mental health… Don’t judge 6 Jan 2020 Don't judge people with mental disorders for behaving like people with mental disorders! https://youtu.be/OpDqEB2VlD8
mental health… The tripartite model of recovery 5 Jan 2020 Are you hanging on to a limited view of recovery when in truth life is fine? Don't limit your self-concept unnecessarily. Mental health encompasses far more than merely symptom management.…
training… A change of pace 31 Dec 201931 Dec 2019 I haven't posted here for a while. I've been busy with other things but now I'm back and I'll be making a few changes. It's a new direction... a new…
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…
