The 'conceptual black hole of borderline personality disorder': how can BPD be not real mental illness but too unstable for therapy, described as not personality disorder but treated as only personality disorder, and also, borderline of what? Open access:

My research methodology:

"A university is not a machine for achieving a particular purpose or producing a particular result; it is a manner of human activity... we may call it 'the pursuit of learning'."

At seven sessions you have barely psychologically said "Hello".

Cursing is rarely a symbol of low class. It's often a mark of high authenticity. Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy. A little profanity shows that you're being real and you do give a damn.

It is BPD awareness week (or it was last week depending on who you ask). While there’s no need to tell any survivors of trauma that their personality is disordered, here’s some useful things https://t.co/f7JlsYQYGy

🆕 Revised and updated How to Choose a Therapist: A Guide to Recognizing Competence (full text below 👇)

There's an indie wrestler named "Jesus" and he wrestles without ever touching his opponents 🙌 Amazing

We don’t have “better tests” for autism, we expanded the definition so much that it absorbed other conditions and personality traits. It is now a less reliable diagnosis. When someone uses the word autism, they could be talking about any number of individual difficulties.

Looking to interview a few staff from UK adult inpatient mental health services about management of self-harm for a PhD study - please contact me j.baker@leeds.ac.uk if interested in taking part.

It so often comes down to this

Reflections 3 #mhnr2025 having a research conference dedicated to MHNursing feels essential for the continued development and vibrancy of our profession, and for the quality & safety of the care we provide. Yet it remains so challenging for nurses to attend….

#mhnr2025 call from Nutmeg Hallett for mental health nurses to be much more radical to bring about the changes and improvements service users and staff want.

Man who pushed everything into “next week at work” arrives in next week at work

At the #HSJpatientsafety Congress, and delighted to be part of the session ‘Breaking the silence: confronting failings of the UK mental health system: neglect, failings and systemic breakdowns’ continuing to have those difficult #HonestConversations…..

1/ People think there’s a thing/place called “treatment” & you can send people to it and the problem of severe mental illness/homelessness is dealt with. That thing/place doesn’t exist. We defunded & dismantled our MH care institutions decades ago. There’s literally nowhere to go

Dear @nmcnews, please see Kenwright et al: "Mental Health nursing students reported the lowest levels of practice confidence". Please read and consider your position. This happened as a result of your generic nurse education standards. #MHDeservesBetter

Kenwright et al: "MH nursing students reported the lowest levels of practice confidence... barriers to achieving proficiencies...exclusion of field-specific knowledge and skills, which devalued and threatened their professional identity". #MHDeservesBetter

From 1917, Freud's discernment of grief and depression: “In mourning, it is the world which has become poor and empty; in melancholia, it is the ego itself.” One of his most famous quotes that continues to age well.

Now Recruiting – #StaffedWards Lived Experience Advisory Group. For more information, see the webpage below: https://t.co/OR4eYwBVAB