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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'Reducing the Delay in the Diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder: A Qualitative Study'
Better primary care tools/education/clinical pathways/links to 2dry care needed.
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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...
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
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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/…
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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…
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
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
are you a women working in #STEM (science, technology, engineering, medicine) & have lived experience of #mentalhelath conditions?
Great study surveying experience -Lived Experiences of Women in STEM with Mental Health Issues - WISE
wisecampaign.org.uk
Great study surveying experience -Lived Experiences of Women in STEM with Mental Health Issues - WISE
wisecampaign.org.uk
January 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
are you a women working in #STEM (science, technology, engineering, medicine) & have lived experience of #mentalhelath conditions?
Great study surveying experience -Lived Experiences of Women in STEM with Mental Health Issues - WISE
wisecampaign.org.uk
Great study surveying experience -Lived Experiences of Women in STEM with Mental Health Issues - WISE
wisecampaign.org.uk
Ghana's law decriminalising attempted suicide needs revision - The Lancet PsychiatrySo important to recognise role that mental illness has in many suicides but law which says suicide only due to mental illness needs revision
thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
January 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Ghana's law decriminalising attempted suicide needs revision - The Lancet PsychiatrySo important to recognise role that mental illness has in many suicides but law which says suicide only due to mental illness needs revision
thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
thelancet.com/journals/lanps…
Do you have lived experience of a psychotic illness/psychosis in bipolar & some mental health research and/or clinical experience?
An opportunity to join the Lived Experience Advisory Panel for the new UKRI Brain and Genomics Hub.
Pls share + RT
bipolaruk.org/lived-experien…
An opportunity to join the Lived Experience Advisory Panel for the new UKRI Brain and Genomics Hub.
Pls share + RT
bipolaruk.org/lived-experien…
January 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Do you have lived experience of a psychotic illness/psychosis in bipolar & some mental health research and/or clinical experience?
An opportunity to join the Lived Experience Advisory Panel for the new UKRI Brain and Genomics Hub.
Pls share + RT
bipolaruk.org/lived-experien…
An opportunity to join the Lived Experience Advisory Panel for the new UKRI Brain and Genomics Hub.
Pls share + RT
bipolaruk.org/lived-experien…
Another shocking piece about the scale and ease of accessing #euthanasia in Canada.
People being offered an ‘easy death’ rather than adequate care
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People being offered an ‘easy death’ rather than adequate care
x.com/TrudoLemmens/s…
January 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Another shocking piece about the scale and ease of accessing #euthanasia in Canada.
People being offered an ‘easy death’ rather than adequate care
x.com/TrudoLemmens/s…
People being offered an ‘easy death’ rather than adequate care
x.com/TrudoLemmens/s…
The Continuing Miracle of Surviving Suicide | Psychology TodayA personal perspective showing once again extent, but also possibilities for surviving suicide in bipolar.
Thanks @tcheneyauthor for sharing & helping to break the silence
psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-bi…
Thanks @tcheneyauthor for sharing & helping to break the silence
psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-bi…
January 11, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Continuing Miracle of Surviving Suicide | Psychology TodayA personal perspective showing once again extent, but also possibilities for surviving suicide in bipolar.
Thanks @tcheneyauthor for sharing & helping to break the silence
psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-bi…
Thanks @tcheneyauthor for sharing & helping to break the silence
psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/the-bi…
We must break the silence surrounding #bipolarsuicide 3/3
I also share my own experience of suicide, bipolar & survival
If you have bipolar & would like to keep informed/join @BipolarUK research on suicide, pls join our research community
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
I also share my own experience of suicide, bipolar & survival
If you have bipolar & would like to keep informed/join @BipolarUK research on suicide, pls join our research community
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
January 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We must break the silence surrounding #bipolarsuicide 3/3
I also share my own experience of suicide, bipolar & survival
If you have bipolar & would like to keep informed/join @BipolarUK research on suicide, pls join our research community
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
I also share my own experience of suicide, bipolar & survival
If you have bipolar & would like to keep informed/join @BipolarUK research on suicide, pls join our research community
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
We are calling for research to increase understanding & reduce #bipolarsuicide
We must include perspective of people with bipolar who have survived suicide
Please help us spread awareness & drive forward change 2/3
@sameerjauhar @niallpboyce @DrAPitman @DrAnnieHickox
We must include perspective of people with bipolar who have survived suicide
Please help us spread awareness & drive forward change 2/3
@sameerjauhar @niallpboyce @DrAPitman @DrAnnieHickox
January 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We are calling for research to increase understanding & reduce #bipolarsuicide
We must include perspective of people with bipolar who have survived suicide
Please help us spread awareness & drive forward change 2/3
@sameerjauhar @niallpboyce @DrAPitman @DrAnnieHickox
We must include perspective of people with bipolar who have survived suicide
Please help us spread awareness & drive forward change 2/3
@sameerjauhar @niallpboyce @DrAPitman @DrAnnieHickox
As I prep our systematic review on delayed diagnosis in bipolar, some still highly relevant reflections from Drancourt in 2013 on our failure to make progress in improving bipolar diagnosis@sameerjauhar @DrAnnieHickox
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
January 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
As I prep our systematic review on delayed diagnosis in bipolar, some still highly relevant reflections from Drancourt in 2013 on our failure to make progress in improving bipolar diagnosis@sameerjauhar @DrAnnieHickox
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
It is so important that misinformation about e.g. antidepressants being 'addictive' should not interfere with people's decision-making about depression treatments.
