Legislating about us, without us: virtue signalling, self-harm, and the Criminal Justice Bill
Content note: This article discusses self-harm and suicide, including methods and deaths. We encourage all readers to go gently. All… more
Author: Gabrielle Johnson
Posts by Gabrielle Johnson
NSUN’s January 2024 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
NSUN’s December 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
NSUN’s November 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
We should be sceptical of trauma-informed care
Harm is harm, but harm under the guise of being trauma-informed is reprehensible…. more
NSUN’s October 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
Misogynoir in healthcare: Reviewing the 2023 Women’s Health Strategy
The barriers Black women encounter when receiving good quality physical and mental healthcare are rooted in factors relating to culture, stigma and misogynoir…. more
Book Review – Black Disability Politics
Black Disability Politics presents an accessible, novel and long-overdue framework for thinking about how Black people engage with disability scholarship and organising. … more
NSUN’s September 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
Navigating class as a lived experience advocate
There’s always an undeniable tension that exists between my class background and career in the mental health sector, between my personal identity and how much I’ve needed to change in order to fit in…. more
Social prescribing for autistic people – an individual view
The current offer of GP social prescribing fails to meet the needs to various groups of people with more explicit needs, due to the short term and restricted nature of the provision…. more
Sticking to the Rules: Safe for Who?
Services must work reflexively with people to be truly ‘trauma-informed’. Sticking to strict procedures prevents them tailoring their approach to create the safety and care people really need, causing extra harm instead of the help they promise…. more