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Some lovely feedback from training social work teams around 'personality disorder' today. Critique of the diagnosis, reminder of the humans behind the labels, and emphasis on the importance of relationships. Contact me at: danwarrender.wordpress.com

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"A taboo exists around daring to raise this issue, and suggest rather mundanely and modestly that there should be more MH nursing for MH nursing students, or that the NMC or a university may have got it wrong". #MHNursesDay #MHDeservesBetter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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A reminder on Mental Health Nurses Day that the job is hugely complicated, and to do it well, a decent education helps. A decent education before going into these roles is not guaranteed under our current system. #MHNursesDay #MHDeservesBetter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Research to suggest investigator bias has a role to play in judging individual accountability for patient safety incidents. An important spotlight on how systems failures and funding challenges can be masked by a focus on individual health professionals @danwarrender.bsky.social

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There are remarkable things medicine can do. And, we also need services to be caring & containing for people who are in a vulnerable place. We need both. But with services so stretched, the medical model gets more foregrounded as essential, & the human side gets reduced to being less important.

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It's a constant source of anxiety in the NHS to have to cut corners all the time- to know that if anyone scrutinised your work they'd be able to find faults. You just hope nothing bad happens & that you've done enough. It's not fair that we have to work in these conditions, it's making us ill.

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Now over 100,000 signatures! By almost every economic and financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK - now let’s have that debate and an honest and open discussion about this petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Success! Dawn Butler MP has moved her bill to make nurse a legally protected title in the UK! MPs voted in favour and it will now go to a second reading. A significant and historic development for the nursing profession and patient safety. www.nursinginpractice.com/latest-news/...

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We're standing in solidarity with nurses, students and lecturers protesting outside Cardiff Uni today and highlighting critical concerns about the proposal to close its School of Nursing. We're calling for urgent action to protect nursing and ensure a sustainable future for the profession in Wales.

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What enormous damage the marketisation of universities has done, to staff, the debt-laden students, to the generation of knowledge. One more #Financialisation www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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📢 New Open-Access Book! Coercion & Violence in Mental Health Settings explores international perspectives on coercion & rights-based care, centring lived experience. 📖 Read my article: lnkd.in/evJpah3k 📚 Free book: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... How do we centre lived experience in reform?

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Lots of people given a BPD/EUPD are offered DBT. No one referred to DBT is told that the creator of the therapy advises people “for gods say don’t tell anyone” about their diagnosis because of the stigma and prejudice that will be enacted. Why don’t we tell people that? youtu.be/G08IYl2DAMg?...

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It's frustrating in NHS when you need input from other people to move things fwds, but what's a high priority to me isnt a high priority for the other people. It's nobody's fault, it's just people are trying to juggle so much. And my sense is this is happening all the time, all through the system.

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Crisis cafés: so much more than a cuppa www.nationalelfservice.net?p=211948 Nicola Clibbens and Daisy Mbwanda write about a recent small-scale interview study, which provides the first evidence on UK #CrisisCafe implementation. #MentalHealth #CrisisCare #Qualitative

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A man walks into crisis care, intoxicated. He’s dismissed as “just drunk,” his pleas for help ignored. Treated as less worthy because he drinks, no one sees the trauma he’s endured or that alcohol is his way of coping. #MentalHealth #Trauma #AddictionStigma

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I enjoyed presenting some of my PhD research in Glasgow today, at an NCISH toolkit event with mental health nurses from across Scotland. Recognition of failings and enthusiasm for change.

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This from 2003 is an excellent analysis of mental health nursing in acute inpatient settings, which details nurse experiences, and calls for an abolition of these settings in their current form. Still pertinent over 20 years later.

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I've been re-reading this on Clozapine for 'BPD' Fascinating bit that says NHS clinicians were uncomfortable prescribing clozapine. It was only on the independent "specialist" units that this clear breach of NICE guidance was embraced. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Anyone looking to ban a book from a school should have to prove they read it by presenting a book report to the school committee.

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When we're in the middle of fire fighting an understandable reaction would be to build fire stations on every street corner. But surely preventative/environmental measures remain the absolute key thing, with well resourced emergency services available when needed. And the same applies in healthcare

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I'm looking forward to contributing to this free webinar on working with risk for people diagnosed with 'personality disorder' 29th January 10-12. I'll be discussing the action/consequences model, to aid critical thinking around risk. events.teams.microsoft.com/event/b46e1a...

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I don't post much about #SpacesForListening but it's on my mind just how grateful people are for coming along. It's like it's out of proportion. It's literally just a 50min zoom call where we listen to each other. I guess it shows just how absent this kind of space is in our normal ways of working.

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I meet people in significant psychological distress & yes it can be helpful to talk to someone. But sometimes what'd be more helpful would be someone to tidy up the house, to make a healthy dinner, to help out with the kids- practical help. Money. A break. So many people living in chronic stress.

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Hi folks, here's a list of so many good people, who are working to put relationships at the heart of healthcare. There is a lot of hope and inspiration here... go.bsky.app/6b22bQq

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Here's a list of UK clinical psychologists on Bluesky. We have loads to offer in these dark times- to support deeper listening & understanding to hold in mind wider contexts that influence physical & mental health *to hold space for 'both-and' thinking Let's keep connecting go.bsky.app/T8w5B8U

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Open access paper sharing personal experiences of how the NMC education standards can contribute to diluting mental health nursing at universities. Lots of feedback from people recognising this experience. It is not rare. Please share. #MHDeservesBetter onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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happy new year

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Something i'd love to see emerging from #ChangeNHS is that all NHS people have access to regular reflective space. We KNOW this is a core part of decent care & it'd help with job retention if we all had a space to think & feel supported. I'd be genuinely excited to see this as a top down commitment.

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Planned to post one a day, but just finished with a lovely young lady labelled with #EUPD. Sadly, the label shifts focus from her horrendous trauma, fuels stigma, and leads to professional discrimination. We need to prioritise #TraumaInformedCare. #MentalHealth #EndStigma #CompassionNotLabels”

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An interesting Boxing Day observation: drinking too much and loneliness seem to dominate today’s mental health struggles. The sad truth? These issues are hard to address effectively from a crisis standpoint. Yet, many still seek a quick fix—a magic pill that doesn’t exist. #MentalHealth #Loneliness

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I think these 3 things would make most difference to NHS people- Having a supportive team environment, & a trusted relationship with a supervisor Practically, having an environment that enables doing a decent job Having regular space to rest, & some form of reflection to suit diverse styles (1/2)

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After 8 years enrolled as a PhD student, I graduated last week. Behind this picture and a minute crossing the stage was a lot of graft, self-doubt, stress, despair, but ultimately love for the topic that saw me through. To hear me talk about my study, you can follow this link: youtu.be/WnjfFfItGnQ

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Took me a while to get into this, but was hooked once I fell into this dark atmospheric world of murder and conspiracy. I can see why it's seminal in the graphic novel world. Cracking writing and story, affecting artwork.

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The NHS must invest in comprehensive provision of alternatives to inpatient care to ensure more people to get effective help closer to home, according to a new report from Centre for Mental Health #CareBeyondBeds www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications...

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"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." -- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917

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My favourite review of this: "I had a look at your presentation which I had seen on social media previously but never watched - I thought it was just a disgruntled burnt out nurse approaching retirement ... sorry. To my surprise you echoed many of the things I have brought up" youtu.be/iBblQygAizs

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Excellent piece outlining the benefits and pitfalls of diagnosing yourself with a mental disorder, using an analysis of Reddit posts. Generally, self dx was seen as limited, often negative, and requiring some form of clinician input to be meaningful. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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