Reposted by Jacqui DillonTaylor & Francis Research @tandfresearch.bsky.social · 29/01/2025So exciting! If you're interested in submitting your work, please reach out to livedexperiencehandbook@gmail.com for submission guidelines. 032
Jacqui Dillon @jacquidillon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Thrilled to announce that @reaveyp.bsky.social & I have secured a contract with Routledge to publish an International Handbook of Lived Experience in the Context of Madness and Distress 😀 Interested in contributing? Please email livedexperiencehandbook@gmail.com for info re submission guidelines. 0115
Jacqui Dillon @jacquidillon.bsky.social · 06/01/2025ISPS UK are starting a new group in 2025! Raising Our Consciousness: Lived Experience Reflective Group January 15, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm This monthly reflective group is a space for people with lived experience of ‘psychosis’. Find out more here: www.ispsuk.org/event/raisin...ispsuk.orgRaising Our Consciousness: Lived Experience Reflective Group – ISPS UK 031
Reposted by Jacqui DillonJoanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social · 06/12/2024A TEDxNHS talk by Joe Tudor. "I felt lost and confused when I was told I had a chemical imbalance. My journey since has brought me the things I now value the most in my life." A short but powerful video full of wisdom and humour. Please share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7GN...youtube.comUnderstanding my depression | Joe Tudor | TEDxNHSYouTube video by TEDx Talks 11310
Reposted by Jacqui DillonPlatfform @platfform.org · 06/12/2024Can you be our Finance Director? You'll bring risk and resilience lens to the conversations, helping to shape and plan the future for Platfform. #Career #FinanceDirector #job platfform.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/... 023
Jacqui Dillon @jacquidillon.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Right-Wing or Left-Wing: Who Really Owns the Critique of Over-Medicalisation? Read more here: www.madintheuk.com/2024/09/righ...madintheuk.comRight-Wing or Left-Wing: Who Really Owns the Critique of Over-Medicalisation? - Mad in the UKTwo distinct critiques of over-medicalisation highlight the growing divide between left-wing and right-wing perspectives. 084
Reposted by Jacqui DillonEquality Trust @equalitytrust.bsky.social · 04/12/2024The UK is one of the most unequal developed countries. The super-rich have taken huge amounts of wealth and power at our expense. It's time to do something about it: people in more equal countries live longer, healthier, happier lives in stronger communities. We can do that here! 21715
Reposted by Jacqui DillonJoanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social · 04/12/2024My upcoming book uses original research to reveal how the chemical imbalance theory of depression was weaponised by Pharma, aided by the medical profession, to change the way we think about ourselves and what it means to be human 12514
Reposted by Jacqui DillonInternational Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal @iipdw.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Hi Bluesky! We're a UK charity, supporting the development & implementation of good practice for psychiatric drug withdrawal in every country. Follow & support our work. iipdw.orgiipdw.orgInternational Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal (IIPDW)The International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal (IIPDW) was created to respond to a glaring need in mental health: to develop ways for helping people withdraw from psychiatric drugs. 0108
Reposted by Jacqui DillonJames Downs @jamesldowns.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Do read my latest paper out today on the nuances of “trauma informed care” that may be under-appreciated in mental health services: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgWhose trauma is it anyway? Creating more equitable mental healthcare in a system that harms | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge CoreWhose trauma is it anyway? Creating more equitable mental healthcare in a system that harms 2179
Reposted by Jacqui DillonSurvivors against PD #StopSIM @survivorsnotpd.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Telling someone who has and is surviving #CSA or sexual abuse that their personality is disordered, is wrong and unethical. #TraumaNotPD This diagnosis is like a red flag to all mental health and social care workers - it means we are hated and suspected before we even get near a service. 34014
Jacqui Dillon @jacquidillon.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Great opportunity to work with the fab @reaveyp.bsky.social and colleagues: Funded PhDs on place and memory, University of Stirling – apply by Dec 20, to start March/ April 2025: placememory.net/apply-now-fo... 030
Reposted by Jacqui DillonJoanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff.bsky.social · 30/11/2024The chemical imbalance theory of depression is fundamental to how we think about depression and emotions now. It is the basis for the idea that they can be treated by drugs (e.g. antidepressants). But it is not supported by evidence, as people had been led to believe. 2189
Jacqui Dillon @jacquidillon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Workshop on Friday with Dr Anne Guy, lead editor for the “Guidance for Psychological Therapists: Enabling Conversations with Clients Taking or Withdrawing from Psychiatric Drugs” will provide the basic crucial knowledge that all therapists need on this subject. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/5625199312... 041
Jacqui Dillon @jacquidillon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Important article exploring the damaging impact of a diagnosis of 'BPD' and the value of offering humane, evidence based alternatives instead: www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journal...bacp.co.ukThe big issue: Time to dump the ‘dustbin diagnosis’?Open article: Ellie Broughton asks whether a borderline personality disorder diagnosis prevents clients and especially women from getting the help they really need. Therapy Today, December 2024/Januar... 042
Jacqui Dillon @jacquidillon.bsky.social · 23/11/2024New open access book available here: Epistemic Justice in Mental Healthcare Recognising Agency and Promoting Virtues Across the Life Span link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comEpistemic Justice in Mental HealthcareThis open access book features chapters from clinicians, psychologists, and philosophers to explore issues about epistemic justice in mental healthcare. 094