Tania Gergel
@drtgergel.bsky.social
Director of Research@BipolarUK; Psychiatry@UCL&Cardiff. Mental health/ethics/law; lived experience. Challenging #MHStigma; Views own. Instagram: drtania_gergel
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Tania Gergel
@drtgergel.bsky.social
· Jan 11
If you have lived experience of bipolar, pls join our @BipolarUK Research Community to hear about opportunities for research & lived experience advisory involvement.
Pls share widely and RT & thanks if you've already joined!
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
Pls share widely and RT & thanks if you've already joined!
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
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In our latest blog, @drtgergel.bsky.social - Director of Research at Bipolar UK - explains how Advance Choice Documents work and the difference having one can make when we become unwell - both to our mental health and our finances. 👇
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/advance-choi...
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/advance-choi...
Advance Choice Documents - what are they? Should I have one? - Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
Advance Choice Documents let people record treatment preferences & financial wishes in advance, guiding their care during crisis or illness.
www.moneyandmentalhealth.org
September 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
In our latest blog, @drtgergel.bsky.social - Director of Research at Bipolar UK - explains how Advance Choice Documents work and the difference having one can make when we become unwell - both to our mental health and our finances. 👇
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/advance-choi...
🔗 www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/advance-choi...
'Reducing the Delay in the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Study'
Better primary care tools/education/clinical pathways/links to 2dry care needed.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/HVAY27...
Better primary care tools/education/clinical pathways/links to 2dry care needed.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/HVAY27...
September 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
'Reducing the Delay in the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Study'
Better primary care tools/education/clinical pathways/links to 2dry care needed.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/HVAY27...
Better primary care tools/education/clinical pathways/links to 2dry care needed.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/HVAY27...
Pls can you help?
Research @BipolarUK are designing new website content & would love to hear from you about what cd be helpful to include
Pls click on the Research tab at bipolaruk.org, & contact [email protected] to let us know what could be useful to include.
Research @BipolarUK are designing new website content & would love to hear from you about what cd be helpful to include
Pls click on the Research tab at bipolaruk.org, & contact [email protected] to let us know what could be useful to include.
bipolaruk.org
May 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Pls can you help?
Research @BipolarUK are designing new website content & would love to hear from you about what cd be helpful to include
Pls click on the Research tab at bipolaruk.org, & contact [email protected] to let us know what could be useful to include.
Research @BipolarUK are designing new website content & would love to hear from you about what cd be helpful to include
Pls click on the Research tab at bipolaruk.org, & contact [email protected] to let us know what could be useful to include.
V. important editorial from @thelancet.bsky.social Psychiatry highlighting importance of lived experience involvement & real-world feasible implementation science in order to have real impact/translatability
Setting the research agenda for mental health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Setting the research agenda for mental health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Setting the research agenda for mental health
At a time when publicly funded research is under intense scrutiny, it is apposite
to ask who should influence where and how the money is spent. At The Lancet Psychiatry,
we believe patients and their ...
www.thelancet.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
V. important editorial from @thelancet.bsky.social Psychiatry highlighting importance of lived experience involvement & real-world feasible implementation science in order to have real impact/translatability
Setting the research agenda for mental health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Setting the research agenda for mental health www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Excellent & informative podcast on bipolar from expert team
@umich.edu
Prechter Foundation
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine www.michiganmedicine.org/michigan-med...
@umich.edu
Prechter Foundation
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine www.michiganmedicine.org/michigan-med...
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder
Bipolar disorder is more than just mood swings. It’s a journey marked by intense highs of mania and debilitating lows of depression. But within this condition exist millions of people who live unique ...
www.michiganmedicine.org
April 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Excellent & informative podcast on bipolar from expert team
@umich.edu
Prechter Foundation
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine www.michiganmedicine.org/michigan-med...
@umich.edu
Prechter Foundation
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine
Episode 1: The Science of Bipolar Disorder | Michigan Medicine www.michiganmedicine.org/michigan-med...
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Fabulous feedback about #AGoodLifewithdementia course run by George Rook. Here in a #DementiaDiaries recording we hear what the course has meant to the participants
dementiadiaries.org/entry/22896/...
dementiadiaries.org/entry/22896/...
The Good Life course has broadened and eased our minds - Dementia Diaries
dementiadiaries.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Fabulous feedback about #AGoodLifewithdementia course run by George Rook. Here in a #DementiaDiaries recording we hear what the course has meant to the participants
dementiadiaries.org/entry/22896/...
dementiadiaries.org/entry/22896/...
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Writing in The Conversation, Professor @drtgergel.bsky.social (@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social) explores why suicide is so common in people with bipolar disorder.
Analysis: Why are suicide rates so high in bipolar disorder, and what can we do about it?
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Dr Tania Gergel (UCL Psychiatry) explores why suicide is so common in people with bipolar disorder.
buff.ly
March 20, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Writing in The Conversation, Professor @drtgergel.bsky.social (@uclpsychiatry.bsky.social) explores why suicide is so common in people with bipolar disorder.
