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Tania Gergel

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Director of Research@BipolarUK; Psychiatry@UCL&Cardiff. Mental health/ethics/law; lived experience. Challenging #MHStigma; Views own. Instagram: drtania_gergel https://linktr.ee/drtaniagergel

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 11

If you have lived experience of bipolar, pls join our @BipolarUK Research Community to hear about opportunities for research & lived experience advisory involvement.

Pls share widely and RT & thanks if you've already joined!

bipolaruk.org/research-partn…

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Money and Mental Health @moneyandmentalhealth.org · 21d

In our latest blog, @drtgergel.bsky.social - Director of Research at Bipolar UK - explains how Advance Choice Documents work and the difference having one can make when we become unwell - both to our mental health and our finances. 👇

🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/advance-choi...

Advance Choice Documents - what are they? Should I have one? - Money and Mental Health Policy Institute

Advance Choice Documents let people record treatment preferences & financial wishes in advance, guiding their care during crisis or illness.

www.moneyandmentalhealth.org

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Sep 8

'Reducing the Delay in the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Study'
Better primary care tools/education/clinical pathways/links to 2dry care needed.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/HVAY27...

Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · May 12

Pls can you help?
Research @BipolarUK are designing new website content & would love to hear from you about what cd be helpful to include
Pls click on the Research tab at bipolaruk.org, & contact [email protected] to let us know what could be useful to include.

bipolaruk.org

Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Apr 23

V. important editorial from @thelancet.bsky.social Psychiatry highlighting importance of lived experience involvement & real-world feasible implementation science in order to have real impact/translatability
Setting the research agenda for mental health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Setting the research agenda for mental health

At a time when publicly funded research is under intense scrutiny, it is apposite to ask who should influence where and how the money is spent. At The Lancet Psychiatry, we believe patients and their ...

www.thelancet.com

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Apr 22

Excellent & informative podcast on bipolar from expert team
@umich.edu
Prechter Foundation
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine

Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine www.michiganmedicine.org/michigan-med...

Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder

Bipolar disorder is more than just mood swings. It’s a journey marked by intense highs of mania and debilitating lows of depression. But within this condition exist millions of people who live unique ...

www.michiganmedicine.org

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Innovations in Dementia @innov-dementia.bsky.social · Mar 26

Fabulous feedback about #AGoodLifewithdementia course run by George Rook. Here in a #DementiaDiaries recording we hear what the course has meant to the participants

dementiadiaries.org/entry/22896/...

The Good Life course has broadened and eased our minds - Dementia Diaries

dementiadiaries.org

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UCL Faculty of Brain Sciences @uclbrainscience.bsky.social · Mar 20

Writing in The Conversation, Professor @drtgergel.bsky.social (@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social) explores why suicide is so common in people with bipolar disorder.

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

Writing in The Conversation, Professor Dr Tania Gergel (UCL Psychiatry) explores why suicide is so common in people with bipolar disorder.

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Mar 18

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

theconversation.com

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Feb 3

Excited to be appointed Honorary Visiting Professor in Division of Psychological Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences/Cardiff. Huge privilege to join inspiring team, doing ground-breaking research.
Many thanks @cardiffuni.bsky.social @gw4alliance.bsky.social @thencmh.bsky.social @bipolaruk.bsky.social

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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · Jan 13

Dummies Guide to “The British Professor Leading the Controversial Backlash Against Antidepressants”

British journalists and editors, this is for you

www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/dummies-gu...

Dummies Guide to “The British Professor Leading the Controversial Backlash Against Antidepressants”

British journalists and editors, this is for you

www.psychiatrymargins.com

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Lisa Wallace @rwillowfish.bsky.social · Jan 17

It's been fabulous, truly, to have this past couple of weeks free of suicidal feelings. I attribute that to med changes that lowered depression, constantly challenging negative thinking, and helpful therapy from both my psychiatrist and therapist. Support from family and a good cat are also key.

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Open Research Exeter @openresearchexe.bsky.social · Jan 17

#GW4 researchers📢

Are you maximising the reach of your research by incorporating or enabling open research practices in your work?

The #GW4OpenResearchPrize is open for submissions - apply by 14 February.

