Interesting qualitative study highlighting both the value of peer support (PS) but some of the key challenges of implementing PS in clinical settings.
Particularly interesting reflection from participants on
the importance of shared diagnosis... 1/3 bpded.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
“I, personally, would prefer someone (a consumer peer worker) with BPD. Um [pause], not another diagnosis … a lot of my own experience with BPD could only really be understood by somebody else with BPD” (Consumer).
In contrast, the view of a PSW:
“If you’ve experienced... 2/3
...extreme distress, you’ve experienced mistreatment in the public mental health system … those things are still quite important for the client to know that you’ve experienced but it doesn’t necessarily need to come with a diagnosis of BPD” (PSW).
For me this highlights... 3/
...the difference between lived experience, as a defined by a clinical perspective, and lived experience, as defined by those with lived experience expertise, who have reflected on the central role of stigma, oppression and marginalisation in their experiences of distress.
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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".
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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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