . “Our selves aren’t just inside our heads- they’re spread throughout our bodies and beyond …”…
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Schools ‘should help children with social media risk’
The BBC reports (January 2018) on a study from England’s children’s commissioner: “Schools should play a bigger role in preparing children for social media’s emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, England’s children’s commissioner says. Anne Longfield said she…
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Could your medications be making you depressed?
The BBC reports : “When you hear of a drug having side-effects you might think of a physical reaction like a rash or a headache. But according to a new US study, many commonly-prescribed drugs may increase the risk of depression. The…
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Take Your Pills
Take Your Pills is a Netflix documentary (87 minutes, March 2018), directed by Alison Klayman: A review on Rotten Tomatoes says: “The pressure to achieve more, do more, and be more is part of being human – and in the age of…
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#Emerging Proud: a grassroots social movement
#Emerging Proud is a grassroots social movement aimed at re-framing ‘madness’ as a catalyst for positive transformation. The people involved with #Emerging Proud say that it’s: “… ultimately a campaign about providing hope; that breaking down does not mean we…
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NEON (Narrative Experiences Online)
NEON (Narrative Experiences Online) is a large-scale research study running from 2017-2022. It looks at whether having online access to people’s stories of personal recovery from mental ill-health can help people experiencing psychosis and other mental health challenges with their…
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