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Dr. Whitney Gilley

@whitneygilleymd.medsky.social
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Psychiatrist with interests in psychotherapy, traumatic stress, women's health and health psychology. 🧠🧪 #MedEd #MedSky #PsychSky Helping build the BSky ACT therapists community Posts ≠ Medical advice

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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 30/05/2025
This looks interesting. #TherapistSky #ACTtherapists #TherapistsConnect
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 20/03/2025
#PTSD symptomatology can be found in up to a third of parents with a high-risk infant in the #NICU. Untreated PTSD can have long-term effects for the parent and impact parent-child attachment and development. Routine PTSD screening for parents during and after NICU stay benefits parent + baby.
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The Prevalence of PTSD of Mothers and Fathers of High-Risk Infants Admitted to NICU: A Systematic Review | Request PDF
Request PDF | The Prevalence of PTSD of Mothers and Fathers of High-Risk Infants Admitted to NICU: A Systematic Review | Admission of a preterm or sick full-term infant to the neonatal intensive care ...
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Eric Morris @contextpsych.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Evaluating the VaLiANT (Valued Living After Neurological Trauma) group intervention for improving adjustment to life with acquired brain injury: A pilot randomized controlled trial buff.ly/GEOPn47 [8-week holistic group integrating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy & cognitive rehabilitation]
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Richard Ferro, MD MSc @richferro.com · 10/02/2025
Once again want to remind everyone to please share with your communities the new #Medsky misinformation labeler, which is meant to target and prevent the spread of misinformation. This thread provides instructions on how to appropriately report misinfo.
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Shematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 04/03/2025
A legend died today. In his memory, how about a heartwarming heme #skeetorial? #hemesky #nerdalert Today the world lost the man with the "golden arm" 1/n
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Again, we cannot ignore the safety and wellbeing implications for practitioners, researchers, educators and other staff impacted by cuts www.bmj.com/content/388/... Noting also the harms to patients, participants and communities www.bmj.com/content/388/... A massive ethics and human rights violation
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Researcher and practitioner safety and wellbeing are also ethical issues of concern
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Eric Morris @contextpsych.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Bereavement guilt among young adults impacted by caregivers’ cancer: Associations with attachment style, experiential avoidance, and psychological flexibility
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Bereavement guilt among young adults impacted by caregivers’ cancer: Associations with attachment style, experiential avoidance, and psychological flexibility | Palliative & Supportive Care | Cambridge Core
Bereavement guilt among young adults impacted by caregivers’ cancer: Associations with attachment style, experiential avoidance, and psychological flexibility - Volume 22 Issue 6
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Dr Leigh Lewis @ellelewis.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Hot off the press! This is a great article reviewing the current data on menopausal hormone therapy A must read of anyone who is or working with women in perimenopause MedSky MenopauseSky onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Update on Menopause Hormone Therapy; Current Indications and Unanswered Questions
Objective To provide clinicians involved in managing menopause with a summary of current evidence surrounding menopause hormone therapy (MHT). Design The authors evaluate and synthesize existing p...
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Eric Morris @contextpsych.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Associations between psychological inflexibility processes, pre-sleep arousal & sleep quality buff.ly/4b93BVE * Findings revealed that cognitive fusion, lack of present-moment awareness, & experiential avoidance significantly contributed to poor sleep, primarily through increased pre-sleep arousal
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<em>Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice</em> | BPS Journal | Wiley Online Library
Objectives Psychological inflexibility, the model of psychopathology underlying Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), has been linked to a broad range of psychological problems, but its link with...
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Chris Hutchins-Joss | Pain and Health Psychological Therapist @remotetherapy.space · 22/02/2025
If you’re interested in reading some of the stuff I’ve written about physical #health and #ACT, you can find my current and future posts here: open.substack.com/pub/chrishut... #ACTTherapists
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The Remote Therapy space | Chris Hutchins-Joss | Substack
A place to discuss health and psychological flexibility. Click to read The Remote Therapy space, by Chris Hutchins-Joss, a Substack publication. Launched 19 days ago.
