The Wrong Kind Of Mad

May 23 2024 16 ep. 62 mins 28
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Hollie Berrigan and Keir Harding talk about issues associated with "personality disorder". With a variety of guests who are experts in the field, this is a wry look at the issues around this controversial diagnosis. It can be a bit sweary and we might discuss adverse experiences and self harm.

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S2E2 The Voice in my Head - A review of the Joe Tracini documentary

May 23 2024 52 mins  
Hollie and Keir remember to introduce themselves, think about the first documentary about "personality disorder" they are aware of being on national TV and lament that there was a lot of talk of madness and disorder and not enough 'natural responses to abuse'.

S2E1 Should we diagnose children with Borderline Personality Disorder?

May 06 2024 69 mins  
Hollie Berrigan and Keir Harding return for WKOM season two. It kicks off with some reflections around why there was a 2 year gap between episodes before leaping in to the rights and wrongs of using a BPD diagnosis for children. The attempt to see things from both sides is largely a failure. If you want to add your name to a letter saying children shouldn't be diagnosed than do so

Out of Area Placements for "Personality Disorder"

Jan 18 2022 36 mins  
On a day where radio 4 do a program on Mental Health rehab units https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0013hrt And the BIGSPD out of area placement report comes out https://bigspd.org.uk/bigspd-ooa/ This is Keir & Hollie talking about their experience of "specialist" personality disorder placements.  The best/worst guests so far?  Let us know! 

Episode 13 - Anthony Bateman and MBT

Aug 24 2021 69 mins  
MBT is one of the few therapies with an evidence base for those diagnosed with "personality disorder".  In this episode co-creator of MBT Anthony Bateman talks about the therapy, how it works and who it is supposed to help while dispelling some myths about the therapy.  Anthony talks with a lot of expertise and and compassion on the subject and we both really enjoyed this

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

Jun 29 2021 78 mins  
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 peo

Episode 10 - BIGSPD Live!!! - Reflections on Day 1 of the British "Personality Disorder" Conference

Jun 15 2021 96 mins  
Our first ever live episode.  Keir and Hollie are joined by Nurse Lecturer Dan Warrender as they reflect on the first day of the BiGSPD conference.  They are joined by Oliver Dale and Julia Blazdell - the BIGSPD co presidents, Sheena Dean, Tulane Chiarletti and Vanessa Jones.  Covering topics such as systemic racism, coercive care, SIM, out of are placements and the

Episode 9 - Sue Sibbald (BEM) the UK's leading lived experience campaigner in the field of "personality disorder"

May 26 2021 75 mins  
For decades Sue Sibbald has fought to improve the experience of those who get the diagnosis of personality disorder.  She started the popular Sunday night peer support session #BPDchat on twitter and co chaired the consensus statement on 'personality disorder' which called for the label to be abandoned.  You can read the consensus statement here: https://www.mind.org.uk/m

Episode 8 - Peter Kinderman on understanding distress without pathologising people.

May 04 2021 75 mins  
Another episode where we learned a lot!  Peter talks about the problems with the personality disorder diagnosis and argues for a different way of categorising distress.  Clearly passionate about the topic, Peter wonders if we can respond to suffering without labelling people as ill.  See what you think.  Do like, rate and subscribe to the podcast.  If you c

Episode 7 - The Upcoming Changes to "Personality Disorder" with Mike Crawford

Apr 19 2021 59 mins  
If you're at all interested in the diagnosis of "Personality Disorder" there's some essential information in here about the changes coming in once ICD-11 is adopted in January.  EUPD (and all the other types of personality disorder will go.  Your diagnosis will now be Personality Disorder and rated as Severe, Moderate or Mild.  Mild has the same threshold as a diagno

Episode 6 - Lucy Johnstone and the Power Threat Meaning Framework

Mar 31 2021 59 mins  
Dr Lucy Johnstone is perhaps one of the most vocal campaigners for ways of describing distress that do not identify people as being ill or disordered.  As one of the authors of the Power Threat Meaning Framework, in this episode Lucy describes how the model came together and how it can be applied in society.  We also explore some of the polarities that arise when these is