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Alicia King PhD
@AliciaJeanKing
Qualitative researcher with an interest in improving the #accessibility and acceptability of #healthcare towards better #healthoutcomes. she/her
Nov 11, 2020 • 12 tweets • 6 min read
Another great episode in this series, this time touching on #academia, #class and #traumainformed understandings of distress.

I love how @themichjam's #livedexperience informs her understanding of the change we need to see in #mentalhealth systems.

Highlights...

1/11 "You're such an inspiration!"

"Are you safe to be here?"

On responses from mental health professionals when identifying as person with #livedexperience during guest lectures.

2/11
Oct 28, 2020 • 21 tweets • 9 min read
I now know why my colleague mentioned @Rufusmay to me.

I love the way he proposes telling stories, and being creative, playful and vulnerable as a way of bringing our whole selves to our work.

Highlights below...

1/20 2:00 2:35

"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
Oct 27, 2020 • 14 tweets • 6 min read
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.

Highlights to follow...

1/13 1:00 - 2:51

"...noticing that their were divisions between staff and patients."

Reflecting on first encountering the "us and them" as an assistant psychologist working in inpatient unit.

2/13
Oct 20, 2020 • 15 tweets • 5 min read
It took me a while to get to this episode but so glad I did.

Dr Linacre touches on so many important issues with regard to the sharing of lived experience by mental health professionals.

This will be a long thread.

1/14 10:37 - 11:25

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
Oct 9, 2020 • 12 tweets • 4 min read
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
Sep 30, 2020 • 10 tweets • 6 min read
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/
Sep 22, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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
Sep 14, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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.
Sep 11, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
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
Sep 4, 2020 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
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
Aug 26, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
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
Aug 26, 2020 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Great paper by @HelenaRoennfel2 and @DrLouiseByrne on senior staff's understanding of #livedexperience workforce issues: publish.csiro.au/ah/Fulltext/AH…

I particularly ❤️ Sam:

"...But you know just saying ‘you’re not recovered enough to do this job’ is a load of bullshit." (Sam) "The ambiguity in this study reinforces the need for greater consensus in defining and determining relevant lived experience in the context of designated roles."

As someone who has previously been responsible for recruiting peer workers, I was less interested in what... 1/2
Aug 25, 2020 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Had a COVID test this morning for some mild cold symptoms so putting myself to bed with some light PhD related reading: Kay Redfield Jamison’s memoir about her experiences as a psychiatrist with #livedexperience.
#phdlife #GetTested #StayHome Image Correction, KRP not a psychiatrist but a clinical psychologist & professor in psychiatry department.
Love this description of her own psychiatrist. Image
Jul 22, 2020 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
I’m taking my internet dropping out all morning as a sign I should do something offline.
Thankfully, printed @DrLouiseByrne’s latest paper yesterday & treated myself to some new highlighters on weekend (given my others are locked down in my LTU office). #workingfromhome #phdlife Image Looking forward to speaking with young people in coming weeks involved in groups with #peer workers that have recently moved online.
It will be interesting to see if their experiences of #peersupport are different to those in face to face groups. Image
Jan 21, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
I like the cut of your jib, Stuart, Arboleda-Florez & Sartorius. This books identified 11 paradigms we need to throw out in anti-stigma research & activism. My personal favourites are... 1/5 Image 2/5 Image
Jan 19, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I had mixed feelings about going on this tour but it was a good reminder of how far we have come, and how far we have to go, in responding compassionately & helpfully to emotional distress. 1/4 Image The ubiquitous “fish bowl” or “bubble” found in modern inpatient units, was all too familiar 2/4 Image
Jan 15, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Fantastic article from the broader workplace inclusion literature, on the management of concealable stigmas in the workplace, with relevance to health professionals with lived experience of emotional distress @ManyHatsNetwork @In2gr8mh
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01… @ManyHatsNetwork @In2gr8mh ..if one has not revealed to a colleague, the individual may spend a great deal of attentional resources ensuring […] stigma related information is not accidentally exposed, considering if revealing might be a good idea, and/or trying to gauge how the colleague would react.. 1/2
Nov 5, 2019 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
5 reasons mental health services should work to create more welcoming workplaces for staff with lived experience. 1/6
Source: tucollaborative.org/wp-content/upl… Image 1. They always have employed staff with lived experience (they just might not have known it). 2/6