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 21/02/2025
🌞 Excited to share there is an ACT therapists feed. Connect and help grow the Bluesky ACT community by sharing tools, articles, metaphors, ideas To post there use #ACTtherapists or "acceptance and commitment therapy" Please 📌 and like the feed if you find it useful
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 20/02/2025
A review examining changes in visual processing in PTSD. Effects more pronounced with traumatic stress early in life. #PsychSciSky #Skychiatry #PsychSky 🧠🧪
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Affective Visual Circuit Dysfunction in Trauma and Stress-Related Disorders
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is widely recognized as involving disruption of core neurocircuitry that underlies processing, regulation, and re…
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 19/02/2025
Any ACT therapists or researchers looking to build our Bluesky ACT community, please leave a comment and I will be happy to add you! #TherapistSky #PsychSky #Skychiatry #TherapistsConnect #TherapySky #BlueskyTherapists #ACTtherapists #PsychSciSky #ClinicalPsychology
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 19/02/2025
📣 Hello ACT therapists and researchers looking for an ACT community on bluesky! If you would like to be added to an acceptance and commitment therapy starter pack, please comment below. We also made a small ACT feed (More on that later) #ACTtherapists #acbs #TherapySky
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Jim Lucas @openforwards.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-a... Amazing speakers and topics. This will be fantastic #acbs #ACTTherapy #AcceptanceandCommitmentTherapy
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Women in ACBS SIG International Women's Day Conference
Join us for a virtual conference celebrating International Women's Day with inspiring talks and discussions.
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 17/02/2025
Thinking of starting a starter pack for therapists who practice acceptance and commitment therapy or conduct ACT research. Would anyone like to be included? #TherapistSky #PsychSky #Skychiatry #TherapistsConnect #TherapySky #BlueskyTherapists #PsychSciSky #ClinicalPsychology
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Thank you to the pioneers, educators, and mentors--past and present 👩🏽‍🔬 🧪 #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky #MedEd #MedSky
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 09/02/2025
#PTSD and related trauma responses are not uncommon after an ICU stay. It can occur regardless of otherwise favorable outcomes. Awareness and screening supports patients' overall health. #MedSky #PsychSky #Skychiatry
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 07/02/2025
#MedSky
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 07/02/2025
Private equity is indeed "like a cancer" in the US healthcare system, leading to direct patient harm. Stripping services to the bone to save money, not patients. A warning of the risks of privatization of healthcare and the devaluation of medical expertise. #MedSky #healthcare
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US health department condemns private equity firms for role in declining healthcare access
Government report says private equity investment in nursing homes led to 11% increase in patient deaths
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Patient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 06/02/2025
In this ‘Top picks’ article we have pulled together resources, blogs and tools to support staff and organisations in developing a culture where everyone feels psychologically safe www.pslhub.org/learn/cultur... #patientsafety
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Top picks for staff psychological safety
hub resources on psychological safety
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 03/02/2025
For my fellow ACT therapists There are some nice Acceptance and Commitment Therapy metaphors adapted for insomnia in this paper. #PsychSky #TherapistSky
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 02/02/2025
When I was in training, a psychologist shared an important insight into why someone may harm others without a second thought. Sometimes it is fear or turning inward due to sadness or overwhelm... But there are also people who view other human beings as objects, and will treat them as objects.
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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Good idea! I'll add 🚑 NHS UK www.nhs.uk NHS Inform (Scotland) www.nhsinform.scot/symptoms-and... Patient Info patient.info Hesperian store.hesperian.org/prod/Where_T... 🧠 MIND www.mind.org.uk 🫶 nostartoguideme.com/practical-he... Need more signposting to support? Just ask, I'll find it.
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Symptoms and self-help | NHS inform
Information and self-help guides for common symptoms and what to do about them. Includes stomach ache, headache and rash.
