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#adisorder4everyone events that challenge the culture of psych diagnosis #dropthedisorder the book: https://t.co/sbRYBK5VtB
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Joined June 2011
For lots of content on the challenge to the culture of diagnosis &disorder (in many different forms:- talks, poetry, songs, drama etc) check out& subscribe to the #adisorder4everyone YouTube channel! Please support with ‘likes’ & comment where you can🙂 https://t.co/XNAOo2jG0V
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'A Disorder 4 Everyone!' hosts online events that challenge the mainstream narrative in ‘mental health’. We challenge the scientific validity of psychiatric diagnoses and encourage ways of understa...
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@justinskycak It's because they see school as a sort of society-wide palliative care for children. Due to material conditions, the winners will win and the losers will lose, so there's no point making the losers try, because trying is painful.
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When I argue against ADHD- I am not denying that legitimate problems do not exist that get labeled as ADHD- of course they do. My argument is that it's NOT a discrete medical condition in itself. Walking out with a diagnosis & prescription stimulant STOPS further evaluation into
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AD4E are at the forefront of the campaign to rid our mental health systems of the horrors that medicalisation and pathologisation does to people.
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AD4E festival 2025: A whole day of change-making talks, presentations, conversations - all challenging the culture of diagnosis & disorder!
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Piece by @KatinkaNewman on how sedative antidepressants prescribed for insomnia cause more harm than good - including persistent withdrawal effects and emotional numbing 1/2
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For 36-year-old Luke Pomfret, a visit to the GP after months of sleepless nights was meant to be a simple solution. Instead, he believes it has changed the course of his life.
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Adam Urato and Joanna Moncrieff join us on the Mad in America #podcast to discuss potential harms caused by #antidepressant use during pregnancy. #mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry #pregnancyhealth #maternity #FDA Read or listen here ⬇️
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Important thread. The only inaccuracy is that The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines are avialable to US clinicians too!
65M Americans take psychiatric drugs. 1 in 4 adults. Nearly 1 in 10 kids. Millions are medicated, numbed, and stuck with no safe way out. If this affects you—or someone you love—this thread matters 🧵
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Interested in Balt's Carrier Delivery Catheter? Check out the new publication on our Carrier Delivery Catheter; it delivered the aspiration catheter to the face of the clot in 100% of cases! Check out the article here.
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The #adisorder4everyone festival has a LOT going on this year! Here’s some of it… 🟠Donation only 🟡Recorded to watch later 🟠CPD - 8 hours 🟡After party with @VivGordonCo ! 🎭 ✊ Friday 7th November Sign up here… https://t.co/eWOcH1PB5n
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I'm proud to say I was at the very first @dropthedisorder conference in Birmingham, many years ago now and the movement continues to grow. This festival has an amazing line up and is sure to be a great day of connection and learning. Tickets by donation. https://t.co/BFb4Mq8PUj
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AD4E festival 2025: A whole day of change-making talks, presentations, conversations - all challenging the culture of diagnosis & disorder!
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Trauma-Informed Care and the PTMF: How Does It Work in Practice? The program reduced self-harm, seclusion, and restraint. Now we have a better idea of how it was able to achieve that goal—and the barriers preventing it from being used more often. https://t.co/x9b4C8hJvE
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Dr Lucy Johnstone discusses the Power Threat Meaning Framework with Australian psychologist @NeshNikolic here:
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In this episode of Better Thinking, Nesh Nikolic speaks with Dr Lucy Johnstone about the Power Threat Meaning Framework and how it offers an alternative to traditional psychiatric diagnoses by...
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TOMORROW (TUES 30th) Online 6pm UK We are VERY excited to be welcoming @LauraDelano back to AD4E! It’s been a fair few years since Laura first spoke with such passion at our 2018 London event! We hope you will join us 🧡✊ https://t.co/NnGOr2yPNj
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Please join us to celebrate and honour the publication of Unshrunk - a crucial contribution to the challenge of diagnosis & disorder!
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This evening on line. 6-7pm UK Free places for those who need them. https://t.co/hOKnSp5G3r
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Join AD4E ally, Johann Hari for an informal chat and Q&A about his life and work.
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“I Can’t Remember a Single Day”: New Survey Shows Disastrous Memory Effects of ECT https://t.co/NdHmKuCndW via @MITUKTeam
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Report of memory damage from the largest ever international survey of recipients of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and their families.
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New publication on the PTMF and trauma-informed care project on @CNWLNHS inpatient wards. Qualitative data from staff and service users shows how a change in how distress is conceptualised, facilitates new and helpful approaches to severe distress.
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AimThis is the second study from a two-part evaluation into the impact of introducing Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) to a National Health Service (NHS) adult acu...
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