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A conceptual alternative to psychiatric diagnosis https://linktr.ee/ptmframework?utm_source=linktree_admin_share Other PTMF Bluesky accounts are fakes

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Congratulations to the DCP award winners 2025 | BPS We are delighted to announce the DCP award winners for 2025.

Very pleased to announce that two of the #PTMFramework authors, Dr Lucy Johnstone and @peterkinderman.bsky.social , have been given a DCP/BPS Lifetime Achievement Award. @bpsofficial.bsky.social

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26.01.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Congratulations to the DCP award winners 2025 | BPS We are delighted to announce the DCP award winners for 2025.

Very pleased to announce that two of the #PTMFramework authors, Dr Lucy Johnstone and @peterkinderman.bsky.social , have been given a DCP/BPS Lifetime Achievement Award. @bpsofficial.bsky.social

www.bps.org.uk/news/congrat...

26.01.2026 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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ADHD Diagnoses, Examining the Psyche, Withdrawal and PSSD Risks, ECT Harms and More: Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions
By James Moore

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#MentalHealth #ADHD #Psychiatry #Antidepressants
#PatientVoices #InformedConsent #Neurodiversity #MedicalEthics

23.01.2026 09:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My DIY Recovery from β€œBipolar Disability” Part 2: Healing By Catherine Heseltine

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#MentalHealthRecovery #PsychiatricSurvivor #LivedExperience

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My DIY Recovery from β€œBipolar Disability” Part 1: Searching For Safety
By Catherine Heseltine

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#MentalHealthRecovery #PsychiatricSurvivor #LivedExperience

23.01.2026 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gestalt Processors: The Body Remembers, the Wound Returns, the Response Makes Sense Epigenetics, Trauma, and Powerβ€”Why the Body’s Responses Are Not Pathology but History, Design, and Survival

Distress isn’t failureβ€”it’s memory under power. Epigenetics shows how bodies remember, trauma explains when memory returns, and PTMF explains why responses made sense. Change the conditions, and accessβ€”not pathologyβ€”shifts.

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04.01.2026 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New Year Open Letter to the Prime Minister
By Cathy Wield

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#MentalHealthReform #NHSMentalHealth #HumanRights #MentalHealthLaw #Psychiatry #CriticalPsychiatry #LivedExperience #EndCoercion
#DisabilityRights #UKPolitics

16.01.2026 09:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Can and Should we End Coercion in Mental Health Settings?
By Catherine Heseltine

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#MentalHealth #EndCoercion #MentalHealthAct #HumanRights #CRPD #PsychiatricSurvivors #MentalHealthReform #AbolishCoercion #TraumaInCare #LivedExperience

16.01.2026 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ADHD Diagnoses, Examining the Psyche, Withdrawal and PSSD Risks, ECT Harms and More: Robert Whitaker Answers Reader Questions
By James Moore

madintheuk.com/2026/01/adhd...

#MentalHealth #ADHD #Psychiatry #Antidepressants
#PatientVoices #InformedConsent #Neurodiversity #MedicalEthics

16.01.2026 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Power Threat Meaning Framework: What Every Therapist Needs to Know. Dr Lucy Johnstone outlines the principles of the PTMF, a conceptual alternative to the diagnostic model of distress.

The Power Threat Meaning Framework: What Every Therapist Needs to Know. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-power-...

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Take a look at our most read blogs of 2025.

To catch up on these and any other blogs you may have missed in 2025, visit our website.

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#VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice

03.01.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜What’s the Matter With Tony Slattery?
By Lucy Johnstone

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#TonySlattery #TraumaInformed #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #SurvivorVoices #MediaCritique

27.12.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Trauma-Informed Care Is Changing Psychiatry What if depression, anxiety, and psychosis aren’t signs of a broken brain, but survival strategies?

How the Power Threat Meaning Framework helps inpatient staff to see the person behind the label, by offering β€˜better ideas’ as well as better interventions. #PTMFramework

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16.12.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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November 2025 in Review

Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com

#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice

09.12.2025 08:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m no longer suicidal, but…
By MITUK admin

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#MentalHealthAwareness #PeerSupport #RecoveryStory

10.12.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Electro-Convulsive therapy (ECT): It’s not just the memory loss.
By Chris Harrop

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#ECT #ECTHarm #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #BrainHealth #PatientSafety #MedicalEthics #InformedConsent #HumanRightsInHealthcare
#TraumaAwareness #Deprescribing #HealthPolicy

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November 2025 in Review

Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com

#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice

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Beyond Labels - creating narratives with survivors of trauma A CSA survivor and clinical psychologist-led workshop introducing the Power Threat Meaning Framework, a hopeful alternative to diagnosis.

Join this online workshop on creating narratives with survivors of abuse snd trauma, on Dec 4th at 2.00 pm. With @theflyingchild.bsky.social and Dr Lucy Johnstone. #PTMF #PTMFramework

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27.11.2025 10:23 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The neurodivergence paradox | Lucy Johnstone

The neurodiversity paradigm holds that difference isn’t disorder, yet neurodiversity movements still label traits like ADHD and autism as disorders. | https://bit.ly/4oHPcVV

Lucy Johnstone believes we should ditch the β€˜neuro’ prefix and find other ways to value diversity.

#philsky

17.11.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Women More Likely to Be Damaged by ECT: Disturbing Findings from a New Survey
By Lisa Morrison

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#ECTHarm
#TraumaInformedCare
#WomenDeserveBetter
#MentalHealthReform
#PatientVoices

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Women More Likely to Be Damaged by ECT: Disturbing Findings from a New Survey
By Lisa Morrison

madintheuk.com/2025/11/wome...

#ECTHarm
#TraumaInformedCare
#WomenDeserveBetter
#MentalHealthReform
#PatientVoices

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Women More Likely to Be Damaged by ECT: Disturbing Findings from a New Survey
By Lisa Morrison

madintheuk.com/2025/11/wome...

#ECTHarm
#TraumaInformedCare
#WomenDeserveBetter
#MentalHealthReform
#PatientVoices

19.11.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What does it mean to be an addict in Egypt? A reflection on medical model imperialism.
By Ahmed Mansy

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#Addiction #Egypt #MedicalImperialism #MentalHealth #CriticalPsychology #GlobalSouth #Postcolonial #SocialJustice

16.11.2025 07:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Hospital Surgeon Falls Victim to Psychiatry
By MITUK admin

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#PatientRights #HealthcareReform #MedicalEthics #PatientSafety #PsychiatricSurvivor #TraumaRecovery #SurvivingTheSystem #MedicationHarm #ECTAwareness #LivedExperience #HumanRightsInHealthcare

16.11.2025 07:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sucker Punch – a response to systemic failure within Community Mental Health Teams.
By Annie Hazzard

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#InstitutionalRetaliation
#MentalHealthReform
#CarerVoices
#SystemicFailure
#AccountabilityMatters

17.11.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Hospital Surgeon Falls Victim to Psychiatry
By MITUK admin

madintheuk.com/2025/11/a-ho...

#PatientRights #HealthcareReform #MedicalEthics #PatientSafety #PsychiatricSurvivor #TraumaRecovery #SurvivingTheSystem #MedicationHarm #ECTAwareness #LivedExperience #HumanRightsInHealthcare

14.11.2025 08:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another reason why you won’t want to miss this year’s #adisorder4everyone Festival!

~Donation only
~CPD cert - 8 hrs
~Recorded to watch afterwards
~Connecting with a community that wants to see change

In association with V-Day

Sign up now!

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Sanah Ahsan - Decolonising Distress
YouTube video by ADisorder4Everyone Sanah Ahsan - Decolonising Distress

Decolonizing Distress... by Sanah Ahsan... each time I hear this piece I get something different from it...

Just finishing the AD4E festive for 2025...

#ad4efestival25
#adisorder4everyone

@jowatson-ad4e.bsky.social

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A collection of speakers' faces from the AD4E (A disorder for everyone) virtual conference taking place on 7th November 2025.

A collection of speakers' faces from the AD4E (A disorder for everyone) virtual conference taking place on 7th November 2025.

Today, all day - A Disorder for Everyone (AD4E) virtual festival is happening. It started a few hours ago, and there are so many great speakers up ahead. @ptm-framework.bsky.social

Donations only, more info here: www.adisorder4everyone.com/ad4e-festival

#ad4efestival25
#adisorder4everyone

07.11.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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October 2025 in Review

Visit our website to catch up with any blogs you may have missed! madintheuk.com

#MadInTheUK #VoicesForChange #MentalHealthdebate #mentalhealthdiscourse #MentalHealthReform #PsychiatricSurvivor #MadInTheUK #EndPsychAbuse #MentalHealthJustice

02.11.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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