Asylum Magazine (Volume 30, No 2) – Summer 2023
The Summer 2023 issue of Asylum is out now. There will be an online launch on Thursday 22 June 2023 from 6-7pm. Everybody welcome.
The Summer 2023 issue of Asylum is out now. There will be an online launch on Thursday 22 June 2023 from 6-7pm. Everybody welcome.
One of the first things that struck me when I entered mental health services was how little interest staff took in me describing my experiences or how I felt. I couldn’t understand it, but workers only seemed to care if it had a bearing on their index of clinical symptoms.
I’ve known for a long time that being an NHS mental health nurse from the 1970s to the 2000s has seriously affected my own mental health.
When I was young, I used to think if anyone asked me, I would say my most prevalent feeling was fear (no one did ask me). I was afraid of everything.
Welcome to the Spring 2023 issue of Asylum magazine.
The NHS strikes are a visible sign of a distressed NHS workforce. Health workers at 177 NHS trusts and all but one ambulance trust now have legal mandates for strikes.