Child & adolescent psychiatrist, working with adolescents in crisis & with severe mental illness. Views my own.
London, England
Joined April 2015
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Aspa Paspali retweeted
Who’d have thought my support for UK’s Online Safety Act would attract so many anonymous warriors who
•dismiss online abuse by being abusive online
•champion freedom of speech except for those who disagree with them
•think protections for children will put children at risk?
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Reminder of how hard Xmas can be for those who have lost someone to suicide.
Some of whom have campaigned & transformed public understanding.
To them & so many bereaved families, a peaceful Xmas & a hopeful 2025.
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#Suicideprevention themes in 2024 that will matter in 2025:
•why did suicide rate rise, as reported by ONS?
•is media coverage of online risks helping or harmful?
•how to stop #AssistedDying debate undermining prevention
•can data from campaigners be trusted?
Aspa Paspali retweeted
Not everything benefits from being highlighted in the media.
It’s important not to make new suicide methods better known, to tackle them under the radar. Even if it looks like nothing is being done.
It’s an area of top priority for the national #SuicidePrevention strategy.
Aspa Paspali retweeted
Reminder that speculation about a cause of death can be harmful, causing distress & adding to risk in people already vulnerable.
And it is often wrong.
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It is like buses here @HSJ_Awards. You wait ages for one award and another comes along! @NCELCAMHS - provider collaborative of the year! 🎉🎉
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...powered by our service users, parents and carers.
@BEHMHTNHS @NELFT @TaviAndPort @WhitHealth
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The Provider Collaboration of the Year goes to @nhs_ELFT @ncelcamhs @ncelC @whithealth @behmhtnhs @nelft @taviandport. The initiative has made a real impact to the system and showcased mutual vision and focus on future developments. Congratulations! #HSJAwards
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Today, with huge thanks to Ealing Hospital, we planted a tree - the UK’s only memorial to NHS staff who have died by suicide. May they rest in peace, and may we redouble our efforts to stop it happening ever in the future. 3/3
ALT A plaque reading “Shruti’s tree. In memory of healthcare professionals who have died by suicide. Take care of those who take care of others.”
ALT A gingko tree planted by a hospital car park, with a plaque on the ground next to it.
Aspa Paspali retweeted
Lots of people tweeted me afterwards saying they’d been to Ealing and looked for the tree, then felt silly when they realised it didn’t exist. I didn’t think it was silly - I thought there should be a memorial to healthcare professionals who have taken their own lives. 2/3
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Here’s a nice thing. The TV version of This Is Going To Hurt is all about the mental health of doctors, and culminates with the death by suicide of a junior doctor called Shruti (spoiler alert). There is a scene where a tree is planted in her memory, shot at Ealing Hospital. 1/3
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A destructive narrative on the NHS is gaining ground. The most influential people, political & media, blame its problems on inefficiency, GPs, the “bottomless pit”, no ref to staffing, demography or even Covid.
How did this analysis take hold, who is pushing it & who benefits?
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Our study of online experience of young people who die by suicide shows need to reduce online harms. But #suicide is complex, people’s lives are complex.
We also found exam pressure, bereavement, social withdrawal, physical ill health, past abuse & dom violence played a part.
1/4 people under 20 who died by suicide had suicide-related online experiences, esp seaching for methods. More common in girls, probably an under-estimate.
New paper from our @NCISH_UK national study of suicide by C&YP. lead author @Cathy2778.
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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They found the cause of SIDS
THEY FOUND THE CAUSE OF SIDS
Excuse me while I cry for all the parents, including lead researcher Dr Carmel Harrington, who lived with guilt. And cry happy tears for parents in the future who will have access to screening and prevention. 😭
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It is misleading to say that we have found the cause of SIDS; one study has identified an enzyme that might be a potential biomarker for SIDS vulnerability (correlation not causation). The correlation is statistically significant but relatively weak.
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The study itself: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35533499/
Aspa Paspali retweeted
Apologies for this. Unacceptable . I don't know how this happened. No excuse. I have asked for it to be taken down and will make inquiries . Sorry.
@rcpsych hi guys. I'm a BPD Peer Recovery Worker within the NHS and I'd love to know who wrote this advert? And who the heck proof read it and okay'd it for publication? Can someone please contact me regarding this as I find the wording totally unacceptable. Thanks.
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'Is mental illness real? You asked Google – here’s the answer'. New piece from me on a hugely emotive question: tinyurl.com/kkbea3y
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🚨Debate on now - ask your mp to vote yes to amendment 72 and give the police and courts the tools they need to tackle violence against women and girls. Deeds not words matter #misogyny RT 🚨
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Grieving for an imaginary baby – the loneliness of psychosis
@MiserySquid's #MadCovidDiaries madcovid.wordpress.com/2021/…
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Here here. Thinking of you and your tireless and skillful work @nataliefox123
