The events that took place in Woolwich yesterday were truly shocking, tragic and indefensible. A young man killed in the street by two individuals, apparently motivated by Islamist extremism. Scrolling through the responses on both new and old media has been a depressing stream of bloviating blowhards, all rushing to insist that the tragedy demonstrates […]
Read moreThis Week in Mentalists – Rush Inducted into the Hall of Fame Edition
18 May 2013 
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Trish here from Mental Health Talk and I am your hostess for this week’s edition. I am a big Rush fan and was excited to hear they have (finally) been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In my opinion it is long overdue for this superior band of musicians who have influenced […]
Read moreThis Week in Mentalists – Happy International Nurses Day edition
12 May 2013 17 Comments
Today is International Nurses Day. I don’t think it’s something that’s widely recognised or celebrated in the UK, and I’m sure some people reading this blog have their own views on Nursing and Nurses, but as it’s me writing this TWiM – and I’m a Nurse, and proud to be so – Happy International Nurses […]
Read moreRed Hot Psychologist-On-Psychiatrist Action
12 May 2013 21 Comments
This morning’s Observer has a news story about clinical psychologists who reportedly want to replace the medical model of psychiatry. Psychiatrists under fire in mental health battle British Psychological Society to launch attack on rival profession, casting doubt on biomedical model of mental illness There is no scientific evidence that psychiatric diagnoses such as schizophrenia […]
Read moreSubmit your digital media nominations in the @MindCharity Media Awards
6 May 2013 3 Comments
In case you hadn’t noticed, nominations are now open for the Mind Media Awards. One category that’s close to my heart is Digital Media. In among the glamour and celebrities, it’s a category that can be and is won by ordinary people with a good idea and a WordPress acount. It’s also, unlike most of […]
Read moreThis Week in Mentalists – Hello Mumsnet Edition
6 May 2013 6 Comments
As some of you may have noticed, a shiny thing has appeared in the right sidebar of the blog. Yes, I can confirm that World of Mentalists is now part of the Mumsnet Bloggers Network. In celebration of this, I hereby declare that you are all Mums. Including the men. And now, here’s some mental […]
Read moreOn Quitting Blogging
3 May 2013 8 Comments
It is one year tomorrow since I quit blogging at Confessions of a Serial Insomniac, which was my online home for three full years of chaotic mental illness and trauma therapy. With the blog, the entity ‘Pandora’ effectively died; yes, I maintain a presence here, but this is a collaborative blog covering various mental health-related […]
Read moreA professional’s response to ‘Bipolar memoirs: What have I done?’ by Darian Leader
29 April 2013 9 Comments
So, Darian Leader, Psychoanalyst and writer, founding member of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research, and staunch anti-regulationist (links to the Maresfield report opposing the regulation of Psychotherapy in the UK – the CFAR were a key contributor to this, and Zarathustra has written here and here about the problems with unregulated therapies), has written an […]
Read moreDon't manufacture my meaning: a response to Darian Leader
29 April 2013 0 Comments
Reblogged from purplepersuasion: Does illness have a meaning? Does mental distress represent underlying patterns? In experiencing the major mood shifts that constitute bipolar disorder, are we playing out unconscious thoughts or feelings from our earliest years? Darian Leader, writing in the Guardian (Bipolar memoirs: What have I done?), is sure that there is more meaning […]
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