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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Jul 8

‘The government must stop assuming technology is the answer and start listening to what patients are actually telling them.’

theconversation.com/what-people-...

What people really want from their GP – it’s simpler than you might think

Patients are being clear about what they want but nobody’s listening.

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Jul 2

Remembering moods - or not?

doctor-and-patient.com/2025/07/01/a...

All or nothing - Doctor & Patient

Bipolar disorder is a rather all or nothing term, which can, at times, be quite misleading. It implies that you are either delving the depths of misery or riding a wave of elation – or maybe entirely ...

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you!! Xx

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you RCPsych Books for this award - I’m overcome!
Sadly I wasn’t able to be in Wales, but had a lovely weekend in the city of the most famous psychiatrist ever!

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · May 31

Patients and psychiatrists

doctor-and-patient.com/2025/05/31/c...

Changing psychiatrist - Doctor & Patient

I am a psychiatrist, and I hope that when I see my patients I am helpful, friendly even. I don’t know if I am, though. For me it’s a job, a job I like very much (mostly), but a job that ends with the ...

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · May 31

Or even your Saturday morning lie down… It doesn’t need to be hard work!

Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · May 31

While doing your Saturday morning clean or weekend run, take a listen to this conversation between @rebecca99.bsky.social @suzypuss.bsky.social and me about women’s mental health with @cambridgeup.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7t5j...

Hot off the Press: All in her mind

Hot off the Press · Episode

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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · May 31

While doing your Saturday morning clean or weekend run, take a listen to this conversation between @rebecca99.bsky.social @suzypuss.bsky.social and me about women’s mental health with @cambridgeup.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7t5j...

Hot off the Press: All in her mind

Hot off the Press · Episode

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Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org · May 30

🎧 New episode of Hot off the Press 🎧

@katewomersley.com hosts @suzypuss.bsky.social and @rebecca99.bsky.social in a powerful discussion on women’s mental health and the challenges in psychiatric treatment. 🧠

Listen to the full episode 🔗 cup.org/3Sp74qJ

#MentalHealthAwareness

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Anthony (he/him) @antongyan.bsky.social · May 26

Book 20 of 2025 #AnImprobablePsychiatrst by @rebecca99.bsky.social - really great biography it is so interesting to read her perspectives both as patient and doctor. It is also very well paced. #Psychiatry #BipolarAffectiveDisorder

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · May 27

Thank you so much!!

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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · May 12

What can be done to improve women's mental health?
For @cambridgefestival.bsky.social & @cambridgeup.bsky.social, I spoke with @suzypuss.bsky.social & @rebecca99.bsky.social about their careers, being patients, & new books Out of Her Mind & An Improbable Psychiatrist www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzDE...

All In Her Mind - Cambridge Festival 2024

YouTube video by Cambridge University Press

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Apr 25

Thank you!

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Apr 25

On a more serious note, I have many extravagant jeans, all bought when mildly hypomanic.
And what my daughters might see as age inappropriate…
I still love them though!

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Apr 25

Heading home from RCPsych National Resident Doctors’ Conference - some really lovely comments about my talk & met some great people, thank you!
But best of all were the comments about my jeans…
#EmpoweringThighsTransformingLives

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Apr 5

Critical Psychiatry - a few thoughts

doctor-and-patient.com/2025/04/05/c...

Critical Psychiatry - Doctor & Patient

We should all criticise psychiatry, all the time. We criticise many other things in life, and see it as a positive, which it is. We criticise art, literature and music; we criticise science; we critic...

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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · Apr 2

98% who signed up for our webinar attended, & there were excellent questions on gender bias in psych diagnosis, expectations on women to respond to 'talking cures', & personality disorder. Inspiring, as ever, to share an online stage w @rebecca99.bsky.social & @suzypuss.bsky.social (sly screenshot)

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Mar 30

www.thenational.scot/news/2504815...

Grateful to be interviewed about mental illness & my experiences.

Poignant on Mother’s Day - sad memories, also great happiness.

#AnImprobablePsychiatrist

I was a psychiatric patient while working as an NHS psychiatrist

BEING called brave is a description that Rebecca Lawrence does not recognise.

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cambridgebookshop.bsky.social @cambridgebookshop.bsky.social · Mar 25

Can't make it into town for one of our talks? No problem! 🙌

@cambridgefestival.bsky.social are holding an online event with Professor Linda Gask @suzypuss.bsky.social and Dr Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social to talk about their new books, both of which you can purchase on our website. 🔗👇

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Mar 24

Looking forward to playing in this - and especially to hearing our wonderful conductor Andrew Lees play solo violin!
Please join us! 🎻

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Mar 15

theconversation.com/why-are-suic...

Why are suicide rates so high in bipolar disorder, and what can we do about it?

The celebrity chef’s story sheds light on the hidden dangers of bipolar disorder.

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Mar 13

Interesting! But - does it depend who does the cooking?!
I might be more at risk….

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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · Mar 12

@suzypuss.bsky.social @rebecca99.bsky.social

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Prof Linda Gask @suzypuss.bsky.social · Mar 11

All in Her Mind www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/all-in-her...

All in Her Mind

What really is mental illness, and what does it look like day-to-day? Why are so many women still struggling with their mental health?

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Rebecca Lawrence @rebecca99.bsky.social · Mar 11

My daughter is staying with us, & went to prepare her lunch this morning.

‘When it says - “use by October” on this packet of wraps - which October do you suppose it means?’ she enquired.

I hung my head in shame.

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