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No one should be shamed for trying to understand what is affecting them: A defence of self-diagnosis

Chloe Wilkinson, who lives with Dissociative Identity Disorder, examines why there is…

LeeMC2022

Lessons from Alfred Adler: the influential figure in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy you’ve never heard of

Cognitive Behavioral Therapist Michael O'Sullivan reflects upon what we can learn from…

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I thought that there was something wrong with me or I was just a bad person

Ann-Marie D'Arcy-Sharpe, 32, reflects upon her experiences of growing up with undiagnosed…

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It’s not “just a film”: the damaging effects of misrepresenting Dissociative Identity Disorder

Jessica, who lives with Dissociative Identity Disorder, discusses the effects of negative…

Jessica

The role of the government and employers in creating mentally healthy workplaces

It is in the interest of both government and employers to build…

Paul Farmer

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…

Chloe Apter

Reading minds: the best mental health novels and memoirs of 2018

As the year draws to a close, Sadie Nott presents a roundup…

Sadie Nott

New York State as a model for a mandatory mental health curriculum

In light of a mandatory mental health curriculum being announced for September…

Chloe Apter

Managing mental health difficulties this Christmas

Dr Sian Hughes, a Forensic Psychologist, discusses ways to cope with mental…

Dr Sian Hughes

Rejecting the “service user” narrative in shaping mental health policy and practice

Improvement of mental health services often centres the voices of "service users".…

Chloe Apter