Ben Tuttle is the CEO of hopeguardians.com , a new organisation that offers free therapy in the UK and South Africa. In this conversation we explore the opportunities and challenges of this ambitious project.
You can find more information, and also the promotional video we talk about during the episode (highly recommended!), at the link below:

https://hopeguardians.com/

If you have any question or suggestion, don't hesitate to get in touch!

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Professor Helen Spandler and Dr Sonia Soans join me to talk about the history of Asylum magazine, our thoughts on the twitter mental health debate, activism in the UK and India, Democratic Psychiatry and more...

Please subscribe to the magazine, it promotes an important platform for a constructive dialogue between different ideas that finds little space elsewhere:

www.asylummagazine.org

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Steve and Sam join us (for the second time) to discuss what they learned in their experience as nurse and service user

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On this episode I give a brief overview on how my position on the role of science in support services evolved through my studies. Hopefully I explained what my position is with sufficient clarity.
I talk about Galilei, Kuhn, Popper, Feyerabend... since I'm not an expert in Philosophy, please correct me if I got something wrong!

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A book has just been published on Basaglia's influence in the world. It's the beginning of a difficult conversation. Let's talk about it

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Vincenzo shares some thoughts on the limited nature of a debate based on which treatment options to offer to patients in the current system.

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Dr Lucy Johnstone joins Vincenzo to discuss the "Power Threat Meaning Framework", a new and highly influential approach that challenges traditional diagnostic thinking. We take a look at the rationale behind it and some of the criticisms that have been raised against it.

Here are some related links to know more:

The main PTMF website: https://www.bps.org.uk/power-threat-meaning-framework

A talk on the PTMF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWAv4IBsCjc

Another interview about the PTMF: https://www.madinamerica.com/2018/03/dr-lucy-johnstone-power-threat-meaning-framework/

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Maria Teresa qualified as a Psychologist in Italy, she has worked in the mental health sectors in the UK and Italy and has completed a Sociology doctorate on the de-institutionalisation processes in two countries; on this episode she shares her perspective

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A few thoughts on what's happening in the world...

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In this episode Vincenzo looks back at the past year and discusses what apos has meant so far

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