International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal
We support the process of reducing and withdrawing from psychiatric drugs through practice, research and training https://www.iipdw.org
@keirwales.bsky.social
Occupational Therapist, DBT therapist, MSc in Personality Disorder. Working privately to help people and NHS organisations avoid years in private hospitals that claim to be specialist. No one should be told their personality is disordered.
@ploederl.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, part-time researcher with a focus on suicide prevention and psychopharmacology. https://ploederlm.github.io/publications/ https://scholar.google.at/citations?user=76cO6AEAAAAJ&hl=de Nature, espresso, cycling.
@ic-matters.bsky.social
Antidepressants can cause severe harms for some - akathisia, suicidal urges, dependence, PSSD. I nearly lost my son to an adverse reaction. I'm trying to understand why informed consent so often doesn't happen, and how this can change.
@thesecretmhp.bsky.social
Behind crisis doors: anonymous reflections from a mental health professional. Exploring the unseen challenges and truths of the field.
@feapsicoterapia.bsky.social
Somos una institución de carácter no gubernamental y sin ánimo de lucro, creada con la finalidad de agrupar a la mayor parte de asociaciones científico-profesionales de psicoterapeutas existentes en España.
@joannamoncrieff.bsky.social
Critical psychiatrist, professor at University College London and author. Views are my own.
@drug-evidence.bsky.social
UBC-based, independent, evidence-informed, practical #BetterPrescribing resources for physicians, pharmacists, & nurse practitioners. ti.ubc.ca #medsky #pharmsky
@lisatmsa.bsky.social
Trainer | Consultant | Public Speaker. Trauma, dissociation, wellbeing. Together everything is possible💛. Final yr Masters: ASW Well-being. Part time #NewScript @ppr-org. Lived exp rep 4 KyrieFarm www.lisamorrison.co.uk
@lisaarchibald.bsky.social
Co-Owner and Co-Director of Intentional Peer Support, Activist, Trainer. Passionate advocate for social change & relational alternatives outside the bio-medical system. Proud Scot 🏴 Animal lover and adventurous traveler 🌍
@braveyourday.bsky.social
Scottish therapeutic practice supporting people & teams at all stages of life, who are braving pressures & uncertainties. End of Life doula in training. Podcast & Worry Dog brand at Etsy.
@angiyo.bsky.social
Director Resilience Institute (@rise-fsu.bsky.social) || Founder Green String Network (@GSNAfrica.bsky.social) || Healing-centered peacebuilder || Author of "Healing is what makes peace work" 🌿 #SDGs #Peacebuilding 🫘
@mxmpaolini.bsky.social
always on the side of the powerless architecture theorist · crítica radical @perspanomalas.bsky.social @reorganizarc.bsky.social space&ideas reconnecting with Gaia rethinking of the city degrowth power structures critique of psychiatry linktr.ee/mxmpaolini
@gsnafrica.bsky.social
Healing-centered peacebuilding practices encouraging holistic support to people and communities. 🌄☀️ #TraumaInformedKE | #HealingCentredKE| #DropTheDisorder
@postpsiquiatria.bsky.social
Donde hablamos de la curación del alma y de la locura, de traidores, víctimas y deserciones, de psiquiatría y filosofía, de antipsiquiatría y postpsiquiatría...
@mirandacspencer.bsky.social
Free-range book editor, media critic & multimedia journalist on environment/health/social justice beats. Piano student, cat person, Jersey girl in the Granite State. Subverting the dominant paradigm one day at a time.
@indigodaya.bsky.social
she/her | mad survivor artist & activist | peer support | doing a creative practice PhD in (mad + survivor-led + arts-based + non-carceral) psych alternatives My links: https://linktr.ee/indigodaya #Abolition #MadStudies #CSA #PsychSurvivor
@truewhitesmith.bsky.social
Blue Sky is just like Twitter without the Musk! Come one come all. Blue girl in a red state. Never give up, never give in! Resistance.🌊 🌊 We flutter on BlueSky 🌈 #BlueCrew #FBR twitter quitter Married for 39 years of love and joy. #TheBigDeal No DM
@healingcentred.bsky.social
💜 Transformational Therapist 💜 Part-time Outreach Worker, Hearing Voices. 💜 Opinions my own. 💜 Based in Angus, Scotland. 💜 Interested in healing trauma, regulating the autonomic nervous system. 💜Cats, music, books, art, driving, beaches, ADHD.
@lizzzs.bsky.social
Feminist/white/Jewish/parent/writer. Solidarity is action (Mia McKenzie). Courage then action then hope. Interested in trauma. I write songs and stuff sometimes. (Like ptsdthemusical.net) I mostly curate and comment. Bike riding is the best fun. she/her
@olddognewtrick.bsky.social
they/she, parent, special education teacher, goat person (cats, dogs, chickens too), feminist, anti-fascist, believer in science, we can do hard things and many hands make light work. Midcoast Maine
@startap3stry.bsky.social
Child welfare worker. Music educator. AuDHD autodidact. Cosmology enthusiast. Prospective author. Trans Man. Future therapist. Well-practiced in “I don’t know”. If they ask me, I don’t know you. Nothing about us without us.
