Rory Allott

A link to audio recordings of our demonstrations of MI, ACT and MOL at last year's BABCP conference to accompany our article in CBT today. (link: soundcloud.com/user-70781254) soundcloud.com/user-70781254

Pain is inevitable. But when we resist, judge, or try to control it—we add a second layer of suffering. That’s the trap of struggle.

RT @ProfLAppleby: Misuse of “mental capacity” in responding to suicidal people is a serious problem in frontline practice. Poorly defined…

Lobby the offices of @AndyBurnhamGM Metro Mayor, Grtr Manchester Combined Authority to improve funding for mental health services. Org by Early Intervention Team workers @unitetheunionnw @UnisonMcr GMCA, Tootal Buildings, 56 Oxford Street, Mcr, M1 6EU Wednesday, 15th Jan 2pm

Petition: Fund improvements to secondary care community mental health services petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7020…

RT @ProfLAppleby: The message needs to go out across frontline NHS staff that suicidal patients who have mental capacity are *not* outside…

RT @ProfLAppleby: Not everything benefits from being highlighted in the media. It’s important not to make new suicide methods better known…

@warrenmansell Sounds very interesting. Any chance of having this explained in plain English for me please?

Delivering a workshop asking ‘what makes it more likely for staff to abuse patients’ & ‘can psychological interventions help prevent such disturbing events?’ An emotional but valuable workshop naming the elephant in the room @GMMH_NHS @MINTUKIreland

RT @Sheraz_Ahmad_: It was my last S12 rota day yesterday in Hackney. And more depressing than ever, intervention too late and not intensive…

RT @Rufusmay: Only 24 days to go till the Let's Face Change conference in Manchester please help spread the word... Event brite link with m…

RT @CHARMManchester: Thanks to everyone who joined us today for our #HearingVoices Cafe Some deep sharing in speech and in writing. #hearin…

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❗️📣 Recruiting a permanent OT to join our lovely, values led, early intervention team. A team with a heart. Come and join us in Trafford EIT. Please RT. Closing 5th Oct.❗️📣 jobs.gmw.nhs.uk/job/v6632496

RT @LaurenAshtonCo2: Professionals involved in working with ARMS users - please see opportunity to take part in my ⁦@NIHRresearch⁩ Please g…

RT @SJ_1981: Bolton Early Detection and Intervention Service (EDIT) will be advertising for an Assistant Psychologist role in a lovely welc…

RT @ProfLAppleby: Domestic violence is a key risk for suicide in women. Including female MH patients, in whom it contributes to 1 in 5 su…

@Rufusmay Would love to see something like this. Just seems so ironic that a place of supposed safety has alarms going off, without warning, frequently. Especially for those traumatised clients who have had the stuck fire alarm metaphor shared with them by their therapists!

Does anyone know of any mental health wards that use silent alarm systems, as opposed to loud noisy ones?

RT @rcpsych: Join us for the @rcpsychHoPSIG webinar where we will commemorate the centenary of the birth of Basaglia, whose ideas about ‘in…

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@rallott "EASE trial"? "trauma targets"?

One cause of #PTSD that doesn't seem to get mentioned in the info leaflets is being detained & treated by force on an psychiatric inpatient ward That's what caused me to develop #PTSD #PTSDAwarenessDay