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Comment on An Open letter to the UKCP by zarathustra

zarathustra — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:38:24 +0000

I don't think it's really a change of heart from Darian Leader. He's alway been of the stance that, "There should be a regulator, but only our kind of pet regulator." See here. Darian Leader, incidentally is President of the College of Psychoanalysts and a founder of the Centre for Freudian Analysis and Research - two of the signatory organisations of the comedically badly-written Maresfield Report.

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Comment on My CMHT Did Something Cool by emmie

emmie — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:34:03 +0000

I’m in Edinburgh and have been detained a lot and have an advance statement. Happy to do a survey if there are details I can access online?. Am yet to achieve discharge from CMHT so can’t match DeeDee’s experience of the fast track system, but nice to know it’s there.

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Comment on An Open letter to the UKCP by HowardM

HowardM — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:19:49 +0000

The BBC piece is now online for you all to peruse:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8557418.stm

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Comment on An Open letter to the UKCP by Bristol Michael

Bristol Michael — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:41:40 +0000

You’ve done a good job, Howard.

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Comment on This Week in Mentalists (121) by Bristol Michael

Bristol Michael — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:36:37 +0000

You really must stop dreaming about Nigella, Z, it can do you no good and will only lead to tears...

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Comment on This Week in Mentalists (121) by intothesystem

intothesystem — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:01:27 +0000

Thanks for the round up and inclusion. I did contact the local advocacy service, but couldn't get an appointment before seeing my psych, so had to try and do it alone. Not sure how successfully, but I'm also not sure how much the advocate will have improved my argument.

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Comment on My CMHT Did Something Cool by DeeDee Ramona

DeeDee Ramona — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:27:30 +0000

Sure! It hasn’t arrived yet.

I have never been sectioned, and due to the way my particular set of symptoms work it’s unlikely I ever will be – I am either aware that I need help, or aware that if I don’t co-operate and refrain from running off to kill myself, I WILL get sectioned. I don’t get delusions that the hospital is trying to kill me or on fire or anything like that. So I doubt if I’d have much to say about sections or advance statements that would be particularly useful.

Happy to participate in anything where I could usefully contribute though. I’ve been so impressed with how well-organised, thoughtful and professional everything is here – such a contrast with other places I’ve been, more than happy to help any way I can!

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Comment on This Week in Mentalists (121) by Lost1234

Lost1234 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:46:45 +0000

Thanks for the mention. xx Enjoyed the round up xx

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Comment on My CMHT Did Something Cool by doricgirl

doricgirl — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:33:02 +0000

Cool thanks for replying – must have missed the Royal Ed references as that would give it away somewhat.

When your evaluation form is sent out by the CMHT would you consider filling it in… Pretty please?

And we are doing a survey on people’s experiences of detention and using Advance Statements if that’s something that interests you at all.

Trying not to do the hard sell here but you seem like the kind of person who would have pretty valuable things to say.

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Comment on An Open letter to the UKCP by HowardM

HowardM — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:35:27 +0000

8.20 this morning 9th March 2010 and the BBC finally reported the debate on the regulation of psychotherapy. The piece ran for about 8 minutes and featured a filmed insert followed by an in studio interview with Phillip Hodson who seemed to be representing the BACP but was simply billed as a psychotherapist. The filmed insert featured a former client named “Karen” who had been referred to a psychotherapist who wanted to kiss her and be her “friend” but ended up making her suicidal – luckily good old fashioned psychiatry and some “good” therapy saved her. Darian Leader seemed as confused as ever maybe because the BBC edited his title to “Alliance for Psychotherapy” rather than it’s full title of Alliance for Psychotherapy and Counselling Against State Regulation. This confused Leader to the point whereby he seemed to be presenting a pro regulation view but for a “bespoke” regulator. Is this a massive change of position in the alliance or will he now be writing to the bbeb to complain about the sloppy editing?

Phillip Hodson who has for ages been a supporter of regulation put across a good case with comments like “a bunch of therapists who haven’t got up to speed” when referring to the Alliance but let himself down with references to doctors regulation and Shipman AGAIN.

Overall a pretty dull piece but after years of lobbying the beeb might now be listening. There’s been a Panorama on and off for ages let’s hope it’s now back on again.

By the way does anyone actually know what Darian Leader’s qualifications are? I may be wrong but a quick search of his own website doesn’t uncover any mention of any qualificatiosn whatsoever and neither does his wikipedia entry. Has he only written books and laid claim to some authority?

Oh well looks like this subject is getting boring for you all so I’ll sign off until there’s something more exciting to talk about – which i am sure won’t be long.

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