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It’s very possible there are more WASPI women in your MP’s constituency than their majority. Find out here and let them know ow.ly/CouP50Zhvkl

Where’s the justice for people with learning disabilities neglected in care? I’ve spent 18 months investigating. No providers prosecuted, even after a person died I interviewed the CQC, with powers to prosecute but rarely does. 11 since 2016 relating to learning disability care

A comparison between gaslighting and psychiatry is striking. Gaslighting is defined as a form of psychological manipulation used to make a person doubt their own reality and their perception of events. The term comes from the 1944 film Gaslight, where a husband manipulates his wife into believing she’s going insane by dimming the gas lights in their home and then denying that the lights are flickering. In the same way the husband abused and manipulated his wife in the film, psychiatrists are doing it for real to their patients. They dismiss, invalidate, trivialise and generally make less of patients and their reported symptoms while pathologising them, leading to patients doubting their own reality, their perceptions, and/or their sanity. Gaslighting is cruel and inhumane. The comparison with psychiatry is not coincidental. #mentalhealth #MentalHealthMatters #psychiatry #gaslighting #MentalHealthAwareness #gaslighting

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Psychiatrists sell sickness to the worried well by "disease-mongering," defined as “the act of convincing essentially well people that they are sick, or slightly sick people that they are very ill.” Psychiatric texts describe difficulties associated with regular life problems which are categorised as "disorders". It's a practice that holds psychiatry up to ridicule. It's also resulted in non-psychiatrists as well as psychiatrists themselves commonly referring to psychiatrists as not being "proper" doctors. Psychiatric narratives can be blinding unless steps are taken to allow people to be fully informed of the possible risks and benefits associated with psychiatric treatments. If people were fully informed, they could make an informed choice rather than accepting pseudo-scientific, negative narratives promoted by the psychiatric industry. #MentalHealth #psychiatry #MentalHealthAwareness #MentalHealthMatters #psychiatrist

EXCLUSIVE: First serving Cabinet minister endorses Andy Burnham’s bid to return to Parliament. In an interview with me for BBC Radio 4’s Week in Westminster, Bridget Phillipson said she has “certainly no intention to stand in the way of Andy being a candidate” in the Makerfield by-election. The education secretary described Burnham as a “strong candidate” - but also declined to rule herself out of running for prime minister in the future Full interview to be broadcast tomorrow at 11am when she also talks about imminent government equality guidance on single sex spaces. Other guests include @IainDale @ayeshahazarika @sarahjolney1 @matthew_elliott @claire_ainsley @rcolvile Write up in @theipaper 👇 liveapp.inews.co.uk/category…

Thank you for shining the spotlight on this. Without this statutory public inquiry, none of this would ever have seen the light of day. @NHSEngland & @NHSNotts have known about this failing team (and numerous other mental health professionals) and took no proactive steps to hold any of them to account. We MUST ensure they do now…

Pls RT: Anthony is the son of my friends Pat & Tommy. Both have passed away seeking truth & justice. They've been let down by South Wales Police, CPS, Coroner & Health & Safety Executive. A lamppost light had the earth & neutral wires joined together! nation.cymru/news/bereaved-s…