Jean Davison
@jeandavisonTDT
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Author of 'The Dark Threads' (Headline/Hachette), a 'mental health' memoir. Now writing fiction. Graduated in literature/psychology. Hoping to keep learning.
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Joined October 2010
I too am pleased to be a part of this. It's been an exciting writing year and the hard work mixed with pleasure continues.
Delighted to be a part of this. Looking forward to working with so many talented writers in the new year.
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Yes & they get defensive and block, terrified of hearing about experiences that differ from theirs. Some work with vulnerable clients yet show no empathy or insight lumping people together as 'antipsychiatry' 'scaremongering', etc. Says more about the name callers than the named.
George and Drannie don't seem to be able to understand this. It's not difficult surely?.
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This.
‘ECT: New Studies Detail Harms, Lack of Efficacy, Lack of Informed Consent’ ‘Our papers give voice to people who were given an extraordinarily one-sided account of ECT to base their decision on.’
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RT @PTMFramework: Largest ever survey of ECT recipients shows many are not warned of risks and suffer life-long harms .
thetimes.com
A survey of 858 patients who had ECT found that more than half had a negative response and few were told it could cause long-term memory problems
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Past trauma can spark an intense fear of doctors or medical procedures. It's called Iatrophobia, though I would dispute that the fear is irrational. (Hey, you learn something every day).
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Thought for the day (or is it night?). What's wrong with dandelions? Why are they looked down upon and labelled 'weeds'? They are beautiful yellow flowers. 🙃.
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Please listen to this video. Laura Delano makes sense and, oh, how much we need these conversations.
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RT @ProtectTheWild_: These magnificent animals deserve to live in peace, not to be hunted down, terrified by hounds, and torn apart. Share….
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So true!.
The belief that emotional pain can be truly recognized/validated only when medicalized via the language of “symptom” and “illness” is the byproduct of a society that has been dispossessed of its ability to make meaning and to care for one another beyond The Institution.
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I had the pleasure of meeting the author Marcia Hutchinson yesterday and I bought the very first copy of her novel, The Mercy Step. Looks great, and I can't wait to read it.
I am reliably informed that they are sitting on plumped velvet cushions at the @bradfordlitfest Festival Hub Waterstones Shop ready for signing after the Writing The North Event. #BookTour.#TheMercyStep.#Debutnovel
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I hear psychiatrists speaking against euthanasia who make good points. But if they, as some do, tell patients they've a kind of MI that's incurable and that they must take (debilitating) 'meds' for life, are they surprised if some patients are desperate for euthanasia?.
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