The Wrong Kind Of Mad

BIGSPD Day 2 - With Oliver Dale, Julia Bazdell and Anne Aiyegbusi


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Reflecting on the second (and last) day of the British Personality Disorder Conference, we consider the future of the term personality disorder, the presentation of a family whose daughters died by suicide calling for earlier diagnosis and we talk of the impact of racism in society and services.  Why are personality disorder services predominantly white?  Why do black people pick up different labels, more often in criminal justice services rather than mental health ones?  

Big trigger warning for this podcast as it considers themes around abuse and suicide.  It's also got the heaviest feel of any of the episodes we have done thus far.  

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The Wrong Kind Of MadBy Keir Harding & Hollie Berrigan