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Rebecca Lawrence

@rebecca99lt

Writer, patient, psychiatrist. Author of ‘An Improbable Psychiatrist’, published by @CambUP_Psych theguardian.com/profile/rebecc…

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Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week. Don’t forget pregnancy loss & stillbirth, they often coexist. Maternal mental illness affects several people & can travel the generations.

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This raises some difficult issues around consent to any procedure where the outcome is uncertain. But it doesn’t mean that psychiatrists are deliberately harming people. I have maintenance ECT; consent is hard when the treatment affects your memory. Doctors do their best.

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In her book 'An Improbable Psychiatrist' Rebecca Lawrence shares her story of being a doctor and a psychiatrist while living with #bipolar disorder. Find out more at cup.org/498qTtV

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So pretend to be an animal? Certainly true that my spaniel keeps getting offered gabbies… Some pets now get better medical treatment than their owners heraldscotland.com/opinion/251740…

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ok but here's the thing though: a&e works because it connects you to people who can treat you. what are mental health a&e gonna connect people to? a two-year waiting list for six sessions of cbt? a month long wait for a crisis bed? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

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I am a Gen Xer (if on the old side..). Tragic to discover that our place is in the U-bend of life. economist.com/finance-and-ec…

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🎧 New episode of Hot off the Press 🎧 Dr @bykatewomersley.bsky.social hosts Prof Linda Gask and Rebecca Lawrence in a powerful discussion on women’s mental health and the challenges in psychiatric treatment. 🧠 Listen to the full episode 🔗 cup.org/45zbaEi #MentalHealthAwareness

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So very true - applies to physical & mental health. “But real progress won’t come from non-disabled people caring about disability rights because it might one day affect them – it will come from caring that it already affects someone else.” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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🚨NEW CONTENT ALERT🚨 Our latest podcast features Royal College of Psychiatrists Books, bestselling author Rebecca Lawrence in discussion w/ Books Trainee Editor ayomipo AMIOLA Listen: tinyurl.com/23mb62th Book info: tinyurl.com/4fm5cxe5 Access the first chapter: tinyurl.com/5n7u7t77

🚨NEW CONTENT ALERT🚨

Our latest podcast features <a href="/rcpsych/">Royal College of Psychiatrists</a> Books, bestselling author <a href="/Rebecca99LT/">Rebecca Lawrence</a> in discussion w/ Books Trainee Editor <a href="/ayomipoAMIOLA/">ayomipo AMIOLA</a> 

Listen: tinyurl.com/23mb62th

Book info: tinyurl.com/4fm5cxe5

Access the first chapter: tinyurl.com/5n7u7t77