A conversation with Penny Campling, retired psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and author of 'Don't Turn Away'. We discuss how psychiatry has evolved, how we label people in mental health, the different forms of therapy and about how the NHS struggles to meet the demands of people with mental health issues.

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) Introduction

(00:01:40) What makes us human

(00:05:13) Labelling distress

(00:13:04) The problems with diagnoses

(00:16:52) Stigma

(00:20:52) Therapeutic communities

(00:25:59) What makes Therapeutic Communities special

(00:29:09) The importance of relationships in therapy

(00:30:37) Therapy in primary care

(00:36:06) Psychiatry and bureaucracy

(00:44:32) Malignant regression

(00:46:30) What has gone well

(00:53:33) Reasons to be hopeful

(00:55:03) Interest in mental health

(00:56:15) The way forward in Psychiatry

(00:58:51) Conclusion