Clients & Patients – Page 2 – A New Vision for Mental Health

Listening to the Patient Voice: The Antidepressant Withdrawal Experience

Author: Editorial 30th August 2021 0 Comments

“’A total of 97% of respondents were offered a prescription on their initial consultation with a doctor, 5% reported being offered talking therapy, and 0.6% were offered lifestyle advice (with some patients offered more than one option).’According to the researchers,…
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Anne Guy, antidepressant withdrawal, antidepressants, Clients & Patients, Mad in America, Marion Brown, Mark Horowitz, Peter Simons, Research, Stevie Lewis, Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology

Mental Health Clinical Notes: The Curse of the Paper-Self

Author: Editorial 25th August 2021 0 Comments

This post is from WrenAves’ Psychiatry Is Driving Me Mad blog. It begins: “Anyone working in or accessing mental health services will be aware of the immense amount of notes one single person can collect during their time as an NHS mental health patient. Sometimes it…
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bureaucracy, Clients & Patients, confirmation bias, Psychiatry Is Driving Me Mad

Medications have replaced psychotherapy as first line treatments

Author: Editorial 30th July 2021 0 Comments

“… as a profession, primary care physicians know, or should know, that psychotropic medications are mostly ineffective and potentially dangerous to patients. As such, most physicians who prescribe psychotropic medication do so to the detriment of their patients.” This paper –…
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a coherent system

Clients & Patients, National Alliance of Professional Psychology Providers., primary care doctors, Psychiatric Drugs, psychotherapy, USA

Building for Better Health: How Architecture & Design Can Address the Mental Health Crisis

Author: Editorial 28th July 2021 0 Comments

This article by Aditi Desai appears on the website of the Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology. It begins: “The term ‘psych ward’ calls to mind grim, often uncomfortable, images: from the stereotypical “deranged” mental patient who is dangerously violent to…
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Aditi Desai, architecture, Banner-University Medical Center South, building design, Clients & Patients, Glasgow Insight into Science & Technology, in-patients, Scrivner Center for Mental Health & Addiction Services

Counselling And Psychotherapy For Beginners And Life Skills For Everyone

Author: Editorial 15th March 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Judith Schuepfer-Griffin. The publishers say: “Are you thinking of starting therapy and are unsure what to expect? Or have you reached a point in your life where you feel stuck; where you want to peel…
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books, Clients & Patients, counseling, counselling, Judith Schuepfer-Griffin, life skillls, psychotherapy

The Patient Revolution: How We Can Heal the Healthcare System

Author: Editorial 12th February 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by David Gilbert. It applies to healthcare across the board, but this of courses includes mental healthcare, and is relevant to the person-centred approach. The publishers say: “The NHS is in crisis – it’s in record…
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books, Clients & Patients, David Gilbert, patient-led healthcare, person-centred

Mental Health: A Person-centred Approach

Author: Editorial 14th December 2020 0 Comments

This book has been edited by by Nicholas Procter, Helen Hamer, Denise McGarry , Rhonda Wilson and Terry Froggatt. The publishers say: “Mental Health: A Person-centred Approach aligns leading mental health research with the human connections that can and should be…
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Australia, books, Clients & Patients, Denise McGarry, Helen Hamer, New Zealand, Nicholas Procter, person-centered, person-centred, Rhonda Wilson, Terry Froggatt

Too Many Pills

Author: Editorial 7th February 2020 0 Comments

The full title of this book (published 2018) is Too Many Pills: How Too Much Medicine is Endangering Our Health and What We Can Do About. Written by Dr. James Le Fanu, a General Practitioner in South London, it focuses on…
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a wellbeing society

book, Clients & Patients, James Le Fanu, medicalisation, pharmaceutical industry, prescription drugs, wellbeing

‘My doctor mistook my OCD for paedophilia’

Author: Editorial 31st January 2020 0 Comments

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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BBC, Clients & Patients, Natasha Preskey, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, paedophilia, Risk-averse culture, safeguarding referrals

Beyond Best Practice: How Mental Health Services Can Be Better

Author: Editorial 29th November 2019 2 Comments

“… massive amounts of time and energy are spent defining the scope of clinical practice and standardizing service delivery. Despite our best intentions … rules ultimately replace our client’s reality. Defining their problems, and regulating the methods used to treat…
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books, Clients & Patients, counseling, counselling, David Prescott, feedback, Feedback-Informed Treatment (FIT), psychotherapy, Scott Miller