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Collecting patient-written mental health clinic letters. Subjective one-sided analysis is for everyone! #DearGP Zine out now!

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I attended this service. There was zero meaningful coproduction in its change from lifetime membership/drop in to ‘therapeutic community’ with seemingly some SCM principles thrown in Professionals rewriting the narrative again! Are conferences the new clinic letters? #BigSpd24
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And believe me we tried! Went to the community meetings, tried to have input into the new service. It had already been decided and we were there to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titantic That’s not coproduction #bigspd24
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I hope the evaluation of the new service will recognise all the members who never made it through the new programme because it was not in any way accessible to them I imagine the figures would look slightly different.
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Yep, I’ve had this too. “How’s your mental state?” “Oh, I’m 40, overweight and Caucasian.”
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Psychiatrists reminding us here that comparison is the thief of joy Just in this case, *our* joy 🤦‍♀️
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Just popping back in briefly to let you know the psychiatrists are absolutely still At It
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Only if we can continue writing letters about professionals
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I don’t know who needs to hear this but apparently it still needs to be said, so: You👏 can👏 smile👏 and👏still👏 be👏 depressed👏 Psychiatrists who haven’t grasped this, perhaps it’s time to take some responsibility and go back to med school
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What are the assumptions underlying the statement that a patient is "smartly dressed and well-kempt"? What's the evidence these assumptions are correct? What's an acceptable way for a patient to look in order to get good, timely, effective #mentalhealth care, treatment & support?
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If she was genuinely depressed “she would not have been able to smile at our appointment today” 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️
sometimes i think about how not only did a senior consultant psychiatrist write this on my notes from a MHAA, but as far as i am aware no one has ever questioned it.
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Thread 👇
How not to write clinical records.
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All #DearGP worthy! Incredible
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A very enlightening thread 🤦‍♀️
i love when psychiatrists talk about the “dyed hair sign” bc then i tell them i dyed my hair pink for a few months
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A break from our usual satire to talk about an important crisis in NHS mental health services... If you do one thing this bank holiday please educate yourself about #StopSIM and then sign the petition to immediately halt its roll out until a proper evidence base is established
A lot of you have been asking what you can do to help our #StopSIM campaign. We've now started a petition so that you can express your support. Please sign and share far and wide! #HighIntensityNetwork #Petition #MentalHealth #mentalillness change.org/p/nhs-england-sto…
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Replying to @dear_gp
@dear_gp is a hilariously (and heartbreakingly) accurate reflection of #NHS mental health services. V refreshing. Strongly recommended reading to anyone who has been through #CAMHS or #CMHTs, or who works in #MentalHealth. The latest issue is here: deargphome.files.wordpress.c… #DearGP
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Just a reminder that you only have 3 days left to submit your letters!
Dear GP issue 2 is looking for submissions! Send us your letters for a chance to be included. Deadline TBA
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