Why are suicide rates so high in bipolar disorder, and what can we do about it? theconversation.com/why-are-suic...
Why are suicide rates so high in bipolar disorder, and what can we do about it?
The celebrity chef’s story sheds light on the hidden dangers of bipolar disorder.
theconversation.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Why are suicide rates so high in bipolar disorder, and what can we do about it? theconversation.com/why-are-suic...
Excited to be appointed Honorary Visiting Professor in Division of Psychological Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences/Cardiff. Huge privilege to join inspiring team, doing ground-breaking research.
Many thanks @cardiffuni.bsky.social @gw4alliance.bsky.social @thencmh.bsky.social @bipolaruk.bsky.social
Many thanks @cardiffuni.bsky.social @gw4alliance.bsky.social @thencmh.bsky.social @bipolaruk.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Excited to be appointed Honorary Visiting Professor in Division of Psychological Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences/Cardiff. Huge privilege to join inspiring team, doing ground-breaking research.
Many thanks @cardiffuni.bsky.social @gw4alliance.bsky.social @thencmh.bsky.social @bipolaruk.bsky.social
Many thanks @cardiffuni.bsky.social @gw4alliance.bsky.social @thencmh.bsky.social @bipolaruk.bsky.social
Reposted by Tania Gergel
Dummies Guide to “The British Professor Leading the Controversial Backlash Against Antidepressants”
British journalists and editors, this is for you
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/dummies-gu...
British journalists and editors, this is for you
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/dummies-gu...
Dummies Guide to “The British Professor Leading the Controversial Backlash Against Antidepressants”
British journalists and editors, this is for you
www.psychiatrymargins.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Dummies Guide to “The British Professor Leading the Controversial Backlash Against Antidepressants”
British journalists and editors, this is for you
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/dummies-gu...
British journalists and editors, this is for you
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/dummies-gu...
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It's been fabulous, truly, to have this past couple of weeks free of suicidal feelings. I attribute that to med changes that lowered depression, constantly challenging negative thinking, and helpful therapy from both my psychiatrist and therapist. Support from family and a good cat are also key.
January 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
It's been fabulous, truly, to have this past couple of weeks free of suicidal feelings. I attribute that to med changes that lowered depression, constantly challenging negative thinking, and helpful therapy from both my psychiatrist and therapist. Support from family and a good cat are also key.
Reposted by Tania Gergel
#GW4 researchers📢
Are you maximising the reach of your research by incorporating or enabling open research practices in your work?
The #GW4OpenResearchPrize is open for submissions - apply by 14 February.
Find out more: gw4.ac.uk/gw4openresea...
@gw4alliance.bsky.social
Are you maximising the reach of your research by incorporating or enabling open research practices in your work?
The #GW4OpenResearchPrize is open for submissions - apply by 14 February.
Find out more: gw4.ac.uk/gw4openresea...
@gw4alliance.bsky.social
January 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#GW4 researchers📢
Are you maximising the reach of your research by incorporating or enabling open research practices in your work?
The #GW4OpenResearchPrize is open for submissions - apply by 14 February.
Find out more: gw4.ac.uk/gw4openresea...
@gw4alliance.bsky.social
Are you maximising the reach of your research by incorporating or enabling open research practices in your work?
The #GW4OpenResearchPrize is open for submissions - apply by 14 February.
Find out more: gw4.ac.uk/gw4openresea...
@gw4alliance.bsky.social
New systematic review 'Adverse mental health inpatient experiences: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Broad in coverage and ideas, shows need to think beyond physically coercive interventions & consider wider environment when assessing adversity of inpatient experience
Broad in coverage and ideas, shows need to think beyond physically coercive interventions & consider wider environment when assessing adversity of inpatient experience
Adverse mental health inpatient experiences: Qualitative systematic review of international literature
Trauma has a well-established link with poor health outcomes. Adverse experiences in mental health inpatient settings contribute to such outcomes and …
www.sciencedirect.com
January 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
New systematic review 'Adverse mental health inpatient experiences: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Broad in coverage and ideas, shows need to think beyond physically coercive interventions & consider wider environment when assessing adversity of inpatient experience
Broad in coverage and ideas, shows need to think beyond physically coercive interventions & consider wider environment when assessing adversity of inpatient experience
Yes completely.
People conflate Van Gogh's "madness" with his genius and romanticise both.
People conflate Van Gogh's "madness" with his genius and romanticise both.
I don't think it was pain that made him so great, I think painting brought him whatever happiness he had.
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RIP David Lynch
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RIP David Lynch
January 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Yes completely.
People conflate Van Gogh's "madness" with his genius and romanticise both.
People conflate Van Gogh's "madness" with his genius and romanticise both.
Study identifying cross-ethnicity genetic risk factors for depression.
Yet more hope to increase understanding & improve treatment, even while the media focuses on anti-psychiatrists who dismiss depression as an illness.
