Lauren

back and forth, and take as long as you want to fill it in bit by bit - whatever works best for you! Your safety & comfort are the most important thing though, so absolutely prioritise yourself xx 2/2

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Hi Charlotte, absolutely no worries, there's no rush or pressure. If you want, you can download the questionnaire from the website to have a look at the questions first. Also, the online questionnaire saves your answers when you move to each new page, meaning if you use the same device you can go 1/

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Thank you ❤️

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Hidden harms

the other types of questionnaire are all available on the study website, along with an extensive FAQs section, contact details, and further information about the study: hiddenharms.wordpress.com
If you have any questions, please get in touch via email, or DM me. 7/7

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Harm in Mental Health Services - Survey A survey exploring people's experiences of harm in UK mental health services.

share your experiences via an online questionnaire; a postal questionnaire; a questionnaire you can download and post/email back; and an Easy Read questionnaire for people with accessibility needs. The online questionnaire is available here: tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx 6/7

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published in the public domain - including blogs, books, magazines, articles, zines, poems, social media posts and survivor research. In this second part, I will be collecting direct testimony from survivors by questionnaire. There are multiple options for taking part: you can 5/7

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centre the voices & lived-experiences of those affected, & contribute to a greater understanding and awareness of the many ways people can experience harm in mental health services.

In the first part of the study, people submitted their experiences of harm which were already 4/7

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not recognised as harmful by professionals. This study is exploring any & all types of harm people have experienced (between 2010-2025) - with a focus on harms which are not well recognised, or not yet recognised at all. The study has named these "Hidden Harms". The aim is to 3/7

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Currently there is a limited understanding of what can be harmful in services, & how that harm impacts people. People who have experienced harm from mental health services often describe many different ways that harm can occur, but often these experiences are not believed, or 2/7

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A University of Lancashire poster, inviting people to participate in research. Have you experienced harm from mental health services? You are invited to take part in this study which is looking to identify and examine overlooked and lesser known forms of harm in UK mental health services. Taking part will involve completing an anonymous online survey, involving questions about your experiences of harm. This will take approximately 15-45 minutes to complete. I am looking for individuals who are aged 18+, AND have experienced harm from mental health services within the UK from 2010 onward, OR are the carer/family member of someone who has experienced harm from mental health services within the UK from 2010 onward. For more information, or to take part, please scan the QR code or go to this web address: https://tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx Who Am I? My name is Lauren Langley and I am a PhD student at the University of Lancashire. I am Autistic and have lived experience of trauma and mental illness. As a mental health patient, I have experienced harm from mental health services. If you have any questions, please get in touch: llangley1@uclan.ac.uk (picture below of a white person with ginger hair, wearing a blue t-shirt) Further information, including FAQs, and Easy Read and downloadable versions of the questionnaire are available on the study website: www.hiddenharms.wordpress.com Ethical Approval No: BAHSS2 01118

Hi, I'm v new to bsky. I'm a PhD student focusing on harm in UK mental health services, & I would like to hear about your experiences of harm in services between 2010-2025. (Mental health services includes NHS, charities, companies, private therapists & other orgs) 1/7 tinyurl.com/yt2ydvxx

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