Miriam Barr

Page and performance poet with a background in psychology and mental health promotion.

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

@AliciaJeanKing @NZClinPsych @In2gr8mh Thanks Alicia. Just picked up your email and replied. Glad you found me!

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

@dbseymour It's a poem not a manifesto.
https://t.co/DwBuXoQydR

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

@AmberTME I feel like asking this question proves I am old and out of touch but...What is bots?

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

I love this lil comic about getting out of our brains and into our hearts, from Level B to Level H! https://t.co/BE1swptVD6

[AlmightyMelon @DJL_B]

https://t.co/WNgcGKIwBa

#blockchain #psychology #leadership

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

Never thought I would find a genre of writing that pays less than poetry, and then I discovered the land of peer reviewed journals. https://t.co/rqpmyuilpE

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

Very sad to hear of the passing of the wonderful Sandra Escher, who I never met but whose work made such a difference to so many lives, even all the way over here in New Zealand.

[Will Hall @willhall]

Sandra THX for spiritedness warmth hospitality & advising my PhD. Your pioneering shaped my life! Miss you dear Sandra, a pleasure to see your impish smile & twinkling eyes & joyful way you worked, always uplift and spaciousness, you were ARE quite a human being. MUCH LOVE!!!!!!

[Dr John Read @ReadReadj]

Open letter to NICE guidelines Director, from me as Chair of https://t.co/hkDnFQc7Ce, listing 10 reasons why 'antipsychotics' should no longer be excluded form guidelines about dependence and withdrawal. @cep @isps_int @MT_Barr

https://t.co/ecfKka6h5g

[ANNE LAMOTT @ANNELAMOTT]

As soon as I become irretrievably rich, I am going to have someone change the sheets on my bed every single day. Clean sheets are mood-altering. You slip into them, and feel like you’re the filling in an ethereal sandwich.

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

So good to see this insider knowledge published in a peer reviewed journal.

[Kindly #deprescribe -- taper psychiatric drugs @Altostrata]

Just published:

What I have learnt from helping thousands of people taper off antidepressants and other psychotropic medications - Adele Framer, 2021 https://t.co/zaVZ7uV3Xz

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

It's all about helping people eh big pharma? These market analyses show up in my Google alerts every other week. #IsThereAHashtagForThisAnger? #StillDontKnowHowToTwitter.

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

Mad in America has a pretty good summary of my latest paper up on their website and a link thru to the free fulltext so you can check out the detail.

[CEP @CEP_UK]

"Keys to Successful Discontinuation of Antipsychotic Medication"

"Qualitative study finds that both internal resources and systemic factors play a role in antipsychotic discontinuation outcomes."

https://t.co/He00ln5qiO

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

@Rufusmay Oh please choose a time that kiwis can join without staying up all night! We are 13 hours ahead so we can often join British events that are scheduled for your morning or evening, but the afternoon times tend to be when we are sleeping.

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

Good essay @ReadReadj. My grandma had ECT in the 70s. She thought it made her stupid. At the time, she was going through a divorce, so it makes me pretty sad-angry that her distress was approached that way. Won't hold my breath for change, but I do hope.
https://t.co/rfkBQroVWb

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

Please can GPs fill in this 10 min survey about antipsychotic prescribing for a Phd study. https://t.co/xOThifHfol Linked BJGP piece here: https://t.co/JtU11YdJpl
Please RT/pass on @markhoro @osborn_ucl @UCLPsychiatry @ucl @DrTerryLynch @GrahamScambler @LGruenwald3

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

More research for the revolution - the positive longterm effects of successful antipsychotic withdrawal hold across diagnostic categories.
https://t.co/l4KXtiFNNG

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

from @ReadReadj - important to recognise that knowledge does not only or always come from the official medical literature https://t.co/p2Fetfy8yW

[Miriam Barr @MT_Barr]

New research for the revolution: Service user efforts to maintain their wellbeing during and after successful withdrawal from antipsychotic medication. Read the full text free here:
https://t.co/bYhLlQQ2kF

[Foxy Cubist Artist @FoxyLustyGrover]

We cross now to Mike Hosking's face: