Michael Larkin

Slide that says 'How do we do things differently?'

Lovely to have Jo Billington with us today for both PHaR and department seminar

Role descriptor says: Meetings are likely to take place on a weekly or bi-weekly basis for 1-2hrs; Meetings can be online and take place during working hours; Any in-person meetings are likely to be in London; temporary roles for a period of 3–6 months while the Review is underway

I can't find a direct weblink (but if you prefer, I can forward the email to you myself, as it's in my inbox anyway)

The application form is doing the rounds via email. The form looks reasonably brief & accessible. You can email england.lepprev@nhs.net to ask for details. It's re: 'Lived Experience Partner (LEP) for the Independent Review into Prevalence and Support for Mental Health Conditions, ADHD, and Autism.'

The Review is 'to examine the evidence on changing prevalence, diagnostic pathways, patterns of help-seeking, medicalisation, inequalities, early intervention, and the balance between clinical and non-clinical responses.'

The NHS appears to have set up an Independent Review re: 'increased demand for mental health, autism and ADHD assessment and support across all age groups'. They are looking for people with relevant Lived Experience to join the Review as 'Partners' - important work! #livedexperience #autism #adhd

Link is here. It's why things are how they: scrambles for control of resources and borders. It doesn't have to be like that, but to change it, this has to be part of political discourse. Collaborative solutions require talking to each other.

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I read the report (it's a minute or two of PowerPoint) at work last Wednesday and ngl, it's fucking stark

There is money for "education" if and only if that money is being directly funneled to corporations. Anything involving actual learning, however, well there's no magic money tree

Autistic people experience heightened mental health difficulties, sensory distress & menstrual disorders during menstruation

New review found significant healthcare barriers, with autistic individuals less likely to access care despite high distress

#Autism #ReproductiveHealth

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I mean you can be hiring a cherry picker to hang other people's streets with your preferred nationalist symbols and not be referred to Prevent so ..

Sajid Javid personally orchestrated the virtually halt of timely asylum processing in the late 2010s, that directly led to the "asylum hotel crisis", and he did it for no reason except to cause a crisis.

Too Mad to be True IV - Madness and its Expressions ヤ May 14-15, 2026, Ghent (Belgium) + online The fourth edition of Too Mad to be True will take place on May 14 and 15, 2026, once again in the magnificent Dr. Guislain Museum in Ghent. This year's theme is Madness and its Expressions. (Image: 'My visions, as they happen, Lorna Collins.)

I’m happy to share that I will be presenting at the “Too Mad to be True IV - Madness and its Expressions” conference at the incredible Museum Guislain in Ghent, Belgium this May. (Artwork by Lorna Collins)
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#toomadtobetrue #tmtbt #tmtbtiv #tmtbt4 #psychiatry #philosophy #psychology

Employers are OBLIGED to provide reasonable adjustments to staff who need them. How often do we hear about the ones who don't bother doing this?

Hello, I have a new book out in the spring with Picador and I would love it if you could help me spread the word.

IF WE TOLERATE THIS draws on years of work, to help readers understand why British politics is hurtling rightwards and what to do about it.

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The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It The term, long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right.

The “R-word,” long considered a slur for those with intellectual disabilities, is seeing a resurgence on social media and across the political right. The word’s proliferation has alarmed many advocates and people with disabilities who thought it had long since been removed from circulation.

Symptom change in depression and anxiety during psychological therapy for autistic adults - Nature Mental Health Pender et al. evaluated depression and anxiety symptom trajectories in autistic adults receiving routine therapy in UK primary care.

Our new study, just published in Nature Mental Health: Symptom change in depression and anxiety during psychological therapy for autistic adults... [1/8]

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#autres #mentalhealth

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Civilian = NPC here

The rot started a long time before that, but it has certainly spread

And that’s where the Beeb seems to be falling down here. The available evidence is significant not really equivocal. To say the situation is “contested” is accurate but not fully truthful.

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On climate, in particular, the Beeb seems unable to discuss science without balancing it with someone whose unevidenced opinion is that the science is wrong.

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YouTube video by kusni kasdut X Ray Spex Germ Free Adolescents Live TV 1978

#70sTop30
Day 24 (catching up)
1978

"I know you're antiseptic
Your deodorant smells nice"
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did a good good thing #participation #coproduction #equity

Population of Teesside twice as big as Coventry. This comparison makes no sense

Cov Uni has around 10x as many international students as Teesside Uni

Completely false and utterly predictable.

Happy Birthday Conan The Existentialist, By Stewart Lee | The Quietus “Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay...

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