Hospital, Doctors & Other Professionals

psychologists ... social workers ... psychiatrists ... CPNS ... OTs
being sectioned ... being a patient ... mental health units ... crisis houses

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Artwork

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Experiences

Captured! - The traumatic experience of being sectioned
Sara's Story - Struggling with PTSD, OCD & Self Harm. Getting there
My Life - *Trigger* Hospital helping a girl overcome the after effects of trauma
Frustrated Depressive - The struggle to find help & counselling
Sectioned - The confusing experience of being sectioned
At The Ward - Being admitted, being terrified and getting better
He Sat In The Corner Of The Room - Set in the smoke room of an actute ward
As He Walked Down The Corridor - Mixed messages and confusion over new meds
Tales From The Front (43) - Creative writing - escaping the ward
Profile Of Aleyn - A service users experiences (an interview)
My Last Day In Hospital - Well, one of them. Trying to find some humour
Hallucinations - *Trigger* Remembering a very bad time in hospital

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Opinions

Should The Future Recording of Patient's Information Be More Effective?
Pick & Mix Diagnosis - The madness of labels, and their affect on care
Top 10 Tips For Workers - Thing to remember when you're trying to help
About Hospital Admissions - When it's all false promises
Making A Bad Situation Worse - My views on the Mental Health Bill
Locum Schmocum - When continuity of care is a dirty word
One Wave Short Of A Shipwreck - The stigma surrounding mental illness
Advocacy In The UK - What it is and why we need more
Asking For Help - The frustration of not being taken seriously
A Dangerous Game - Some risky attitudes to suicidal distress
My Bill Of Rights - Things that are essential to my treatment
Being A Patient (Becoming The Cure) - Beginning to take the power back
The Problem With Psychiatrists - Does exactly what it says on the tin

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Poetry

S Is For Shrink - A credo for empowerment & antipsychiatry
Haiku #2 - A short verse on waiting at outpatients
Painful Agony - A young person's fears about what being in hospital will be like
Ward 37 - A bit about fellow patients on a mental health ward
Today I Feel Raw - When things are so bad that i crave a padded cell
Silence - Being in a hospital, suffering in silence
Ward 33 - At night in the ward, thinking
Lead Weight - Taking control back from a bad therapist
Self Respect - Regaining your rights after being in hospital

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Take Action

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