Andrea Gnanadurai

Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist @SomersetFT. Passionate about young peoples’ emotional and mental wellbeing. All views are my own.

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

Values in mental health professionals desired by young people #OurFutureMinds #camhs #rcpsych #childrenandyoungpeople #MentalHealthMatters

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

As for the impact on the nation’s CYP? It is wholly unjustifiable.

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

From experience, I can confirm that these statistics make the work of existing NHS child psychiatrists more likely to result in burnout & exiting the profession for the short or longterm, in order to cope with the workload & emotional & psychological toll https://t.co/NsFrJjFXIU

[Anna Freud @annafreuduk]

Masking looks different for each autistic person, depending on their experiences and others' expectations.

If you’ve completed the National Autism Trainer Programme and are starting to roll it out in your service, email [email protected] to set up a 1:1 for support!

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

‘Will anything change?’: six women react to Saoirse Ronan’s viral comment https://t.co/uPLelqFy3V

[Jess Morgan @drjessmorgan_]

Whilst I welcome investment in the #NHS,

I want to get a few things straight.

Here are 3 things you need to know if you care about our health service: 👇🧵
#Budget2024

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

@anna_annabav @bedsidepodcast @BreneBrown I’m sure you’ll do a great job!

[Shaun Lintern @ShaunLintern]

Really important work here:

[Raja Adnan Ahmed @drraja_]

Do you know the years of training required to become a psychiatrist in the UK?

5+2+3+3 = 13 years

That's only if you don't take any career breaks or do additional training.

If you don't create suitable working conditions for a consultant-level psychiatrist in the UK, they will find better opportunities around the world & move.

Every time a psychiatrist moves out of the UK. They are taking expertise developed over at least 13 years with them.

I find it strange that the people in the leadership positions don't feel the sense of loss & impact this brain drain is having in the UK.

There are no cheaper alternatives for a well-trained doctor.

[David Coverdale @davidcoverdale]

Fact…

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

Excessive workload, no recognition, micromanaging, bad communication & lack of support are the big ones for me from this infographic on Burnout

[George Stern @georgestern]

Burnout isn't about hours worked.

In fact, there are usually much deeper causes.

Leaders should start to recognize when it's occurring,

And take steps to help.

Use this graphic to find causes of burnout in your organization.

[Jess Morgan @drjessmorgan_]

I wish we would stop talking about #wellbeing in medicine.

Instead, it is quite simply about preventing burnout & mental illness.

We can't continue to watch doctors burnout, go off sick & leave the profession

We need to act NOW.
Systems & culture change are key.

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

…the algorithms might not do what we ask of them – a BBC investigation found that, when a young man tried to use tools on Instagram and TikTok to say he was not interested in violent or misogynistic content, he continued to be recommended it.

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

“algorithms on social media platforms have fundamentally reshaped the nature of free speech, not necessarily by restricting what can be said, but by determining who gets to see what content”, argue Professors Riemer & Peter… https://t.co/HdymYWM5gw

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

…concern”. Social media is a mediator in increase mental health concerns amongst our young people but it’s a more complex picture. Many CYP I see in clinic are anxious about an uncertain future with less prospects/more adversity than previous generations [2\2]

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

“Although rates of mental illness have gone up alongside rates of social media usage, many other ecological changes affecting young people have taken place in the past 15 years, including widening inequalities, tightening job markets & climate change [1/2] https://t.co/O2ppzp7rPj

[Neena Jha @DrNeenaJha]

The argument that “we need PAs due to a GP shortage” is a lie.

The “NHS GP shortage” is deliberate & entirely manufactured

15036 doctors applied for 4096 GP training posts

**10,940 doctors** were unsuccessful

We have the doctors! NHSE are ensuring there are NO jobs for them!

[Professor Ahmed Hankir @ahmedhankir]

‘Dare to care.’ Caring ‘too deeply’ can render us vulnerable to sustaining psychological wounds. Being sensitised to man’s inhumanity to man can even make us prone to a mental health crisis. After all, ‘Sometimes, an appropriate response to reality is to go insane…’ #Lebanon

[Andrea Gnanadurai @andreagee]

and thank you @IanKelleherMD for organising the conference. Lovely to meet you.

[NHS Practitioner Health @nhsprachealth]

We are happy to share that NHS Practitioner Health is now funded until March 2026! #NHSPractitionerHealth