Find out more: gw4.ac.uk/gw4openresea...
@gw4alliance.bsky.social

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 17

New systematic review 'Adverse mental health inpatient experiences: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Broad in coverage and ideas, shows need to think beyond physically coercive interventions & consider wider environment when assessing adversity of inpatient experience

Adverse mental health inpatient experiences: Qualitative systematic review of international literature

Trauma has a well-established link with poor health outcomes. Adverse experiences in mental health inpatient settings contribute to such outcomes and …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 17

Yes completely.
People conflate Van Gogh's "madness" with his genius and romanticise both.

Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · Jan 16

I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

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RIP David Lynch

People might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of, or because of, his suffering. I like to think that van Gogh would have been even more prolific and even greater if he wasn't so restricted by the things tormenting him. I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.

—David Lynch

Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 15

Study identifying cross-ethnicity genetic risk factors for depression.
Yet more hope to increase understanding & improve treatment, even while the media focuses on anti-psychiatrists who dismiss depression as an illness.

Femi Oyebode @femimind.bsky.social · Jan 15

www.kcl.ac.uk/news/global-...

Global study pinpoints genes for depression across ethnicities

Researchers at King's College London and University of Edinburgh have identified new genetic risk factors for depression across all major global populations for the first time, allowing scientists to ...

www.kcl.ac.uk

Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 15

Great opportunity for people who have taken part in lived experience involvement work to share their views for @nsunnews.bsky.social

National Survivor User Network @nsunnews.bsky.social · Jan 15

What are the limitations of “lived experience”?

We’re asking our members to answer in our latest content series. Pitch your blog to be considered for paid publication on the NSUN blog.

www.nsun.org.uk/news/pitch-u...

Pitch us: "The Limitations of Lived Experience"

We’re interested in publishing several blogs by people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress and trauma considering the topic "the limitations of lived experience".

www.nsun.org.uk

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 13

v useful link if you want to move your tweets across from X to Bluesky - chromewebstore.google.com/detail/porto...

Porto - Import your Tweets to Bluesky - Chrome Web Store

A chrome extension to import all your tweets to bluesky at a click of a button

chromewebstore.google.com

Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 13

Yes. You might think that when your most prominent advocate turns out to be someone kicked off Fox News for being too far right it would give you pause for thought…

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UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology @uclqsion.bsky.social · Jan 6

We're excited to join BlueSky! Make sure to follow us for the latest news from the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.

graphic launching UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology on Blue Sky

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 12

2/2 I suppose that rigorous rebuttals which demonstrate the flaws in a piece of research are just not considered interesting by @thetimes.com journalists.
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@sameerjauhar.bsky.social @jfhayes.bsky.social @profrobhoward.bsky.social @dranniehickox.bsky.social @carminepariante.bsky.social

A leaky umbrella has little value: evidence clearly indicates the serotonin system is implicated in depression

Molecular Psychiatry - A recent “umbrella” review examined various biomarkers relating to the serotonin system, and concluded there was no consistent evidence implicating serotonin in...

rdcu.be

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 12

1/2 V. disappointed to see this article making headlines yet again, with no mention of its deep methodological flaws and the vilification of its opponents.

www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...

Do antidepressants work? This British professor says they don’t

Joanna Moncrieff is a professor and NHS psychiatrist who dared to argue that depression is not a physical illness. As a result she has been abused by peers — and championed by Tucker Carlson. Is her t...

www.thetimes.com

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Bipolar Awareness ~ Stop the Stigma @stopthestigma.bsky.social · Jan 10

Managing Cluttered, Racing, and Disordered Thoughts @gabehoward29

Managing Cluttered, Racing, and Disordered Thoughts

Do cluttered, racing, or disordered thoughts disrupt your daily life? Do you understand the differences between them? In this episode, Gabe Howard, who lives with bipolar disorder, and Dr. Nicole Washington, a board certified psychiatrist, unravel what…

psychcentral.com

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 10

Many thanks - am excited to set up on a new platform.

Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 11

Is everyone moving to #Bluesky ?

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Tania Gergel @drtgergel.bsky.social · Jan 11

Yes - @Rebecca99LT is a psychiatrist who has been treated with #ECT and shared her experiences multiple times.
See, for example, her new book -

x.com/doctorid/statu… doi.org/10.1017/978100…

An Improbable Psychiatrist

Cambridge Core - Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology - An Improbable Psychiatrist

doi.org