Great article from @ParianteLab highlighting important new myth debunking research
x.com/rcpsych/status…
Great article from @ParianteLab highlighting important new myth debunking research
x.com/rcpsych/status…
January 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It is so important that misinformation about e.g. antidepressants being 'addictive' should not interfere with people's decision-making about depression treatments.
Great article from @ParianteLab highlighting important new myth debunking research
x.com/rcpsych/status…
Great article from @ParianteLab highlighting important new myth debunking research
x.com/rcpsych/status…
Great piece in @TheAtlantic exposing damage done by scientology's @CCHR so-called 'Citizen's Commission on Human Rights' which continues to spread insidious misinformation about psychiatry and mental illness
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
January 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Great piece in @TheAtlantic exposing damage done by scientology's @CCHR so-called 'Citizen's Commission on Human Rights' which continues to spread insidious misinformation about psychiatry and mental illness
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
theatlantic.com/health/archive…
Great workshop at @BristolUni yesterday- ‘AI & precision psychiatry’ looking at potential and also new ethical issues as we move towards AI-based interventions & research in psychiatry
January 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Great workshop at @BristolUni yesterday- ‘AI & precision psychiatry’ looking at potential and also new ethical issues as we move towards AI-based interventions & research in psychiatry
Brilliant blog by @SFreedenthal questioning term 'suicide survivor' to describe people bereaved by suicide. 1 possible effect is marginalising even further those with lived experience of being suicidal
Wait, Who Is A Suicide Survivor?via @sfreedenthal
speakingofsuicide.com/2014/05/27/sui…
Wait, Who Is A Suicide Survivor?via @sfreedenthal
speakingofsuicide.com/2014/05/27/sui…
January 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Brilliant blog by @SFreedenthal questioning term 'suicide survivor' to describe people bereaved by suicide. 1 possible effect is marginalising even further those with lived experience of being suicidal
Wait, Who Is A Suicide Survivor?via @sfreedenthal
speakingofsuicide.com/2014/05/27/sui…
Wait, Who Is A Suicide Survivor?via @sfreedenthal
speakingofsuicide.com/2014/05/27/sui…
Spring arrived just in time for #WorldBipolarDay
January 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Spring arrived just in time for #WorldBipolarDay
On #WorldBipolarDay @BipolarUK asks you to join our International Research Community.
Ppl with bipolar come together to help increase research, improve bipolar outcomes & close ‘bipolar gap’ in research
Pls sign up @& share
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
Ppl with bipolar come together to help increase research, improve bipolar outcomes & close ‘bipolar gap’ in research
Pls sign up @& share
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
January 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
On #WorldBipolarDay @BipolarUK asks you to join our International Research Community.
Ppl with bipolar come together to help increase research, improve bipolar outcomes & close ‘bipolar gap’ in research
Pls sign up @& share
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
Ppl with bipolar come together to help increase research, improve bipolar outcomes & close ‘bipolar gap’ in research
Pls sign up @& share
bipolaruk.org/research-partn…
Bipolar is hugely under-researched.
We urgently need more research – there is so much we need to know & so many things to improve. We need money, but also need people
For #WorldBipolarDay help us close the 'Bipolar Gap' in research - join the @BipolarUK Research Community.
We urgently need more research – there is so much we need to know & so many things to improve. We need money, but also need people
For #WorldBipolarDay help us close the 'Bipolar Gap' in research - join the @BipolarUK Research Community.
January 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Bipolar is hugely under-researched.
We urgently need more research – there is so much we need to know & so many things to improve. We need money, but also need people
For #WorldBipolarDay help us close the 'Bipolar Gap' in research - join the @BipolarUK Research Community.
We urgently need more research – there is so much we need to know & so many things to improve. We need money, but also need people
For #WorldBipolarDay help us close the 'Bipolar Gap' in research - join the @BipolarUK Research Community.
