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'.

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! 

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 interview.  

His writing is very accessible and this book is a must read for all those interested in this area.  Enjoy and let us know what you think - thewrongkindofmad@gmail.com, @wrongkindofmad on twitter and instagram and we're on Facebook, but we never use it.  Keep in touch!

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 people pick up different labels, more often in criminal justice services rather than mental health ones?  

Big trigger warning for this podcast as it considers themes around abuse and suicide.  It's also got the heaviest feel of any of the episodes we have done thus far.  

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 old favourite what are we doing telling people their personalities are disordered, this is a whistle stop tour of what in the conference stood out for us.  

Its also the least 'produced' and most hastily edited.  Edited might be a strong word here.  Enjoy :-)

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/media-a/4408/consensus-statement-final.pdf

Sue talking about the consensus statement on the BBC is here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAw4XrJHC-A

Sue has written a chapter in a recent book about these issues.  We cannot recommend the book highly enough and hope to have a few more of the chapter authors on the podcast soon.  You can get it here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Working-Effectively-Personality-Disorder-Organisational/dp/1912755971

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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. 

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Peter is professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Liverpool, and an honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Mersey Care NHS Trust. His most recent publications are:

A Manifesto for Mental Health: Why We Need a Revolution in Mental Health Care https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manifesto-Mental-Health-Need-Revolution/dp/3030243850

A Prescription for Psychiatry: Why We Need a Whole New Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing. Palgrave Macmillan, London. [A Prescription for PsychiatryA Prescription for Psychiatry.

New Laws of Psychology: Why Nature and Nurture Alone Can't Explain Human Behaviour. Constable & Robinson, London. [ http://www.constablerobinson.com/?section=books&book=the_new_laws_of_psychology_9781780336008_trade_paperback ].

He recently launched a free, online, open-access course exploring our understanding of mental health and well-being. [ https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/mental-health-and-well-being ].