Asst. Prof of Mental Health & Psychological Therapies: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Person-Centred Counselling, Suicide Prevention, Social Justice
Nottingham, England
Joined January 2012
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Matt Horrocks retweeted
Telling an eighty-year-old woman to "check the portal" for serious biopsy results is cruelty disguised as digital efficiency.
My 82-year-old aunt had a lung biopsy done two weeks ago.
The doctor told her they’d have the pathology report ready within five business days.
Friday afternoon rolled around. No call.
She dialed the clinic’s main desk, her voice shaking with anxiety.
The receptionist cut her off before she could finish explaining:
“Doctor doesn’t give results over the phone anymore. All lab findings are automatically released to your MyChart patient portal.”
My aunt said, “Sweetheart, I don’t have a computer. I have a landline on my kitchen wall. Can the doctor just tell me if I have cancer?”
The receptionist sighed into the receiver:
“It’s hospital network policy. We can’t bypass the portal. You’ll have to have a family member create an account and view the file.”
My aunt spent an entire seventy-two-hour weekend sitting in her recliner, gripping her reading glasses, convinced she was dying.
I drove out to her house on Monday morning, set up a profile on my laptop, and pulled up the records.
The result was benign.
The pathology report had been uploaded four days earlier.
A doctor spent three minutes clicking an upload button, and an elderly woman endured four days of sheer psychological terror because the hospital decided a phone call was too expensive.
Since when did delivering medical news become a self-service task?
Matt Horrocks retweeted
This Governments branding of protest as 'terrorism' has seen grandparents arrested and dragged through the courts simply for holding up signs.
It's deeply authoritarian when people are speaking out against a genocide and for a free Palestine.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
Today is the 82nd anniversary of the Battle of Normandy - D-Day.
We owe many of our freedoms to the extraordinary courage shown 82 years ago.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
While we get threatened with hosepipe bans whenever there’s a week of sunshine, it is estimated that Al data centres will consume water equal to the needs of 1.3 billion people by 2030.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
The Iranian navy, which has been destroyed eight times, has apparently closed the Strait of Hormuz again, because the United States, for the seventh time, won the war that wasn’t a war, so now the United States has to open the Strait of Hormuz that was already open before the not-war began.
The not-war began because Iran had uranium that was totally, completely, beautifully obliterated, so they can’t build the nuclear bomb they weren’t building, which is why the United States had to start the not-war it definitely didn’t start.
Now the United States, which has nuclear weapons, is threatening to use nuclear weapons to stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons, because nuclear weapons are far too dangerous for countries with nuclear weapons to allow other countries to have.
If the United States saw the United States doing what the United States does in other countries, the United States would invade the United States to liberate the United States from the tyranny of the United States.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
Edinburgh councillors have voted to move forward with plans for a temporary ban on AI data centres. More councils should do the same. It’s time for local communities and councils to stand up against the energy and water guzzling AI data centres. No one voted for this.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
I am not afraid of the most corrupt government on earth calling me an “extremist” for opposing data centers. I am afraid of losing our farms, bees, fresh water, and what’s left of our beautiful earth.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
"A whole civilization will die tonight” are words no President of the United States had ever spoken until this morning. Donald Trump’s behavior is unhinged and making Americans less safe. After a 25-year career in the United States Navy, I have never met or served with anyone who so completely lacks the qualities of good leadership as Donald Trump does.
If the President takes the actions he has threatened to take, countless Iranian civilians will die, it will massively escalate this war, and the United States will be seen as a country without a moral or ethical compass. That will make Americans less safe right now and risk the lives of thousands of service members. The consequences will have a lasting and damaging effect on our nation.
Trump's mistakes have led us to this perilous moment, but the solution is not to escalate even further. This must stop.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
This is a threat of genocide and merits removal from office. The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.
To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
In a groundbreaking social initiative, Albuquerque, New Mexico launched a program that pays homeless individuals to clean streets, parks, and public areas.
The idea was simple — offers work, dignity, and purpose instead of punishment or pity.
The results were remarkable: over 70% of participants have now secured permanent housing or full-time employment, transforming their lives and communities alike. The city’s “There’s a Better Way” program proves that compassion-driven policies can be more effective than traditional welfare systems.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
🚨 Brown University researchers tested what happens when ChatGPT acts as your therapist. Licensed psychologists reviewed every transcript.
They found 15 ethical violations.
Not 15 small issues. 15 violations of the standards that every human therapist in America is legally required to follow. Standards set by the American Psychological Association. Standards that can end a therapist's career if they break them.
ChatGPT broke all of them.
The researchers tested OpenAI's GPT series, Anthropic's Claude, and Meta's Llama. They had trained counselors use each chatbot as a cognitive behavioral therapist. Then three licensed clinical psychologists reviewed the transcripts and flagged every violation they found.
Here is what they found.
ChatGPT mishandled crisis situations. When users expressed suicidal thoughts, it failed to direct them to appropriate help. It refused to address sensitive issues or responded in ways that could make a crisis worse.
It reinforced harmful beliefs. Instead of challenging distorted thinking, which is the entire point of therapy, it agreed with the distortion.
It showed bias based on gender, culture, and religion. The responses changed depending on who was talking. A therapist would lose their license for this.
And then there is the finding the researchers gave a name: deceptive empathy. ChatGPT says "I see you." It says "I understand." It says "that must be really hard." It uses every phrase a real therapist would use to build trust. But it understands nothing. It comprehends nothing. It is pattern matching on your pain. And it works. People trust it. People open up to it. People believe it cares. It does not.
The lead researcher said it clearly. When a human therapist makes these mistakes, there are governing boards. There is professional liability. There are consequences. When ChatGPT makes these mistakes, there are none.
No regulatory framework. No accountability. No consequences. Nothing.
Right now, millions of people are using ChatGPT as their therapist. They are sharing their darkest thoughts with a product that fakes empathy, reinforces harmful beliefs, and has no idea when someone is in danger.
And nobody is responsible when it goes wrong. Not OpenAI. Not Anthropic. Not Meta. Nobody.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
My FEAR is that Trump WANTS ground forces to be massacred.
Then Congress will be forced to give him $$$ money and declare war.
He can suspend voting.
No one talks about Epstein.
All it would take is 1000+ American soldiers to die.
I don’t think Trump would bat an eye.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
The 10-minute consultation in primary care was designed for acute problems such as sore throats, issuing repeat prescriptions or carrying out basic follow-ups. With the increasing complexity of patients and a greater range of management options, longer consultations are needed.
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Gaza: Thousands of men, women and children killed. A place in ruins. And then launch a corporate sales pitch at WEF Davos of a monstrosity built on the same site with the likes of Tony Blair on the “board of peace”. The word grotesque doesn’t even begin to describe this.
Matt Horrocks retweeted
Service members: If you agree Trump’s war on Iran is wrong, you don’t have to participate. We can help you explore your options. Call 1-800-379-2679
Matt Horrocks retweeted
This is a genuine White House video.
What is wrong with America. 165 school girls are dead, and they think this is funny?
Over 1000 dead in Iran. Over 72,000 dead in Gaza. America thinks it's all a game?
Disgraceful doesn't even come close.
