A place of safety. It should have been. Where someone at their most vulnerable, after an overdose, due to mental… more
Category: Mental health care
This is my truth, tell me yours
A blog by Phoenix Ashes (@PhoenixAshes82) I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. That’s not what this blog is… more
Power Threat Meaning Threat Power Power Power!
A blog by Scheherazade, on the launch of the recently published Power Threat Meaning Framework 2018 has started with a… more
I had my 21st birthday in a psychiatric hospital
20th June 1973, Ward 15, Friern Barnet Hospital to be precise. It took 20 years but the experience changed my… more
What should happen when things go wrong?
Martyn has been an advocacy campaigner for over 15 years. He runs True Voice as an independent consultant and continues… more
Musings on a World Mental Health Day (10 October 2017)
(Originally written for Dina’s blog in Asylum magazine) It has been announced that from autumn 2018 the Department of Health… more
Mental health teams in crisis
Joy Hibbins, who runs a Suicide Crisis Centre primarily set up to support people who do not access other services,… more