The Power Threat Meaning Framework

No Explanation, Just Labels: Critical Psychiatry Network Letter to the Guardian on the Dangers of Diagnostic Expansion By Evgeny Legedin

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As a doctor I felt compelled to agree to ECT- it nearly ruined my life By Cathy Wield

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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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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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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

My DIY Recovery from “Bipolar Disability” Part 2: Healing By Catherine Heseltine

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My DIY Recovery from “Bipolar Disability” Part 1: Searching For Safety
By Catherine Heseltine

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Gestalt Processors: The Body Remembers, the Wound Returns, the Response Makes Sense Epigenetics, Trauma, and Power—Why the Body’s Responses Are Not Pathology but History, Design, and Survival

Distress isn’t failure—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 access—not pathology—shifts.

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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

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

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

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.

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‘What’s the Matter With Tony Slattery?
By Lucy Johnstone

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

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 ‘better ideas’ as well as better interventions. #PTMFramework

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November 2025 in Review

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I’m no longer suicidal, but…
By MITUK admin

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#MentalHealthAwareness #PeerSupport #RecoveryStory

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

November 2025 in Review

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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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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 ‘neuro’ prefix and find other ways to value diversity.

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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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#TraumaInformedCare
#WomenDeserveBetter
#MentalHealthReform
#PatientVoices

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

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#TraumaInformedCare
#WomenDeserveBetter
#MentalHealthReform
#PatientVoices

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

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#TraumaInformedCare
#WomenDeserveBetter
#MentalHealthReform
#PatientVoices

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

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

Sucker Punch – a response to systemic failure within Community Mental Health Teams.
By Annie Hazzard

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#InstitutionalRetaliation
#MentalHealthReform
#CarerVoices
#SystemicFailure
#AccountabilityMatters

A Hospital Surgeon Falls Victim to Psychiatry
By MITUK admin

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Sanah Ahsan - Decolonising Distress YouTube video by ADisorder4Everyone

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

Just finishing the AD4E festive for 2025...

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