That's important because the community mental health teams I worked in 10 years ago were drowning in the demand THEN. With the workforce dropping, those who remained have done less with less.
The focus on child mental health is important too and it's good to hear them talking about the appalling waiting lists for desperate children and families google.com/amp/s/amp.theg…
It is #WorldMentalHealthDay with a focus on Mental Health being a universal human right.
If you're struggling, remember to ask for help.
When you ask for help, you'll be joining a fifth of all 16 year old girls in the country:
"16-year-old girls are most likely to be in contact with NHS mental health services - with 22.8% of the population (69,580) having been in contact with these services during 2021-22"
You'll also find a notional emergency going on with 1 in 5 mental health nurses vacancies unfilled in the NHS
Thanks to @BPDFFS @Girl_Interrupt_ and @HoppyPelican for pointing me at this. I don't understand it very well, but I'm going to spell out what I don't understand and what I'm wondering about...
The diagnosis of personality disorder has changed. There are no 'types' any more, just personality disorder mild/moderate/severe. This paper looked at whether you could use honos scores to measure that severity.
This is what a honos section on self harm looks like..
Second session kicks off with @BIG_SPD presidents @OliverDale10 and Julia Blazdell talking about where there were when No Longer a Diagnosis of Exclusion came out