Veronica Heney
@veronicaheney.bsky.social
Research Fellow at Durham University, exploring narratives and experiences of madness, mental illness, and mental distress. Interested in stories and why we tell them.
Really delighted to share this paper drawing on data from my PhD to explore the relation between care, texts, & self-harm. Particularly, I draw out how my participants engaged in active, creative, & relational viewing/reading practices to enable care for self-harm: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Creating Care for People Who Self-Harm through Transformation of Aesthetic Objects - Journal of Medical Humanities
The role of fiction in enabling care for people who self-harm is primarily framed as a relation of protection through absence or avoidance. It is frequently suggested that fiction should avoid depicti...
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May 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Really delighted to share this paper drawing on data from my PhD to explore the relation between care, texts, & self-harm. Particularly, I draw out how my participants engaged in active, creative, & relational viewing/reading practices to enable care for self-harm: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
This is an urgent and incisive post by my wonderful friend and colleague @kacheston.bsky.social, who writes bravely and convincingly about ME/CFS and about the flawed Opinion piece, regrettably published by the BMJ - please do read and share Katharine’s response
I've submitted a rapid response to this BMJ Opinion piece - speaking from my dual experience as both researcher and 'recovered ME/CFS patient' (not a term I'd choose to employ).
May 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is an urgent and incisive post by my wonderful friend and colleague @kacheston.bsky.social, who writes bravely and convincingly about ME/CFS and about the flawed Opinion piece, regrettably published by the BMJ - please do read and share Katharine’s response
Reposted by Veronica Heney
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April 30, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Another sunny morning on the @ducu.bsky.social picket line - spreading the word about how proposed staff cuts are a choice not a necessity, and will harm staff and students alike!
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Another sunny morning on the @ducu.bsky.social picket line - spreading the word about how proposed staff cuts are a choice not a necessity, and will harm staff and students alike!
A sunny morning leafleting on the @ducu.bsky.social picket line - we’re out on strike this week protesting proposed staff cuts, and calling on university leadership to recognise that redundancies are a choice not a necessity!
April 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
A sunny morning leafleting on the @ducu.bsky.social picket line - we’re out on strike this week protesting proposed staff cuts, and calling on university leadership to recognise that redundancies are a choice not a necessity!
As always, my wonderful friend & colleague @courtneybuckler.bsky.social is wise and principled - I highly recommend these reflections on evidence, expertise, and institutional processes
"I was fuelled by the responsibility I feel to the many, many hundreds of Mad and Disabled people I have the honour to work and organise alongside."
@courtneybuckler.bsky.social on giving “evidence”: reflections on the Community Mental Health Services Inquiry.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/on-givi...
@courtneybuckler.bsky.social on giving “evidence”: reflections on the Community Mental Health Services Inquiry.
www.nsun.org.uk/news/on-givi...
On giving “evidence”: reflections on the Community Mental Health Services Inquiry
NSUN's Senior Policy & Campaigns Manager, Courtney Buckler reflects on the experience of giving evidence to the Health and Social Care Select Committee’s Inquiry into Community Mental Health Services.
www.nsun.org.uk
April 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
As always, my wonderful friend & colleague @courtneybuckler.bsky.social is wise and principled - I highly recommend these reflections on evidence, expertise, and institutional processes
Following a blissful 6 months away from social media I am somewhat hesitantly returning - looking forward to connecting and re-connecting in this new space! Anyone interested in my work can find more info here: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/veroni...
Veronica Heney - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
April 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Following a blissful 6 months away from social media I am somewhat hesitantly returning - looking forward to connecting and re-connecting in this new space! Anyone interested in my work can find more info here: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/veroni...