One consequence of the NHS withdrawing from providing care for folks with severe & enduring #mentalillness is that poorly & vulnerable folks are thrown onto the unregulated private market & things like wellness industry woo
This puts them at risk of neglect, & also active harm
This puts them at risk of neglect, & also active harm
When mainstream medicine refuses to help folks who've been diagnosed with serious #mentalillness, they're forced to look elsewhere
Folks with ongoing conditions don't just stop being unwell because the NHS decommissions services for them & excludes them from care
#mentalhealth
Folks with ongoing conditions don't just stop being unwell because the NHS decommissions services for them & excludes them from care
#mentalhealth
With NHS #mentalhealth services ignoring national guidance & local policies, with the NHS no longer commissioning care for folks with serious #mentalillness, professionals & patients are left guessing what to do
Forced to improvise, to look to social media, rely on folk remedies
Forced to improvise, to look to social media, rely on folk remedies
What should I try next - leeches? wet cupping? drinking my own urine? mushroom coffee? low intensity interval training? dopamine fasting? psychedelics? ketamine? lithium? St John's wort? magnesium? ibuprofen? kale smoothies? bondage? botox?
What should I be cutting out?
What should I be cutting out?
Women are already used to looking outside mainstream medicine because we're treated as unreliable witnesses to our own experiences; not taken seriously; subjected due to medical misogyny
We're targeted by the wellness industry
We're targeted by the wellness industry
Without access to mainstream medical care for serious #mentalillness, professionals & (would have been) patients are left to flounder
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