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Sadness, Sympathy and Self

Sometimes, some days feel filled with sadness. I had one of those days this week. I don’t like to use the word ‘hardened’ but to put it this way, in over 10 years of frontline social work practice in some of the most deprived areas of the country and...

Published 28 Jul 2011 6:38 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, health, injustice, Mental disorder, mental health, personal, philosophy, politics, Sadness, social care, social work, uk, work
Rising Admission Rates

Yesterday, via Twitter, I was alerted to the publication of the ‘Mental Health Bulletin – Fourth Report from Mental Health Minimum Dataset (MHMD) returns 2010’. I know it’s a bit of a mouthful but briefly, it means statistics about admission, …...

Published 12 Jan 2011 6:06 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, ASW, Best Interests Assessor, discrimination, elderly, England, health, MCA, Mental disorder, mental health, mental health act 2007, mental health act assessment, mental health statistics, old age, older people, personal, politics, social care, social issues, social work, work
Sectioned – A Quick Review

Probably not the most in-depth review as I haven’t had a lot of time to process the programme shown on BBC 4 on Wednesday called ‘Sectioned’ as a part of the ‘Out of Mind’ season about mental illness. The programme’s aim was to allow a greater insight...

Published 21 May 2010 6:45 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, BBC Four, bbc4 out of mind season, health, hospital, Involuntary commitment, Janet Street-Porter, Mental disorder, mental health, patient, sectioned, tv programme, tv review, work
Officers or Nurses

I know I shouldn’t go to the Daily Mail website. It is a form of morbid curiosity but I saw this article headlined and couldn’t resist Chief Constable Peter Fahy of Greater Manchester Police says that he needs ‘more mental health nurses as much as officers...

Published 18 May 2010 6:59 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: daily mail, discrimination, Greater Manchester, health, Mental disorder, mental health, personal, peter fahy, Police officer, politics, s135, s136, stigma and mental health, uk, work
Why Did You Kill My Dad? 9pm BBC2

Tonight, BBC2 is airing a documentary called ‘Why did you kill my Dad?’. It is made by Julian Hendy, whose father was fatally stabbed by a man with long term mental health problems. He did, as a result of this, do some research about the levels of homicides...

Published 1 Mar 2010 7:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: bbc documentary on mental health, discrimination, health, julian hendy, louis appleby, Mental disorder, mental health, Paul Jenkins, personal, sane, social care, social issues, social work, why did you kill my father, work
The GJ judgement and DoLs

I’m coming back to Best Interests Assessments and DoLs for a while now so excuse my indulgence but it is something that has and is creeping back into my workload after a few ‘dormant’ months and a part of the reason has been the impact of the ‘GJ’ judgement...

Published 14 Dec 2009 6:50 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: AMHP, approved mental health professional, Best Interests Assessor, bia, Case law, court of protection case law, deprivation of liberty safeguards, dols, gj judgement, gj v foundation trust, health, MCA, mental health act 1983, mental capacity act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental disorder, mental health, mental health act, mental health act primacy, mental health act v mental capacity act, old age, older people, personal, social work, work
Schizophrenia – on film

Time to Change, the campaign being run by a partnership of mental health charity, which is working towards challenging stigma which is faced by people with mental illnesses, is today launching a couple of films which are intended to work on some of the...

Published 10 Aug 2009 6:42 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: challenging stigma, cinema, discrimination, health, Mental disorder, mental health, politics, Schizophrenia, social care, social issues, social work, stigma, stuart baker-brow, Time to Change, work
Stacey and Eastenders

I have a confession. I watch Eastenders. For those from less rainy shores than these, it is the most popular soap opera in the UK. Not exactly high-brow but I enjoy it! I have watched Eastenders roughly from when it first started and while I’ve never...

Published 16 May 2009 7:38 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Bipolar disorder, easstenders, EastEnders, health, london, Mental disorder, mental health, personal, Soap opera, soap opera characters, social issues, stacey, stacey branning, stacey from eastenders
Positive

The Telegraph reports today on a study published in New Scientist which claims that believing you are sick can make you sick. The so-called ‘nocebo’ effect is explained. “The idea that believing you are ill can make you ill sounds far-fetched, yet...

