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.
Being LGBTQ+ and Disabled: Where Identities Meet
Blog by Celestine via Disability Rights UK.
Devon’s DID Policy – an open letter to those responsible
Blog post/open letter by Dissociating Through Life.
Tens of thousands at risk of poverty despite Labour’s benefit U-turn, MPs warn
Article by Patrick Butler via The Guardian.
What does the Universal Credit bill mean for the ‘Health Element’ and what else is likely to change for this cohort?
Blog by LurgeeLiz via LurgeeLife blog.
Is the Timms Review of disability benefit PIP just a tick-box exercise?
Article by Mikey Erhardt via the Big Issue.
‘No Palantir in the NHS’ – Key links and actions
Campaign resources by and via Medact.
NSUN’s July 2025 articles & blogs roundup
Blog by and via NSUN.
UN asks serious questions of ministers after activists highlight ‘discriminatory’ mental health bill
Article by John Pring via Disability News Service.
Towards a Mad technoscience: revealing, repurposing, and reimagining carceral mental health technologies
Article by Rose Powell, Hat Porter, Nell Head, Ellen Thomas, and Sophina Mariette via Bristol University Press Digital.
Self-Harm as a Disengagement Strategy?
Blog by Naomi via Naomi Salisbury Consulting.
The Limits of Abolition in the Charity Sector
A blog by Dr. Ariel Breaux Torres via JMB Consulting.
Experiences of menstrual health and amenorrhoea in eating disorder inpatient units in England: a subgroup analysis from a lived experience led, qualitative study
Article by Hat Porter via Springer Nature.