collaborative practice

Drop the Disorder! Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis

This book has been written by Jo Watson. The publishers say: “In October 2016 Jo Watson hosted the very first ‘A Disorder for Everyone!’ event in Birmingham, with psychologist Dr Lucy Johnstone, to explore (and explode) the culture of psychiatric diagnosis…
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The Industrialisation of Care: counselling, psychotherapy and the impact of IAPT

This book has been edited by Catherine Jackson and Rosemary Rizq. The publishers say: “The UK government’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has transformed the landscape of counselling and psychotherapy across England. Local IAPT services provide therapy to thousands…
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Listening to the Voices People Hear: Auditory Hallucinations Beyond a Diagnostic Framework

This research paper has been written by Dr. Eleanor Longden and published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. The abstract cited in ResearchGate says: “While voice hearing (auditory verbal hallucinations) is closely allied with psychosis/schizophrenia, it is well-established that the experience is…
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Bad things happen and can drive you crazy

“Of 701 people who had taken antipsychotics, far more (76%) believed their difficulties were the result of life events and circumstances than subscribed to a ‘medical model’ perspective (17%).” As published in the journal Psychiatry Research, the full title of…
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How competent (really) are mental health practitioners?

This short, animated video (see below) from David Dunning concerns the “Dunning-Kruger effect”. It’s well worth watching because the question of competence has (of course) strong relevance to trainee mental health practitioners of all types, to the training of mental…
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‘My doctor mistook my OCD for paedophilia’

For Matt [not his real name], speaking out about his mental health problem had serious unintended consequences. Reporting for the BBC, Natasha Preskey writes : “‘They treat him like a paedophile. They treat him like the worst kind of abuser. This…
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I studied neuroscience to understand my addictions. Now I know it’s not the cure

“Substance misuse is not a simple problem of brain chemistry. The most powerful influences lie outside our heads” Writing in The Guardian , Judith Grisel says: “I used to think addiction was caused by screwy molecules in the brain, and would be…
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