Yet more hope to increase understanding & improve treatment, even while the media focuses on anti-psychiatrists who dismiss depression as an illness.
January 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Study identifying cross-ethnicity genetic risk factors for depression.
Yet more hope to increase understanding & improve treatment, even while the media focuses on anti-psychiatrists who dismiss depression as an illness.
Yet more hope to increase understanding & improve treatment, even while the media focuses on anti-psychiatrists who dismiss depression as an illness.
Great opportunity for people who have taken part in lived experience involvement work to share their views for @nsunnews.bsky.social
What are the limitations of “lived experience”?
We’re asking our members to answer in our latest content series. Pitch your blog to be considered for paid publication on the NSUN blog.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/pitch-u...
We’re asking our members to answer in our latest content series. Pitch your blog to be considered for paid publication on the NSUN blog.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/pitch-u...
Pitch us: "The Limitations of Lived Experience"
We’re interested in publishing several blogs by people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress and trauma considering the topic "the limitations of lived experience".
www.nsun.org.uk
January 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Great opportunity for people who have taken part in lived experience involvement work to share their views for @nsunnews.bsky.social
v useful link if you want to move your tweets across from X to Bluesky - chromewebstore.google.com/detail/porto...
Porto - Import your Tweets to Bluesky - Chrome Web Store
A chrome extension to import all your tweets to bluesky at a click of a button
chromewebstore.google.com
January 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
v useful link if you want to move your tweets across from X to Bluesky - chromewebstore.google.com/detail/porto...
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We're excited to join BlueSky! Make sure to follow us for the latest news from the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.
January 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
We're excited to join BlueSky! Make sure to follow us for the latest news from the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.
1/2 V. disappointed to see this article making headlines yet again, with no mention of its deep methodological flaws and the vilification of its opponents.
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
Do antidepressants work? This British professor says they don’t
Joanna Moncrieff is a professor and NHS psychiatrist who dared to argue that depression is not a physical illness. As a result she has been abused by peers — and championed by Tucker Carlson. Is her t...
www.thetimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
1/2 V. disappointed to see this article making headlines yet again, with no mention of its deep methodological flaws and the vilification of its opponents.
www.thetimes.com/uk/society/a...
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Managing Cluttered, Racing, and Disordered Thoughts @gabehoward29
Managing Cluttered, Racing, and Disordered Thoughts
Do cluttered, racing, or disordered thoughts disrupt your daily life? Do you understand the differences between them? In this episode, Gabe Howard, who lives with bipolar disorder, and Dr. Nicole Washington, a board certified psychiatrist, unravel what…
psychcentral.com
January 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Managing Cluttered, Racing, and Disordered Thoughts @gabehoward29
Yes - @Rebecca99LT is a psychiatrist who has been treated with #ECT and shared her experiences multiple times.
See, for example, her new book -
x.com/doctorid/statu… doi.org/10.1017/978100…
See, for example, her new book -
x.com/doctorid/statu… doi.org/10.1017/978100…
An Improbable Psychiatrist
Cambridge Core - Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology - An Improbable Psychiatrist
doi.org
January 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Yes - @Rebecca99LT is a psychiatrist who has been treated with #ECT and shared her experiences multiple times.
See, for example, her new book -
x.com/doctorid/statu… doi.org/10.1017/978100…
See, for example, her new book -
x.com/doctorid/statu… doi.org/10.1017/978100…
Very valuable new study about need to include people with lived experience in shared decision-making relating to risk and what might help or hinder this process
x.com/DrNafisoAhmed/…
x.com/DrNafisoAhmed/…
January 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Very valuable new study about need to include people with lived experience in shared decision-making relating to risk and what might help or hinder this process
x.com/DrNafisoAhmed/…
x.com/DrNafisoAhmed/…
If you have lived experience of bipolar, pls join our @BipolarUK Research Community to hear about opportunities for research & lived experience advisory involvement.
Pls share widely and RT & thanks if you've already joined!
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
Pls share widely and RT & thanks if you've already joined!
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
January 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you have lived experience of bipolar, pls join our @BipolarUK Research Community to hear about opportunities for research & lived experience advisory involvement.
Pls share widely and RT & thanks if you've already joined!
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
Pls share widely and RT & thanks if you've already joined!
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
Also on advance choice documents/statement/directives in mental health please check out and share
x.com/DrT_Gergel/sta… advancechoice.org
x.com/DrT_Gergel/sta… advancechoice.org
About to run a session on #Advancechoicedocments in #mentalhealth for @rcpsych in Belfast.
Delighted to share new article in IJLP on ACDs/AHDs.
Free to download here -
authors.elsevier.com/c/1jxAXaR~~i3WT
Delighted to share new article in IJLP on ACDs/AHDs.
Free to download here -
authors.elsevier.com/c/1jxAXaR~~i3WT
January 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Also on advance choice documents/statement/directives in mental health please check out and share
x.com/DrT_Gergel/sta… advancechoice.org
x.com/DrT_Gergel/sta… advancechoice.org