Carers in mind… Self-harm parents 6 Jan 201929 Dec 2018 It's unfair and inaccurate to pretend that all parents of people who harm themselves are to blame. There are parents who treat their children in horrendous ways and who really…
challenging behaviour… It’s only behavioural! 30 Dec 201829 Dec 2018 Everything humans do is behavioural. There's no justification for using the label to hide our own inadequacies or laziness. https://youtu.be/zB8PAk21vc0
mental health… Video: Why I’m not anti-psychiatry 2 Jul 20182 Jul 2018 Regular followers of my stuff might be forgiven for thinking that I’m opposed to psychiatry and the biological model. After all I regularly complain about the standard medical approach with…
mental health… Stoicism for mental health 1: Introduction 29 Apr 201816 May 2018 Stoic philosophy isn't the dry, humourless approach to life that many think it is. 'Stoic joy' comes from the ability to manage and control our emotions, the ability to choose…
challenging behaviour… Expectation 10 Apr 201812 Apr 2018 Care workers need to learn from past experiences. The best predictor of future behaviour is past behaviour. But the people we work with can change too. The whole point of…
video Wisdom from Weyland’s Smithy 7 Apr 201812 Apr 2018 What's important in your life? What are you involved in that's more important then you are yourself? Thousands of years ago our neolithic ancestors came together to create collective tombs…
mental health… Labelling, recovery and therapeutic optimism 20 Feb 201812 Apr 2018 Back in 1963, researcher David L. Rosenhan masterminded an elaborate hoax. It was a scam designed to study the effects of labelling upon clinical practice and to determine whether psychiatric…
duty of care… Schizophrenia, social care and the tripartite recovery model 7 Feb 201812 Apr 2018 What is schizophrenia? How do reasonable attempts to cope with symptoms like voice-hearing come to be thought of as symptoms of illness in themselves? Why is it so easy to…
mental health… Therapeutic risk-taking 12 Dec 201712 Apr 2018 It is possible to assist people with social care needs (complex or otherwise) to develop the quality of their lives and to enhance their coping strategies. In large part this…
Courses… The ‘family tree’ of mental health exercise 11 Dec 201712 Apr 2018 This is a simple exercise intended to be completed either individually or preferably by a group (up to around 16 people) in discussion. The idea is to help care workers…
