Here are all the articles, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts (and more) that we’ve shared in our weekly bulletins this month. The main focus of this section in our bulletin is to share new, first person pieces written or made by people within and beyond our membership who have lived experience of mental ill-health, trauma, or distress, as well as relevant articles about news and policy in mental health from sources such as Disability News Service.
We’ll be posting this roundup at the end of each month as a way to further bring together, amplify and also archive current, lived experience-focussed voices and perspectives in mental health.
A reader with a terminal illness emailed in despair. What she told me should shock us all
An article by Frances Ryan via the Guardian.
Personality disorder diagnosis ‘turned my life upside down’
A article by Zola Hargreaves via BBC News.
NSUN’s December 2024 articles & blogs roundup
A blog by and via NSUN.
Stop Oxevision statement on responses to BBC broadcast
A blog by and via Stop Oxevision.
Q&A with Mandy Crandale, NSUN’s new CEO
A video by and via NSUN.
Misgendering as state policy: Transphobia and the expansion of violence against migrants
Blog by and via Migrants Rights’ Network.
NSUN’s January 2025 articles & blogs roundup
A blog by and via NSUN.
DWP’s benefit fraud crackdown blasted as an ‘assault’ on the ‘disabled, sick and elderly’
Article by Emily Chudy via the Big Issue.
As Labour touts more brutal cuts to benefits, how is this different from life under the Tories?
Article by Frances Ryan via the Guardian.
Empty words, false promises and window-dressing: An overview of NHS England’s new Digital Principles
A statement by and via Stop Oxevision.
Romance, Institutionalisation and Mental Health
A blog by Jerome Sewell via Synergi.
London’s challenges in 2025 – and how to tackle them
A blog by and via Trust for London.
MAD KIN: we keep us safe
A blog by Kat Hudson via NSUN.
Understanding self-harm, with Naomi Salisbury
A podcast via Spotify by Lively Minds, the UK Mental Health Podcast.
Living experience: looking toward genuine co-production in mental health
A blog by Mandy Crandale via NSUN.
NSUN responds to NHS England’s new Principles on Digital Technologies
Statement by and via NSUN.
Lost in the system: the need for better admin
Article by Jacob Lant and William Pett via The King’s Fund.
Mothering Myself: Healing Through Generations of Pain
A blog by Jemmar Samuels via Synergi Project.
Neurodiversity Matters: Rewiring qualitative health research
A podcast series by Sohail Jannesari and Rachel Rowan Olive via QUAHRC.