"Headhunter" (Not for sale). Tombow HB graphite pencil on watercolour paper. #ArtTherapy #ActuallyBipolar #DrawYourDemons #BOMSS #DeniseRatcliffe #StreamlineSurgical #NeverTrustAClinician #MentalHealth #PsychosisAwareness #BipolarAwareness #IllNotBad #DisabilityRights #Ableism
Lacking knowledge of mental illness and neurological conditions, clinicians make excuses, close the door and abandon us. They call this "professionalism" to avoid responsibility #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #DeniseRatcliffe #MentalHealth #MedTwitter #MedEd #Medicine
Clinicians need to realize that their stigmatization of the mentally unwell can lead us to hide our illnesses from them, with possibly fatal results. #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #DeniseRatcliffe #MentalHealth #MedTwitter #MedEd #Stigma #Discrimination
1/ It seems that some clinicians would rather completely deny MH patients treatment than "risk" them not being able to "comply". #MentalHealth #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #DeniseRatcliffe #MedTwitter #MedEd
1/ Please remember that even those clinicians who are kind and understanding with the majority of their patients will almost certainly not be kind and understanding with the mentally unwell. #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #DeniseRatcliffe #SimonMonkhouse #MentalHealth
1/ Clinicians need to realize that their stigmatization of the mentally unwell can lead us to hide our illnesses from them (with possibly terrible results) #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #DeniseRatcliffe #MentalHealth #MedTwitter #MedEd #Stigma #Discrimination
1/ These last four years have made something very clear to me: when clinicians are nice to the mentally unwell it means nothing; they could turn on us at any time... #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #UnaTiernan #DeniseRatcliffe #SimonMonkhouse #MentalHealth
Uncontrolled Psychiatric Illness. Unable to Comply. Any Deviation from Perfect, We Investigate. Any Deviation from Perfect, We Eviscerate. #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #DeniseRatcliffe #MentalHealth #Compliance #ForcedCompliance #Ableism #Sanism #Advocacy #SMI
The mentally unwell have to advocate for themselves because almost no one else will advocate for us, and those few who do often advocate from an ableist/sanist POV that doesn't represent our thoughts and feelings. #MentalHealth #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #DeniseRatcliffe
1/ Something really stands out to me today: how NICE people are to me online until my illness hits, and then how IMMEDIATELY they change and block and ignore me. #MentalHealth #StreamlineSurgical #DeniseRatcliffe #SimonMonkhouse #ShawSomers #GuySlater #MedTwitter
Clinicians consider any MH patient who doesn't automatically kowtow to their commands as "non-compliant". They have no respect for and will not listen to our opinions. We are expected to obey. #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #DeniseRatcliffe #MentalHealth #MedTwitter
Clinicians justify ignoring the voices of the mentally unwell by dismissing our opinions as delusional symptoms of our illnesses. This is automatic, ingrained prejudice. Yet they claim to care. #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #DeniseRatcliffe #MentalHealth #MedTwitter
Clinicians don't like it when the mentally unwell speak up for themselves. They expect us to keep our mouths shut and do what we're told. #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers #GuySlater #DeniseRatcliffe #MentalHealth #SystemicAbleism #MedTwitter #HCPHypocrisy #TheyThinkTheyKnowBest
Clinicians make token comments about #MentalHealthAwareness but it's empty talk; they have no interest in listening to the mentally unwell. All PowerPoint and No Action #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAdvocacy #MedTwitter #StreamlineSurgical #ListenToUs #Bipolarclub #DeniseRatcliffe
18/ The good news is that I haven't had a meltdown about this. That in itself is a miracle and shows I'm hardening to abuse from HCPs. #DeniseRatcliffe , this old artwork, "Never Trust a Clinician", is now dedicated to you. #MentalHealth #StreamlineSurgical #ShawSomers