@annaking1.bsky.social
RN - non practicing due to injury from prescribed psychotropics. Advocate for safer deprescibing of antidepressants and benzodiazepines.
@charmerstudy.bsky.social
CHARMER is an NIHR (@nihr.bsky.social) research programme led by the University of Leicester to test a practitioner behaviour change intervention for #deprescribing for older people in hospital.
@girl-interrupted.bsky.social
Survivor of MH & social care (un)professional perpetrated sexual abuse reframed by psychiatric falsehoods. LXP member of The Power Threat Meaning Framework committee & PTMF Trainer. #TraumaNotPD #PTMFramework
@jamesscurry.com
Producer | Sky News Co-founder | Safely Held Spaces Senior Fellow | John Schofield Trust Trainer in Trauma-Informed Newsrooms Psychotherapist - helping journalists and newsrooms to thrive London | linktr.ee/jamesscurry
@theflyingchild.bsky.social
📣Leading Conversations About #CSA Through Survivor-Led Training, Campaigning & Support 🌸Sophie Olson: Founder/activist/writer 📖Author of The Flying Child - A Cautionary Fairy Tale For Adults 🌸(ZunTold) #TheFlyingChildStory #CSASurvivorSky
@peterkinderman.bsky.social
Professor of Clinical Psychology. Socialist. Beekeeper. http://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
@emmyvandeurzen.bsky.social
Philosopher, visiting professor of psychology with Middlesex University and existential therapist Director of New School and Existential Academy President of worldwide Existential Movement. Author of twenty books, translated into 25 languages
@richardbentall.bsky.social
Political refugee from the cesspit formerly known as Twitter; clinical psychology professor; husband of lovely Sam; dad of two amazing kids and two wonderful stepkids; radicalized by the idiocy of Brexit. Obviously, my views are not those of my employer.
@marniewedlake.bsky.social
Self-employed Registered Psychotherapist, Mad Activist. My politics? Turn left & keep going. Just trying to find my way in a world that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense. Views not necessarily shared by my employer. marniewedlake.com
@drgrief.bsky.social
Grief counselling specialist. Therapist, researcher, teacher and author. Rock drummer. Visiting Fellow of York St John University. Web: johnwilsononline.org
@mmarionbrown.bsky.social
Patient Safety campaigner Especially around adverse effects of very commonly prescribed antidepressants .. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marion-Brown-7 https://www.linkedin.com/in/marion-brown-9969576/
@antidepressed.bsky.social
Author-"Antidepressed" A breakthrough examination of epidemic antidepressant harm and dependence http://amazon.com/dp/1578269237/…
@amyh4ll97.bsky.social
PhD student, history of psychiatry @unishefhistory 📚 Narrative, experience, critical methodology. Views unserious & my own 🌈
@drjamesdaviesbskys.bsky.social
Dad - Husband - Writer - Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology & Psychology (Ph.D @UniofOxford). Practicing Psychotherapist (UKCP). Author of Cracked (Icon Books) & Sedated (Atlantic Books)
@jowatson-ad4e.bsky.social
Disgruntled psychotherapist trying to make a difference. Co-founder AD4E (with Lucy Johnstone) adisorder4everyone.com Founder FB group Drop the Disorder! https://bit.ly/4bskue6 Founding member madintheuk.com ~because labels don’t tell truthful stories~
@zakekhan.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI. Interested in pharmacovigilance, deprescribing and real world data (RWD)
@formulazoeg.bsky.social
Pharmacist Prescriber, Leader , Pioneer , Global Citizen, medicines expert consultancy. Euphoric when exploring countries with my husband. In a world of overprescribing - less is more. Co -Founder Polypharmacy Action learning sets & Prescribing Mastery
@debibhattacharya.bsky.social
Professor of Behavioural medicine at University of Leicester, honorary professor at the UEA, primary care pharmacist. https://le.ac.uk/ Currently leading the NIHR programme grants CHARMER, IMABQI and the NIHR incubator for pharmacy professionals
@tonyavery.bsky.social
National Clinical Director for Prescribing, NHS England, GP, and Professor of Primary Health Care, University of Nottingham
@sarahjpharm.pharmsky.app
#PharmSky | Mental Health Pharmacist, UK | PhD student (Bristol) and Lecturer (Bath) but here to share own views Interests inc: Shared Decision Making; psychotropic deprescribing; Advanced Practice and the South West Pharmacy Research Network #SWPRN
@mad-in-america.bsky.social
Rethinking Psychiatry Advocacy, Blogs, News, Podcasts and Resources. https://www.madinamerica.com
@dranneguy.bsky.social
Psychotherapist, working to create services for prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, on Beyond Pills APPG secretariat (when convened).
@profjohnread.bsky.social
Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of East London (views are my own) Chair, International Institute for Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal www.iipdw.org Author, with Pete Sanders, “A Straight Talking Introduction to the Causes of Mental Health Problems”
@jfmoore.bsky.social
Husband, father, podcast host/producer https://www.jmaudio.org. Working for madinamerica.com and others.
@bsky.app
official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app