Seriously, if you work in #mentalhealth and haven't checked out this series yet, do yourself, your colleagues and your staff a favour.

This episode touches on more of the themes identified in my scoping review into the sharing of #livedexperience in the workplace...

1/11
7:30 - 8:40:

"We never talked about it"

"We can't let the cat out of bag"

On supervisors not being comfortable discussing episodes of mental health challenges.

2/11
10:39 - 11:25

"I was just really worried about what would happen"

On fear of disclosing during clinical training.

3/11
11:55 - 12:10

"You know what happens when you become unwell"

21:15 - 21:35

"I'm glad you can be here"

On supportive responses from supervisors to disclosure of mental health challenges.

4/11
15:49 - 16:05

On #livedexperience as a motivation for pursuing a career in #mentalhealth.

5/11
17:55- 18:28

"I don't think it's essential but it just gives me a different perspective"

On wearing @ManyHatsNetwork

6/11
21:34 - 22:50

"You've got to make sure it's for them, not for you"

"I always take it to supervision"

On the difference sharing #livedexperience with service users.

7/11
24:33 - 26:05

"It was really liberating"

"people have shared their own struggles"

"when you keep it all locked up...and all that kind of shame like it's a dirty secret, you won't tell anyone until you have to"

On the benefits of "coming out".

8/11
34:40 - 34:50

"I know I know you in another context. Is this okay?"

On helpful comments from treating professionals when in service.

9/11
40:40 - 40:20

"It's been useful to be on it from the other side [...] understanding what my patients are going through at a different level"

10/11
"I wish someone had said to me it's alright"

On the need for qualified and experienced professionals to be more open.

Thank you @DrTomRichardson for being that role model!

11/11
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30 Sep
Another great episode in this series.

Important reflections on the contrast between workplaces that support and value the well being of the staff within them, and those that don't.

Must watch for leaders within #mentalhealth services who wish to create compassion cultures.

1/
1:55 - 3:40

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".

3/
Read 10 tweets
22 Sep
This series just keeps getting better.

Great conversation around the intersections of #mentalhealth #stigma and structural #racism and bring our whole selves to our work as mental health professionals

Definitely worth watching the whole 40 minutes but highlights for me... 1/7
1:40 - 2:15

"I'm more of a them than I am an us"

The "us and them" dichotomy in #mentalhealth professions.

2/7
4:55 - 5:35

"It was a sharing culture"

On a workplace that supported the sharing of #livedexperience and it's impact on the well being of staff.

3/7
Read 7 tweets
14 Sep
Talk about a strong start ⁦⁦@In2gr8mh⁩!

In conversation with #mentalhealthstigma researcher with #livedexperience, Patrick Corrigan:

“I think one of the best things to happen in the last 10-15 years in mental health is peer support.”
Also check out 10:50-11:30 on the effect of the “us and them” on outcomes for people accessing services.
...and 15:09-16:10 on "The Clinician's Illusion" in mental health and it's impact on how we perceive the possibility of people living their best lives.
Read 7 tweets
11 Sep
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/
Read 4 tweets
4 Sep
Thrilled to report my review of research with #mentalhealth professionals with #livedexperience has been birthed after 9 months: ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/ap…

Thanks to best midwives ever, @LisaMBrophy @DrTEFF @DrLouiseByrne!

If you have any difficulties accessing, please PM me. Image
For those short on time, these were the key themes... but definitely read the full paper and not just because it took six months to write 😉
Many of the studies were qualitative and the words of participants powerful. Image
Massive thanks for all the Twitter love over the weekend. I've been #workingfromhome since March, and we're in #lockdown for another seven weeks in Melbourne so it feels good to have the support of people so far away.

I might be slightly hanging on for that 100th like...
Read 4 tweets
26 Aug
Loving reading @esylarur's beautifully crafted e-book of her thesis.

"Self-disclosure is [...] an ongoing consideration of intent and impact, an informed decision on what to share in and out of session, as a therapist and as a human being in general."

digitalcollections.saic.edu/islandora/obje… Image
.@esylarur's findings from her survey with therapists with #livedexperience echo those of the other studies in supporting fear of #stigma as a primary factor in decisions not to share, and the implications for service user experiences of support. Image
This is the end game for me in supporting the sharing of #livedexperience in the workplace.
We need to change the conversations we have behind closed doors if we're going to better support people accessing #mentalhealth services. Image
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