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 01/02/2025
The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 29/01/2025
#Vaccines save lives--and likely brain function: "Vaccines against diphtheria or tetanus and against poliomyelitis were associated with statistically significantly lower risk of Alzheimer's disease" #MedSky 🧠
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Past exposure to vaccines and subsequent risk of Alzheimer's disease
It has been suggested that changes to the immune system could be a factor in age-related conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. Our objective was to examine the association between past exposure to c...
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Raisa Amiruddin @raisaamiruddin.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
MRI Neuroanatomy 101 from @brats2025.bsky.social! #RadSky #Radiology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #brain #neuroscience #neuro #brain #education #learning #research #challenge @radiology-ai.bsky.social @ajrradiology.bsky.social @theajnr.bsky.social @rsnasky.bsky.social @erin-schwartz-md.bsky.social
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Intro to BN open textbook @introtobn.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Today seems like a good day to promote more open educational resources in #neuroscience. Reducing costs to students reduces barriers to success. Here's one: This free resource covers a breadth of neuro topics with a notable cell/molecular focus. nba.uth.tmc.edu/neuroscience...
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Neuroscience Online: An Electronic Textbook for the Neurosciences | Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy - The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
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Erika Waters @erikawatersphd.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I have no words. #AcademicSky www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump hits NIH with ‘devastating’ freezes on meetings, travel, communications, and hiring
Researchers facing
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 23/01/2025
#Skychiatry #PsychSky
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 23/01/2025
Elements we (do or should) consider when addressing systemic issues in medicine, specifically #burnout and patient harm. #MedSky #PatientSafety
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Patient Safety Learning @patientsafetylearning.org · 23/01/2025
Research collection from @nihr.bsky.social featured on the hub today - Health information: are you getting your message across? www.pslhub.org/learn/improv... #HealthInformationWeek #patientsafety
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NIHR - Health information: are you getting your message across? (13 June 2022)
This resource collection from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) brings together messages from research highlighted in NIHR Alert summaries over the past couple of years. It in...
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Peter Rebeiro, PhD, MHS @prebeiro.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Unacceptable; science and evidence-based public health practice should *not* be partisan matters.
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Saimi Hanma ⚔️ サイミ @saimihanma.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Hands up everyone who zooms in on every picture posted with a bookshelf in the background to check out the books
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Nneka Ufere, MD MSCE @nnekauferemd.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Devastating read. #medsky jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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A Call for Mental Health Reform in Medical Education—Breaking the Silence
This essay by parents of a medical student who died by suicide calls for medical schools to better address the pressures of medical training and prevent suicide, burnout, and mental stress among healt...
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 21/01/2025
This is a resource from the #WHO and one I often include during presentations on #traumaticstress Though designed for refugees and displaced ppl, it covers stress management using an acceptance & commitment therapy approach Translations in other languages too #PsychSky #TherapistSky
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Doing What Matters in Times of Stress
An Illustrated Guide
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 20/01/2025
I treat survivors of trauma, some of which is beyond imagining. Let me be clear. Gestures of oppression and hate are intended to instill fear and perpetuate the horrors tied to them. A gesture of hate is active participation in harm to other human beings. It is violence.
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 19/01/2025
I updated my handle from bsky.social to medsky.social Medical friends 🩺⚕️ If you want the #MedSky label in your username: DM @richard.medsky.social to request an invite. It was pretty easy to set up! #Skychiatry #MedEd
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Bluesky
Social media as it should be. Find your community among millions of users, unleash your creativity, and have some fun again.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
And it’s out! The 7th edition of How to Read a Paper, coauthored with new blood in the shape of my ex PhD student Paul Dijkstra @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social. So good working with you on this Paul!
