Fri.Feb 02, 2024

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Mental Health Patients ‘Raped and Sexually Assaulted’ as NHS Abuse Scandal Revealed

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From The Independent : “Tens of thousands of sexual assaults and incidents have been reported in NHS -run mental health hospitals as a ‘national scandal ‘ of sexual abuse of patients on psychiatric wards can be revealed. Almost 20,000 reports of sexual incidents in the last five years have been made in more than half of NHS mental health trusts , according to exclusive data uncovered in a joint investigation and podcast by The Independent and Sky News.

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The Trauma of Psychosis: My “Bipolar” Journey

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I wanted to share my story here as I think it may help move the conversation forward about understanding bipolar treatment, antipsychotics, and akathisia. I tell this story through the lens of akathisia (and a similar condition known as restless leg syndrome or RLS) since it was an early indicator for me that while I was being treated for the typical symptoms of bipolar, I was actually dealing with trauma.