I display symptoms that can be scary, bizarre, or unpalatable: why I felt excluded from WMHD
Few managed to avoid the social media frenzy that ensued on World…
I pull my own hair out as a post-traumatic response – and now I’ve made peace with it
This week is Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours Awareness Week, otherwise known as BFRB…
The DSM and the ICD: do “equivalent” diagnoses between manuals exist?
Today, the two most widely established systems of psychiatric classification are the…
An introduction to the classification of mental disorders: the DSM and the ICD
Today, the two most widely established systems of psychiatric classification are the…
Trauma-related memory impairment: defendants must be afforded the same understanding as victims
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has opened a public consultation on the proposed…
The benefits of social prescribing – and a word of warning
Socialisation is increasingly being prescribed by NHS healthcare professionals to tackle loneliness…
Denying the traumatic origin of Dissociative Identity Disorder denies those who live with it a recovery
Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused by severe and repeated childhood trauma often…
New York State as a model for a mandatory mental health curriculum
In light of a mandatory mental health curriculum being announced for September…
Rejecting the “service user” narrative in shaping mental health policy and practice
Improvement of mental health services often centres the voices of "service users".…
Inclusive theatre: tackling stigma and facilitating discussion
Having an autistic spectrum disorder, learning disability, or mental health problem should…