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.
You cannot CBT yourself out of an ableist world
Blog by Lou via NSUN.
NSUN’s December 2025 articles & blogs roundup
Blog by and via NSUN.
Transforming mental health systems through art
Blog by Lydia Rose via NSUN.
New Mental Health Act ‘offers no solution’ to abuse, exclusion and racism in mental health system
Article by John Pring via Disability News Service.
2025 was the year Labour tried to destroy disabled people – but they fought back
Blog by Rachel Charlton-Dailey via the Canary.
“The worst thing I’ve ever experienced” – comparing experiences of affirmative and non-affirmative healthcare provision for trans adolescents in the UK
Research article by Cal Horton, via International Journal of Transgender Health.
NHS Trust Spent Millions on Controversial ‘Spy Camera’ Tech Despite Damning Internal Report
Article by Harriet Williamson via Novara Media.
Stopping Oxevision: An update and a request for your help
Blog by and via Stop Oxevision.
The year ahead for mental health policy
Blog by Andy Bell via the Centre for Mental Health.
DWP PIP Timms Review co-chairs update on “progress” — spoiler there is none
Article by Rachel Charlton-Dailey via the Canary.
DMS 69: Art Activism as Rebellion Against Psychiatric Authority
Article by Dolly Sen via the Polyphony.
The Fascist Echo in Labour’s “Over-diagnosis” Inquiry
Article by Robert Chapman via Substack.
Accessing gender-affirming care should not be a source of trauma
Blog by Oscar via NSUN.
2025: NSUN’s year in review
Blog by and via NSUN.
Wes Streeting’s ‘Overdiagnosis’ Crusade Isn’t Going to Help Anyone
Article by Micha Frazer-Carroll via Novara Media.
DWP refuses to say who will lose out in £2 billion cuts to disability benefits, six weeks after budget
Article by John Pring via Disability News Service.
Northern Disabled People’s Organisations share their fury at DWP’s Disability Advisory Panel
Article by Rachel Charlton-Dailey via the Canary.