Paul with bookTrish with book
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 10/01/2025
#Burnout Organizational #wellness programs for physicians and #HCWs often put heavy emphasis on individual resiliency. Yet systems issues are major drivers of burnout. Here is a systems level approach to consider. #MedSky #MedEd #Skychiatry
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Daniel Buchman @danielbuchman.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
📣New year, new publication!📣 Dr Whitney Scott, Dr Vasilis S Vasilou, and I conducted a narrative review on the state-of-the-art of #stigma and chronic pain. Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #bioethics #stigma #chronicpain #psychiatry #clinpsychsky #publichealth
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The multi-dimensional stigma of chronic pain: A narrative review
Accumulating evidence suggests that stigma is a pervasive and pernicious psychosocial phenomenon that affects people living with chronic pain. In this…
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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · 07/01/2025
Wondering how to spend International Women's Day (Fri 7/3/25)? Join @rebecca99.bsky.social , @suzypuss.bsky.social & me by the fireside at The Royal College of Physicians Edinburgh from 6pm, as we discuss their new books, An Improbable Psychiatrist & Out of Her Mind www.rcpe.ac.uk/events/conve...
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In Conversation with...
Join us for an evening in the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on two important books for psychiatry, women’s health, and reflections on being a medical professional.
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Mackenzie Weygandt Mathis @trackingactions.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
So many new #BluSci users 💙✨❄️, welcome! For science-minded folks, there are some very cool tricks 🚀… use 🧪 to post on the #Science feed use 🧠 for a #Neuroskyence feed If you use any of these emojis👩‍🔬|👩🏻‍🔬|👩🏼‍🔬|👩🏽‍🔬|👩🏾‍🔬|👩🏿‍🔬 your post will on a #WomenInSTEM feed Bonuses: 🕊️ 🌱 📌 Go get it 🚀🧪🧠👩‍🔬💙
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Science News @scinews.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
How human–AI feedback loops alter human perceptual, emotional and social judgements "…AI systems amplify biases, which are further internalized by humans, triggering a snowball effect where small errors in judgement escalate into much larger ones." www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 28/12/2024
This is why labs have to be interpreted in context. #MedEd Troubling overtones of women being punished for accepting treatment for #obstetric #pain. #WomensHealth #ReproductiveHealthcare
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Rebecca Sripada, PhD, ABPP @rebeccasripada.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Pleased to share our new paper, led by Kevin Saulnier: Suicide Risk Among Veterans Who Receive Evidence-Based Therapy for PTSD jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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Suicide Risk Among Veterans Who Receive Evidence-Based Therapy for PTSD
This cohort study examines the association of initiation and an adequate course of cognitive processing therapy or prolonged exposure with suicide risk among veterans with posttraumatic stress disorde...
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 22/12/2024
Institutional betrayal occurs when institutions align with an individual or group commiting harm, rather than respond to meaningfully protect those who depend on it (patients, other Drs and HCWs). It magnifies harms and creates disenfranchised #trauma and #moralinjury. #PsySky #MedSky
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Allen Tien, MD, MHS mdlogix.com 94,698 田一彦 @allentien.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
www.healio.com/news/psychia...
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‘It’s not mental health’: Experts attribute rise in mass violence to ‘hate and anger’
In the United States, mass violence has slightly increased, accounting for 1% of homicides in 2023 vs. 0.2% from 2000 to 2016, according to a report by the Medical Director Institute of the National C...
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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · 13/12/2024
“Gask exemplifies the ethic of dissident participation—being part of something you criticise but also want to improve.” An honour to review @suzypuss.bsky.social’s excellent book Out of Her Mind for @thelancet.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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A feminist psychiatry
During the 1980s in some health-care settings in the UK an acronym started appearing in medical notes, or rather, in women's medical notes: TATT CC AAO. Many doctors were trying to get the “tired all the time, can’t cope, aching all over” patients out of their consulting rooms as quickly as possible. This shorthand betrayed the medical system's bias and a hubristic resistance to engage with these patients’ symptoms. The overlap of exhaustion, pain, and distress still leaves women vulnerable to different, and inadequate, care.
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Dr. Whitney Gilley @whitneygilleymd.medsky.social · 13/12/2024
MH carve outs are not permitted, yet American med insurance has a pattern of forcing patients & mental health professionals out of network. Ghost networks & denial of MH coverage lead to predictable poor outcomes for patients in all areas of healthcare. #TherapistSky #Skychiatry #PsySky #MedSky
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