For #WorldBipolarDay join our @BipolarUK Research Community - 1/3For everyone - if you have lived experience of bipolar & are interested in hearing about opportunities to take part in research/lived experience advisory work
2-5 mins.
Pls RT/share
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2-5 mins.
Pls RT/share
forms.office.com/e/6eMctjhP8P
January 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
For #WorldBipolarDay join our @BipolarUK Research Community - 1/3For everyone - if you have lived experience of bipolar & are interested in hearing about opportunities to take part in research/lived experience advisory work
2-5 mins.
Pls RT/share
forms.office.com/e/6eMctjhP8P
2-5 mins.
Pls RT/share
forms.office.com/e/6eMctjhP8P
Likewise Rebecca - grateful to @GeorgeKirov1 & other psychiatrists providing #ECT.
Let's work together to counter misinformation
For more info on #ECT from those who have had ECT & those who provide ECT, including George Kirov -
x.com/Rebecca99LT/st… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Let's work together to counter misinformation
For more info on #ECT from those who have had ECT & those who provide ECT, including George Kirov -
x.com/Rebecca99LT/st… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
January 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Likewise Rebecca - grateful to @GeorgeKirov1 & other psychiatrists providing #ECT.
Let's work together to counter misinformation
For more info on #ECT from those who have had ECT & those who provide ECT, including George Kirov -
x.com/Rebecca99LT/st… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Let's work together to counter misinformation
For more info on #ECT from those who have had ECT & those who provide ECT, including George Kirov -
x.com/Rebecca99LT/st… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
Here’s the programme description
Don’t give up on #ECT till you’ve listened
@northactually @F1onaHill @sameerjauhar @rcpsych @AllenFrancesMD @DrAnnieHickox @ProfTonyDavid
Don’t give up on #ECT till you’ve listened
@northactually @F1onaHill @sameerjauhar @rcpsych @AllenFrancesMD @DrAnnieHickox @ProfTonyDavid
January 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Here’s the programme description
Don’t give up on #ECT till you’ve listened
@northactually @F1onaHill @sameerjauhar @rcpsych @AllenFrancesMD @DrAnnieHickox @ProfTonyDavid
Don’t give up on #ECT till you’ve listened
@northactually @F1onaHill @sameerjauhar @rcpsych @AllenFrancesMD @DrAnnieHickox @ProfTonyDavid
Time to stop generating hysteria around 'mental health disability' and start putting more resources into healthcare and social support for people affected by mental illness and disability.
Why no headlines about 10-20 years premature mortality for ppl with bipolar/psychosis?
Why no headlines about 10-20 years premature mortality for ppl with bipolar/psychosis?
January 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Time to stop generating hysteria around 'mental health disability' and start putting more resources into healthcare and social support for people affected by mental illness and disability.
Why no headlines about 10-20 years premature mortality for ppl with bipolar/psychosis?
Why no headlines about 10-20 years premature mortality for ppl with bipolar/psychosis?
Are you a parent with Bipolar living in the Preston area?
If so, on 27th March (1-4) there's an event to find out more about a research study at Lancaster aimed to help improve parent & child well-being.
Refreshments provided.
Pls RT.
healthresearch.study/participate/ev…
If so, on 27th March (1-4) there's an event to find out more about a research study at Lancaster aimed to help improve parent & child well-being.
Refreshments provided.
Pls RT.
healthresearch.study/participate/ev…
January 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Are you a parent with Bipolar living in the Preston area?
If so, on 27th March (1-4) there's an event to find out more about a research study at Lancaster aimed to help improve parent & child well-being.
Refreshments provided.
Pls RT.
healthresearch.study/participate/ev…
If so, on 27th March (1-4) there's an event to find out more about a research study at Lancaster aimed to help improve parent & child well-being.
Refreshments provided.
Pls RT.
healthresearch.study/participate/ev…
To help reduce suicide we must increase understanding through involving those who have lived experience of suicidality.
Ground-breaking work on lived experience involvement in suicide prevention from the West Yorkshire Suicide Prevention Partnership's coproduction project.
Ground-breaking work on lived experience involvement in suicide prevention from the West Yorkshire Suicide Prevention Partnership's coproduction project.
January 11, 2025 at 3:32 PM
To help reduce suicide we must increase understanding through involving those who have lived experience of suicidality.
Ground-breaking work on lived experience involvement in suicide prevention from the West Yorkshire Suicide Prevention Partnership's coproduction project.
Ground-breaking work on lived experience involvement in suicide prevention from the West Yorkshire Suicide Prevention Partnership's coproduction project.