Surviving Restrictive and Least Restrictive Practice: ‘Hold me up, don’t hold me down’
I believe the solution cannot be found without structural change within services. We need policy makers to sit back and listen, carefully…. more
Author: Gabrielle Johnson
Posts by Gabrielle Johnson
NSUN’s July 2023 articles & blogs roundup
“Here are all the articles, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts 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.”… more
Creativity and Mental Health: Still Ill Corona Diary (Podcast)
Monique Jackson, creator of Still Ill: Corona Diary talks to Gabrielle Johnson from NSUN about the power of art to build community, understanding and awareness…. more
NSUN’s June 2023 articles & blogs roundup
“Here are all the articles, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts 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.”… more
Book Review: ‘Mad World: The Politics of Mental Health’ by Micha Frazer-Carroll
As a student on the MSc Mad Studies programme at Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh, I’ve read my fair share… more
Book Review: Gargi Bhattacharyya’s ‘We, the Heartbroken’
‘This is a good-sized book!’ was my first impression of We, The Heartbroken when I unleashed it out of its… more
NSUN’s May 2023 articles & blogs roundup
“Here are all the articles, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts 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.”… more
An interview with Survivors’ Poetry Events Coordinator, Debbie McNamara
“We experience relief & gratitude in sharing our work… people get to meet others from around the world who become friends & allies, our struggles become collective, we heal each other with our words & songs, we overcome the fragmentation & alienation caused by trauma, we use our poetry to manage overwhelming emotions & make sense of our experiences, to document extraordinary times in our lives, to revisit difficulty with new eyes, to celebrate where we have reached, to tell our stories; we revive hope.”… more
A guide to online event safety and conduct management for user-led groups
“Ideas and recommendations for preparing, organising and delivering online events while prioritising event safety and conduct management. “… more
NSUN’s April 2023 articles & blogs roundup
“Here are all the articles, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts 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.”… more
An interview with survivor and singer-songwriter, Rai Waddingham
Music and creativity weave through my life in different ways – each of them have helped me continue to exist in a world that I can find overwhelming… more
An interview with emerging outsider artist, Mud
Art speaks where words fail, though sometimes they work in conjunction. Facilitating these tough discussions through a visual medium is my way of helping the mental health community. … more