Inspired by this gem of a question (pardon the pun) for mental health services wishing to create welcoming work environments staff with #livedexperience:
"How does your workplace shine a light on the sharing of lived experience? What shadows are cast?"
Thank you, @Carolynne_OT!
Metaphor is based on @Carolynne_OT’s model of occupation from the second paper in this thread.
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"Until you or a relative experience it, it's another world [...] If you're sectioned you lose your rights, and things get done to you...
...I think it really changed my life."
On the influence of experiencing involuntary treatment on his career.
2/20
2:35 - 3:05
"When I managed to return to education I thought, "I want to make a difference" and go back into the #mentalhealth system and promote a more listening approach...
I know I'm a little behind but loved catching up on this episode today.
Particularly like Dr Schreiber's reflections on the implications of "us and them" between service users and professionals, for the quality of public #mentalhealth services.
On recognising the double-edged nature of our personal qualities. How qualities that predispose us to mental health difficulties might also be strengths.
2/14
11:43 - 12:25
On how personal experiences of #stigma towards disability and #Ableism motivated him to work with people with learning disabilities.
Great description of "homely" team where the health of staff was prioritised by the manager and colleagues "had each others' backs".
2/
4:05 - 4:15
Contrasted with a workplace where in response to a toxic workplace culture she was "given the message" that "their was something wrong me", creating a "deep sense of shame".
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