
Chief Medical Officer, Consultant Psychiatrist @LPFTNHS My views https://xitter.cf/t.co/GdKcdxOZkX
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Being suicidal isn't being "attention seeking" & if people got their heads round that, human lives would be saved
#WorldSuicidePreventionDay
All the Christmas trees on our road are pristine, pure white lights, no baubles, heaven forbid tinsel. Tasteful.
We, on the other hand, have a new brown sauce decoration
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Replying to @perinatalAmyJ
@perinatalAmyJ Perinatal Service Manager @SHSCFT & @rosiemartin12, Lecturer in Psychology (Sheffield Hallam University), deliver a workshop on co-producing a Fathers and Partners Pathway in a Perinatal Mental Health Community Team. @SuzanneHodgson3 @sheffieldlight
#PQNForum24
The whole concept of mental capacity is to make sure people get the right care, not to deny them care
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A study day today to take stock of the learning from the Narrative Therapy conference 2024 & an explosion of ideas for the next one @MariangelsRive1 linking lives, community work, growing inclusivity. This work is so precious to me ❤️ feels like coming home
Just seen a betting ad offering generous odds for England to win the semi tonight:
Only for *new customers*
Winnings paid in *free bets*
This is what the marketing of addiction looks like
I moved to Sheffield 35 years ago when I was 18 and on that first night out a bus driver called me love, which was unexpected to say the least, and here I am 35 years later
'In This City They Call You Love' is out today! Head into your local record store & see if you can find your very own cardboard cutout of Richard with a little QR code surprise...⚡️💙
@beartreerecords @assai_glasgow @assai_edinburgh @PiccadillyRecs @vinyltaprecords
Honestly think that the major message for the next generation of psychiatrists is that how neurodiversity is expressed, particularly in women and in restrictive contexts, is not “emotional instability” and is most definitely not “personality disorder”
The mislabelling of neurodivergent women as having “personality disorder” is one of the most harmful acts enabled by that diagnostic concept
It’s a progressive change in the law from 2007 enabling registered and regulated clinicians from a range of recognised, traditional backgrounds to be responsible for the care of people detained under the Mental Health Act. Please don’t conflate it with other, unrelated, issues
Completed the Y47 Lego project with a little help* from Y6 daughter.
*eyesight, manual dexterity, ability to follow instructions, cope with frustration etc
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Forest Lodges first MHA QI update meeting with executive sponser @DrMikePsych Using the Inequity waste wheel to challenge everything we do, aiming to have cultural humility & just be a more equitable service @WeAreThePSC @VM_Institute @SHSCFT @Hannah_Mcw @meganjoan98 @SACMHA1
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Happy Diwali and Bandi Chhor Divas to everyone celebrating and to all @SHSCFT @NinUppal @PamelaB04 @ApnaNhs @SAHM_UK
























