Community Rehabilitation When people heard that I was being supported by the Community Rehabilitation Service their immediate thought was often… more
My experience of the Community Rehabilitation Service
Category: Mental health care
Autism and colour in a monochrome anti-neurodivergent psychiatric setting
I knew someone who was detained under the Mental Health Act section 3 for up to 4 years in 8… more
Card Games & Colouring Books: an Inpatient Perspective on being Sectioned
A heavy stillness sits over the ward garden in the blistering summer heat. The black leather bean bag I’m sat… more
My experience of being sectioned
The story I am autistic. I didn’t know I was autistic until I was almost 17. This played a major… more
Let me die, before I am killed
Let me die, before I am killed – a black male schizophrenic plea in relation to the Mental Health Act… more
Another shocking scandal – why does this keep happening?
The news of yet another scandal involving the “physical and emotional abuse” of people with learning difficulties has sent shock… more
‘Call Before You Walk’ for A&E – how will this impact treatment for self-harm?
As an experience-led self-harm support organisation, the issue of how people are treated in A&E for self-harm has been an… more
A new Mental Health Charter for Britain
A new Mental Health Charter for Britainby Tom Griffiths, Manchester Mental Health Charter Alliance We are said to be living… more
Looking Through The Lens at Briena
Many readers will have watched the predictably, yet excruciating entitled documentary ‘Losing It’, that hit the Channel Four screens this… more
Know your human rights
British Institute of Human Rights launches “Know Your Human Rights” self-advocacy tool This week the British Institute of Human Rights… more
Borderline Personality Disorder – the diagnosis and me!
I’m what’s known as a high functioning Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) sufferer. That’s what I was told many years ago… more
SCREAM IF YOU WANNA GO FASTER. The Signposting Roundabout from Hell
Against the backdrop of `mental health awareness week’ I am feeling suicidal. My life has no purpose or meaning, and… more