Response to the NMC 2026 consultation and survey around practice learning, from the campaign group ‘mental health deserves better’. mentalhealthdeservesbetter.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/m... #MentalHealthNursing #MentalHealth #Nursing #NurseEducation #NursingandMidwiferyCouncil

Mental Health Deserves Better: Response to Nursing and Midwifery Council Consultation on Practice Learning in UK Nurse Education

Dear Nursing and Midwifery Council, This is a response to your 2026 consultation and survey around practice learning (NMC 2026), from the campaign group ‘mental health deserves better’, which seeks…

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Co-authored with my friend Nick Adams, this paper explores some of my PhD data focusing on lived experience accounts of psychiatric drug treatment for people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Open access. Please do read and share doi.org/10.1177/1936... #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder

“Another Problem, Another Pill”: Analysing Lived Experience Crisis Accounts of Psychiatric Drug Treatment for People Diagnosed with “Borderline Personality Disorder” - Nicholas Norman Adams, Dan Warre...

Despite the absence of any pharmacological treatments formally approved for borderline personality disorder (BPD), individuals diagnosed with BPD are routinely ...

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Help needed for Lucy Davis research exploring #radicalisation and severe mental illness. Please contact her directly if interested in taking part.

Monthly round-up: May & June’s reflections. drjohnabaker.co.uk/2026/07/01/m...

Monthly round-up: May & June’s reflections.

Time has just flown by… I’ve taken advantage of the nice weather and taken some days off, in part to role model a healthy work-life balance, something I have never been particularly good at! Highli…

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New editorial on the the development of the Royal College of Nursing's position statement on protecting fields of nursing in the UK. Implications for mental health nursing are discussed. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Royal College of Nursing Position on Protecting the Fields of Nursing in the United Kingdom: Implications for Mental Health Nursing

Click on the article title to read more.

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The jelly in question…. #BIGSPD26

Proud to display the poster about our experience of implementing lived experience researchers in the NHS at #BIGSPD26. We learnt loads during this process - come see our poster and learn something too! @damianeh.bsky.social @emilyfwood.bsky.social

On the eve of #BIGSPD26, I'm delighted to announce the publication of a 2nd paper from my PhD, exploring the mental health crisis encounter from dual perspectives of those delivering & receiving care This paper describes the novel concept: the Reciprocal Insecurity Paradox doi.org/10.1111/nin....

The Reciprocal Insecurity Paradox: A Phenomenological Analysis of the Crisis Encounter Between the Mental Health Nurse and Service User With Complex Emotional Needs

While research is emerging, there remains an inadequate focus upon the experiences of those delivering and receiving care specifically for service users with complex emotional needs (CEN) within Cris...

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7 hour train journey home, and another BIGSPD done. Great opportunity to connect with others and hear about interesting ideas in the field of 'personality disorder' #BIGSPD26

First day #BIGSPD26 done ✅ The first keynote was from Dr Annette Jones (LSCFT). It got the room thinking about how to create system learning from a successful service (ATS). What is it about ATS that works? The data/outcomes say it works well.

My poster on the conceptual black hole of borderline personality disorder at #BIGSPD26. Also available here www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Highlight of day 1 was a symposium linked to this #BIGSPD26

Dr Dan Warrender@danwarrender.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'll shortly be presenting on risk formulation through using the action/consequences model at #BIGSPD26 in Blackpool. To see more, a webinar where I discuss the model is here. (I start 12 minutes in) youtu.be/sC3CVq10XCM?...

@danwarrender.bsky.social explaining the action/consequences model of containing risk in the symposium at #BIGSPD26

And we’ll be joining @danwarrender.bsky.social for the lived experience discussion #BIGSPD26

Dr Dan Warrender@danwarrender.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I'll shortly be presenting on risk formulation through using the action/consequences model at #BIGSPD26 in Blackpool. To see more, a webinar where I discuss the model is here. (I start 12 minutes in) youtu.be/sC3CVq10XCM?...

I'll shortly be presenting on risk formulation through using the action/consequences model at #BIGSPD26 in Blackpool. To see more, a webinar where I discuss the model is here. (I start 12 minutes in) youtu.be/sC3CVq10XCM?...

Thoughtful & ethical approaches to risk for people with a diagnosis of personality disorder

YouTube video by Healthcare Improvement Scotland

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Delivering the 2026 Skellern Lecture, 11th June at Sheffield Hallam University, was a career highlight so far. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Thank you, John: lovely to catch up this evening. Dan: excellent lecture!

At the @SkellernLecture annual lecture an important calender event for mental health nursing congrats to @danwarrender.bsky.social & @benhannigan.bsky.social

A good reminder that even vast wealth can't buy good taste. #WhiteTrashWH

Attention all men. More of this, please.

Being awarded the Skellern Lecture for 2026 is an honour which I'm still coming to terms with. I'll do my best to offer something provocative, thoughtful and useful for mental health nursing. If you can make it, places can be reserved here: www.skellern.info/2026-event

Important statement from the RCN today: "We do not support a move toward generic nurse education models... The College remains protective of all nursing fields..." www.rcn.org.uk/About-us/Our...

RCN position on the protection of the four fields of Registered Nurse in the UK | Royal College of Nursing

RCN position on the protection of the four fields of Registered Nurse in the UK

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Important piece. University needs to allow a variety of views for debate and critique. archive.ph/TxAQF

This is really interesting research.

Dr Dan Warrender@danwarrender.bsky.social · 7mo ago

When people diagnosed with 'borderline personality disorder' are told they are "too unstable for therapy", this harms their self-concept, and also seems to rather bizarrely demand that people get well before they are treated. Explore further, open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Relationships & communication are difficult (if you dont feel this way, lucky you). The point isnt to get it right all the time. But to notice when there's discomfort & to make some effort to come together & hear each other out. Being able to speak & get back on track is part of a good relationship.

The morning so far

Here’s a quick reminder that our livestream #WhatTheFuck will be broadcast this evening on YouTube between 8 and 9pm this evening We’ll be talking about the potentially rich vein of co-creation between punters & professionals Thoughts happily embraced www.youtube.com/@SquarePegsUK

I welcome a shift away from pathologising/medicating distress to something based more on understanding/normalising a human response to distressing experiences. But help shouldn't be medication or nothing. This shift needs a whole different kind of support infrastructure that needs investing in.

Live this evening evening on #WhatTheFuck we’ll be speaking with Michael bsky.app/profile/ment... and Tony @asifamph (on x) an approved mental health social worker. What should we ask them?