Treatment focused on connection and relational health cuts mental health hospital admissions
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Dr Jen Daffin
Community Clinical Psychologist - Director of Relational Practice, Policy and Campaigns (Clinical Lead)
New hope for Improving NHS Mental Health Services as Lancet Clinical Trial Results Released.
Ewan Hilton
Chief Executive
Six years ago I said that we, as a sector, were complicit in propping up systems that were not just failing people, but in some cases actively doing harm. At the time, we were still Gofal. We had decades of experience, a strong reputation, and a clear place within the…
Jessica Matthews
Jess shared her lived experience for Platfform’s report, ‘The hidden harm of the diagnosis of personality disorder’, which was launched recently.
Platfform’s new report, ‘The Hidden Harm of the diagnosis of personality disorder’, which will be launched at our sold-out event this Thursday 12 February, will call for change to the treatment of people given the diagnosis of personality disorder. …
Ewan Hilton
Chief Executive
As we hurtle through February, and the Christmas break becomes a fading distant memory, this is the time of the year when I do a little bit of looking back – and lots of looking forward.
Kirsty Crocker
Supported Housing Service Manager and Head of Relational Practice, Platfform
As we work to highlight the importance of the Housing Support Grant, Kirsty shares this honest and compelling look into the realities of what it actually takes to support people facing a crisis.
Platfform
For Mental Health and Social Change
World Mental Health Day focuses this year on psychological support in a humanitarian Crises. But how do the ripples of this spread, and how can we protect our mental health in a world that feels increasingly uncertain?
It can feel like an overwhelming question. Here’s three big things we think are important to understanding the answer.
Helen Wales
Head of Hope and Healing
An event in Cardiff has sparked conversations around a simple truth: healing can be found in community, and community means all of us. Here’s how it played out, who came to join us, and the things we heard on the day...
Platfform
For Mental Health and Social Change
It’s time for real change in Wales; for us to hear the voices of activists, people with lived experience of poor mental health, and staff within the system who have seen things not working. For their tireless campaigning to be reflected and enshrined in Government intent – and for that intent to turn into tangible action.
Dr Jen Daffin
Community Clinical Psychologist - Trauma Informed Practice Lead
What we are witnessing here is not a new problem, nor is it isolated to a lack of funding, or just to burnt out staff. It's been baked into the mental health system since before it began...