The 'conceptual black hole of borderline personality disorder': how can BPD be not real mental illness but too unstable for therapy, described as not personality disorder but treated as only personality disorder, and also, borderline of what? Open access: doi.org/10.1080/01612840.202…

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

At the @SkellernLecture annual lecture and important calender event for mental health nursing congrats to @dan_warrender & @ Ben Hannigan.

Just heard on BBC R4 news that children who parents smack tend to get lower GCSE grades...and that this is a reason to ban smacking. And on their website read the lead researcher saying "all the effects that we did find were in the direction of a harmful outcome". But this is 1/4

Comments on academic writing. I can’t disagree.

Students need ChatGPT because how could you possibly write a 1500 word essay yourself in only 11 weeks?

Still think we’re understating the impact of AI on university degrees. A growing numbers of students don’t just lack the inclination to read but the *capacity*. Literally unable to read and absorb difficult sentences for an extended period. Same goes for writing.

Even Freud argued that traditional medical school was not suitable for teaching psychoanalysis because they focus heavily on anatomy and physical chemistry, while neglecting the mental, humanistic side of human behavior.

I always dreamed of getting a PhD so I could spend half my work week struggling to investigate AI use in essays

Critical Damage

Hey, I noticed you from across the bar and wondered if you’d like to read my draft

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: skellern.info/2026-event

The tragedy of the psychotherapy professions: Serious clinicians do their work in private and focus on developing their clinical skills. Therapy influencers seek the public spotlight. Their skillset is self-promotion and digital marketing. They are often showmen and profiteers giving a cultural performance of “expert” for a public audience. Because real psychotherapists work in private while influencers seek the spotlight and consume the oxygen, public perceptions of "therapy" are now shaped by profiteers. The public is losing the ability to distinguish knowledge from marketing, and so are some in the therapy professions. Many therapy trainees who sincerely want to become skilled psychotherapists and strive for excellence don't know where to turn for quality training or who to trust. This is the tragedy of the psychotherapy professions. I fear things are only going to get worse.

AI cheating has gotten so bad that I now feel genuine affection for horrifically bad essays clearly written by the student

In the world of psychotherapy the term "Research shows....." Frequently means cherry picking the one paper that supports our view and ignoring of dozens and dozens of papers that say the opposite. 'Evidence based ' and 'Gold standard's are classic examples of this.

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..." rcn.org.uk/About-us/Our-Infl…

Picture I took a couple of days ago of an advert on the London Underground. Now try and convince that ADHD hasn't been turned into a scam for profiteering.

A recent live panel discussion on ADHD, medication, diagnosis and alternative approaches youtube.com/live/8urp3xT9yhQ

one major plot hole in Indiana Jones is that he got out of teaching

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