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I know this will be painful for caring mental health professionals to read. Please read it anyway. This does reflect the reality for some people who ask for help. You
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There’s a lot of well intentioned stuff about mental health and COVID and Christmas just now. But for some people all this attention on being alone, being unable to follow
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Self harm researchers and professionals:Why do you still write and talk about self harm as being “impulsive” or occurring due to “impulsiveness”?1. Do you think self harm is always “impulsive”?2.
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Some people have been asking about why I’ve been away from here for a while. I wasn’t sure if I was going to speak about why, but I’ve realised some
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Mental health staff saying “it’s behavioural” about a patient in distress indicates:a. They do not like the patientb. They feel it’s acceptable to communicate thisc. They blame the patientd. They
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We talk a lot about risk factors for suicide, at both individual and population levels. But there’s one that comes up when you listen to people who are suicidal, especially
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Having spoken to many people who are suicidal, and having lost many friends. I need to say something really difficult.I hope that the caring people in suicide research and mental
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I’m going to say it:Hospital staff: you’re doing an incredible job. We are grateful.PLEASE STOP CLAPPING PEOPLE BEING WHEELED OUT OF INTENSIVE CARE.Everyone else: if you’ve shared a video of
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