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Jun 27 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
One cause of #PTSD that doesn't seem to get mentioned in the info leaflets is being detained & treated by force on an psychiatric inpatient ward

That's what caused me to develop #PTSD

#PTSDAwarenessDay On the one hand, #mentalhealth professionals acknowledge that psychiatric inpatient wards can be difficult places for them & patients

On the other, they just can't seem to acknowledge that what they do in those places to poorly & vulnerable patients can & does cause real harm
Dec 20, 2022 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
Thoughtful piece

Though yet again the point is missed that services do not only allow restraint & seclusion to be used as a last resort in response to emergencies ("imminent violence") - in some, it's routine

I was never, ever, in any way even remotely violent or even resistant Once you notice it, it's there in every piece of research & writing on seclusion & restraint - the assumption that these are only ever used as a last resort in response to emergencies

But it's not true

Any & all work that is based on this assumption has failed from the outset
Dec 19, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
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 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
Dec 4, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
In my area, what's left of #mentalhealth services only seems to work for patients who have MONEY

The money to make up for gaps in services that used to be provided by the State

My friend with money has done very well - whereas I'm treated as a hopeless case, toxic, & excluded My friend was able to self-fund things she needed (eg stable housing, supported exercise, art classes, wholesome prepared food, cleaner, transport)

This meant that what was available from #mentalhealth services landed on fertile ground - & services found her a pleasure to help