How much of an impact does hearing stories of mental health recovery have on those who are struggling?

The programme coordinator for NEON - which looked at this - shares what they found & what needs to happen next.

Read it here 👉 mcpin.org/storytelling-mental-health-recovery/

@institutemh.org.uk

94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet.

The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year.

Something has gone terribly wrong.

Good news!
St. Lucia has struck down colonial-era laws that criminalised homosexuality.
While much of the world is edging backwards on LGBTQ rights and acceptance, St. Lucia becomes the 5th Eastern Caribbean country to decriminalise same-sex relations in the last few years.

In honor of #NationalMothWeek I will be posting #moths. We start with the amazingly beautiful Hieroglyphic Moth, Diphtera festiva, which I have only seen once.

It's South Asian Heritage Month 2025!

Stay tuned for upcoming content to celebrate South Asian Heritage Month which will include a special podcast, a webinar and a blog post.

UK Govt inheriting poor value assets due to bad handling of PFI contracts.

PFI is part of corporate welfare. For every £1 of private investment govt repays more than £6 + more for services.

Cheaper for govt to borrow.

Yet govt is entering new PFI deals lasting to 2052-53.

"The areas with the greatest need saw the biggest reductions in support. Is it any surprise health inequalities widened?"

@michaelmarmot.bsky.social on how government decisions shaped health inequalities, racism, and a million UK children living in destitution
www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Wishing all of my friends in the United States a happy Independence Day. Only took you 249 years to go back to having a King... 🇺🇸

Today at #BAP2025 we heard from both lived-experience and pharmacology experts that clozapine,“Britain’s most dangerous drug” is lifesaving for people with treatment-resistance— with current thresholds for discontinuation racially unequal (some people have naturally lower but safe neutrophil levels)

Despite being banned by new Hungarian legislation, Budapest Pride will still take place on June 28.
Throughout history, laws and society have attempted to deny, erase or crush LGBTQ lives.
They have always failed.

The EHRC withdraw its daft, cruel and unworkable directive that all employers need provide single-sex toilets.
Well fought @goodlawproject.bsky.social!

Yup!
We now live somewhere where Pride flags are removed because they’re ‘promoting homosexuality.’
Deja vu. 🏳️‍🌈
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Fresh words ✨

allyfromnola.medium.com/juneteenth-b...

SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft exploded on its test stand on Wednesday, sending a large fireball into the sky. The company had cleared personnel from around the site. wapo.st/4kUmz6G

Honored to share my newest piece, this one around the framework I created years ago for myself to navigate my suicidal thoughts.

Especially during these times, we need to have open conversations around mental health to save lives. I love you all.🌙💖🐦‍🔥🦄🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🦸🏽‍♂️✊🏽

Link: www.wondermind.com/article/psyc...

This is so true from history books! Men sat down & pondered long and hard if women should have rights or be allowed to vote - thought it wasn’t a good idea too!

I don't know how many people understand that disabled people are looking at losing £450 a month, every month, potentially for life.

Money that pays for the help, aids, and adjustments that they need to exist in the world. There are disabled people who wouldn't survive these cuts.

...and she won! 🥳

Starting off the week with some great news: Dr. @asilayseker.bsky.social won Higher Resident Dr in the 2025 RC Psych London Awards! We admire her dedication to improving care for neurodivergent children & young people, & her consistent support of other trainees. Well done Asilay!

Completely agree

The NHS recently announced it will open specialist mental health centres as an alternative to A&E.

But patients don’t always present with cases that fall neatly into “mental” or “physical” boxes, says @jamesldowns.bsky.social, and this risks reinforcing the divide
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Important #PrideMonth systematic review of 81 (eighty one! 👏) papers.

'hormones and surgery as a collective for adults with gender incongruence has therapeutic value and should be considered for funding within Australia's healthcare systems.'
#MedSky 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Bottlenecks in postgraduate medical training are an abject failure of medical leadership, writes @mancunianmedic.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/389/...

I just hope dog owners will keep their pups on leads anywhere near them. Otherwise we could have a Greenwich version of Fenton.