Dr Jay Watts

@Shrink_at_Large
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Consultant clinical psychologist / psychotherapist / activist / bluestocking. Former psychiatric patient. Future failed poet. Will question ideology for šŸ° .
Websitehttps://www.jaywatts.co.uk/
Twitterhttps://mobile.twitter.com/Shrink_at_Large
Academichttps://qmul.academia.edu/DrJayWatts
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Dr Jay WattsDec 21, 2022
Letter from me to The Times emphasising the importance of #LivedExperience in #mentalhealth care following the recent outrage from people outside our field.
Dr Jay WattsNov 26, 2022
As I haven't worked out how to use Mastodon, here is a picture of some #penguins that I love.
Dr Jay WattsNov 25, 2022
NellNov 16, 2022

There is a move in mental health services towards short-term intervention, regardless of if your illness is chronic. Itā€™s wild that we are expected to have short-term ā€˜episodes of careā€™ or do ā€˜pieces of workā€™ for illness that is long-term

It is financially driven and has nothing to do with the reality of my madness

#MadMastodon

Dr Jay WattsNov 25, 2022
I will be on the bird site next week but someone's gunning for me and haven't the spoons this week xx
Dr Jay WattsNov 25, 2022

"Knowing that more could have been done to save my son's life is almost too much to bear, and I will simply never recover from my loss."

Inadequate levels of communication, care and record keeping contributed to the death of 23-year-old, Jayden Booroff. Yet another damning verdict into Essex mental health services.

We need immediate action not promises 'lessons will be learned' now.

Dr Jay WattsNov 25, 2022

Please consider supporting Rape Crisis and other organisations campaign to #KeepCounsellingConfidential against police and statutory intrusion that can be used against us in court.

https://tinyurl.com/msseth7p

Share our campaign

Survivors of rape and sexual violence need safe spaces to heal from trauma without fear their private counselling notes will be shared with the police and the perpetrator. Call on your MP to support the campaign to #KeepCounsellingConfidential

Dr Jay WattsNov 25, 2022
Charlotte WalkerNov 25, 2022
Had my first upsetting comment on here. Itā€™s not anything reportable, just someone pushing back against my #MadMastodon list that people from the #MadTwitter community asked for and willingly gave their names to. Itā€™s left me feeling deflated. But I have to remember that I had deflating interactions *all the time* before I moved here. So I guess one in three weeks isnā€™t bad. But still.
Dr Jay WattsNov 25, 2022
Show threadAmy_The_RunnerNov 19, 2022
@Shrink_at_Large @MarieAnne @TenaciousG this came up on my Facebook and I thought immediately of all of us!
Dr Jay WattsNov 25, 2022
George JulianNov 10, 2022

It is easy to blame ā€œbad applesā€ to protect our collective fantasy of angelic NHS staff. But life is more complicated than this, as are the dynamics in health systems https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/nov/10/england-mental-health-services-compassion-scandals-patients

This is spot on from @Shrink_at_Large IMO, it's too easy to blame a lack of funding for what's actually a lack of ambition

Englandā€™s mental health care lacks money, yes ā€“ but it also lacks compassion

A series of scandals should focus minds on the punitive conditions far too many patients are confined in, says clinical psychologist Jay Watts

The Guardian
Dr Jay WattsNov 25, 2022
Show threadBlackcat444Nov 20, 2022
@Shrink_at_Large
We had our AMHP core day on Friday and for the first time in 20 yrs 2 of the lecturers, who were both inpatient consultants mentioned iatrogenic harm caused by admissions
Maybe the tide is turning