Published 15 May 2009 6:52 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Alastair Campbell, eleanor harding, Evil twin, health, Mental disorder, mental health, mind book of the year, mind champion of the year, mind champion of the year 2009, mind journalist of the year, mind week 2009, mind week awards, New Scientist, Nocebo, nocebo effect, opposite of placebo, personal, social issues, social work, work
Crisis and Discrimination

We had a meeting with our crisis team a couple of weeks ago. There is a general perception that they don’t like taking referrals for over 65s. It has increasingly developed into something of an ‘us and them’ situation so an attempt at some kind of reconciliary...

Published 31 Mar 2009 6:13 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: ageism, Care Quality Commission, crisis resolution team, crisis team, health, health care, health care discrimination, Healthcare Commission, hospital, Mental disorder, mental health, work
Angles on Stigma

A couple of unrelated articles that I turfed out today that both refer to stigma attached to those with mental illnesses in vastly different settings. Firstly, an article in the Times Higher Educational Supplement by an Australian lecturer, Caron Dunn...

Published 5 Mar 2009 6:04 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: discrimination, health, Medicine, Mental disorder, mental health, Policy and Advocacy, shidduch, shidduch with mental illness, social issues, students with mental illness, work, Yeshiva University
Trichotillomania and me.

My usual pattern is to read through various newspapers and articles first thing in the morning and to write either in response to something I read, or something I do at work. I haven’t got through many intensely personal posts and that is wholly...

Published 24 Feb 2009 6:17 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: anxiety, health, Mental disorder, mental health, personal, pulling hair out, trichotillomania
Stigma through the Ages

This morning, I read an article on the Telegraph’s website which asks, I thought a really pertinent question - namely, would leading historical figures, such as Florence Nightingale, Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln be able to reach the heights...

Published 10 Feb 2009 6:37 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: Abraham Lincoln, Alastair Campbell, Bipolar disorder, discrimination, Florence Nightingale, health, Mental disorder, mental health, mental illness and stigma, social issues, stigma, time to think, Winston Churchill, work
Assessment for Guardianship

I mentioned a Guardianship application I had in the works a few weeks ago. Nothing happens quickly around here at the moment with changes in the teams being imminent and what with trying to co-ordinate attendees, I finally managed the Guardianship application...

Published 28 Oct 2008 6:23 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: assessment, ASW, elderly, Guardianship, health, long-term care, mental health act 1983, Mental disorder, mental health, mental health act, social care, social work, social work assessment, work
Five a day

We are advised to eat five portions of fruit and/or vegetables a day to keep healthy. Good sound advice. mjorge at Flickr The Times reports today on a different kind of five-a-day target that relates more specifically to mental health. The advised steps...

Published 25 Oct 2008 7:09 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: advice, Britain, debt and mental health, fruit, good mental health, health, howto, Mental disorder, mental health, positive mental health, recession, United Kingdom, work
Revisiting

I have been in my current team for a couple of years. I worked in the same local authority before that though for about three years. The geographical boundaries of the areas that I work in don’t strictly overlap so I haven’t had it happen...

Published 8 Oct 2008 6:15 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: approved social worker, ASW, elderly, health, hospital, mental health act 1983, Mental disorder, mental health, old age, older people, psychiatric hospital, sectioned, social care, social work, vascular dementia, work
Guardianship - or a journey into Section 7 of the Mental Health Act

I was called into one of the CMHT (Community Mental Health Team) meetings last week. It was a bit of a surprise. We don’t tend to go into other peoples’ meetings. It is almost like entering an alternate universe. People have the same roles...

Published 1 Sep 2008 6:25 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: approved mental health professional, approved social worker, ASW, elderly, Guardianship, health, MCA, mental health act 1983, mental capacity act, Mental Capacity Act 2005, Mental disorder, mental health, mental health act, old age, older people, social work, uk, work
Hypochondria

Currently a couple of people that I am working with who have anxiety and depression are suffering from a form of hypochondria. And truly, it is as painful as a mental disorder as any physical manifestation of an illness could be. The word that is over...

Published 5 Aug 2008 6:20 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: anxiety, CBT, Cognitive behavioral therapy, depression, elderly, health, hospital, hypochondria, Mental disorder, mental health, old age, older people, social work, work

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