OT, DBT Therapist, feminist, mother, sister, friend, wife. Views are my own.
Yorkshire and The Humber, England
Joined October 2015
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Ellen Wainberg retweeted
"You can't physically chuck a 13-year-old over a school gate and say: ‘Go on, get in.’"
Actor Anna Maxwell Martin, who's navigated the SEND system as a parent, tells #R4Today that attitude is just as important as funding to help support children with special educational needs.
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
🎉 Major win for lipoedema patients! Germany funds liposuction treatment. Join us in advocating for UK and global support! 👉 lipoedema.co.uk #Lipoedema #LipedemaAwareness #HealthEquity #GBA #NICE #LIPLEG #LipoedemaTreatment #GlobalHealth #PatientAdvocacy #LWA
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
Ruth Miskin was on the 'sector panel' advising the new govt writing document. The document includes a new emphasis on handwriting. And very soon after, look what comes out:
Really important thread. Menstrual issues are routinely dismissed in mental health services but can be devastating to live with.
Is the menstrual cycle an overlooked vital sign in psychiatry?
In this @BMJMentalHealth perspective, we argue - yes!
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
Suicidal thoughts aren’t always I want to die.
They’re also..
I feel trapped.
I need a way out.
I am a burden.
What’s the point in life?
I need to escape my thoughts.
Nothing will ever get better.
I see no future.
I can’t bare this pain anymore.
Am worthless.
#SuicideAwareness
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
Rejection sensitivity is central to ADHD, autism, and cPTSD.
Mental health services rarely understand rejection sensitivity, which is why people in all three diagnostic categories are so often told there is something wrong with their personality.
There isn’t.
#HumanNotPD
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
This is going to sound wanky, but does anyone else have massive phone/text/message/mail anxiety? Need to do admin and reply to friends and the heart is predictably pounding. Everyday I promise myself ‘tomorrow’ and still I’m in avoidance. What is that all about?
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
1 in 4 women screens positive for a 'personality disorder' in young adulthood, yet this rate halves in later years. Attributing these profound difficulties to 'personality'—a supposedly lifelong trait—not only contradicts the data but reflects a misogynistic framing. #TraumaNotPD
ALT Graph for screen positive for an PD by age and sex showign supposed prevalent of 27% in 16-24 year olds which flattens over coming decades.
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
'Hopefulness is not a neutral position. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism. Each redemptive or loving act, as small as you like – such as reading to your little boy... keeps the Devil down in the hole.'
Nick Cave.
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
We are recruiting. B6 specialist Perinatal practitioners. Nurse/social worker/AHP. These jobs don't come up because once you join us, people don't leave💕. Please share jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadv… @HumberNHSFT
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
Today is the start of World Breastfeeding Week 2024- Closing the Gap: Support for All💜
This week we're sharing how our services are celebrating and some info on 'Closing the Gap'
Also, check out our new blog post from our CEO @CatherineHine
breastfeedingnetwork.org.uk/…
#WBW2024
ALT World Breastfeeding Week. August 1st - 7th. Cartoon images of different breastfeeding mums and a breast pump. Closing the Gap logo. The Breastfeeding Network Drugs in Breastmilk Service logo.
Final day of placement with another fantastic OT apprentice @HumberNHSFT
I always love the opportunity to share why #perinatalmentalhealth is such a brilliant role for occupational therapy. Future students please note: I can (and will) talk about this stuff for days…
Ellen Wainberg retweeted
🧵 "I used to walk the streets for hours, two and three in the morning, with small children...
"Because the football was on and because England had lost. I knew exactly what was going to happen as soon as I walked through the door."
#Euros2024 ⬇️
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Ellen Wainberg retweeted
Only 4% of all #healthcare research funding is designated for women’s health issues.
Of that 4%, only 1% is for research of health conditions outside of women’s cancers.
So - yeah. It’s a huge problem.