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Marion Janner (and Buddy) of @Starwards Interview at #COT2012

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Claire — Leave a comment

Marion, described in her interview as a force of nature, explains her experiences with her own treatment under the mental Health Act led her to set up Star Wards, a way to structure and recognise excellent practice in Inpatient mental…

Tagged with: @Starwards, Buddy, Marion Janner, Star Wards, Support Dog
Posted in #COT2012, Bambuser, Conditions in Mental Health, Conference, Inpatient Services, Reflection, Social Inclusion, Stigma, Video, YouTube

#BLcamp- 15/4/12 Grabchat

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Claire — 1 Comment

Blue Light Camp- an Emergency Services Unconference Blue Light Camp was set up as a place for people who work in the emergency services, and the people who work in partnership with them to get together and discuss relevant issues relating…

Tagged with: #BLcamp, #BLcamp1, #BlueLightCamp, Barcamp, Guidance, Social Media, Unconference, Web 2.0
Posted in Commons, Digital Engagement, Interprofessional practice, Personality Disorders, Social Media, Social Media, Web 2.0

#MindTech- Thoughts and Reflections

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Claire — 2 Comments

This post discusses the recent Mind Tech Unconference, a transcript of the back channel discussing the day can be found in my previous post https://claireot.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/mindtech-the-unconference-grabchat/ There are several issues that I immediately wished to comment on, namely, commissioning criteria in the…

Tagged with: #mapsandapps, @Puffles, Applications to practice, Christensen, Department of Health, innovation, Karen Middleton, Mental Health, Mindapples, Moodscope, Occupational Therapy, SocEnts, social enterprise
Posted in AHP, Anxiety, Commons, Conference, CPD, Depression, Evidence based practice, Inpatient Services, Recovery, Reflection, Social Media

Little Feet pursues PALS- an update in the Mental Health Inpatients Blogging debate

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Claire — 3 Comments

As I wrote in an earlier post, blogger @ChaosandControl, or Little Feet, was recently prevented from blogging whilst an Inpatient in an Acute Mental Health Unit by staff who confiscated her phone to prevent her having access. Without my knowledge,…

Tagged with: @Benwagenaar, @Chaosandcontrol., @HelReynolds, @notbovvered, Applications to practice, CQC, digital strategy, Guidance, honeycomb communications model, infographic, Little Feet, Maslow's hierarchy of needs, Mental Health, Monmouthshire City Council, nhssm, PALS, Reflection, ReynoldsPR, Social Business Hierarchy of Needs, Social Media, Social Media Triage, Streisand effect, Web 2.0
Posted in Blogging, Digital Engagement, Inpatient Services, PTSD, Recovery, Reflection, Risk, Social Media, Social Media, Twitter, Web 2.0

Censorship, or Duty of Care? “Little Feet”, Blogging on an Acute Mental Health Inpatients Ward.

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Claire — 28 Comments

This blog is inspired by a post I have read today by @Chaosandcontrol, who blogs as Little Feet. Please do read the original post and comments in their entirety, and excuse me for quoting from it in addition. Here, Little…

Tagged with: @Chaosandcontrol., Applications to practice, digital literacy, Jeremiah Owyang, Little Feet, Maslow's hiersrchy of needs, Mental Health, Social Business Hierarchy of Needs, Web 2.0
Posted in Blogging, Inpatient Services, PTSD, Recovery, Reflection, Risk, Social Media, Society, Web 2.0

Inpatient’s Smoking Rights- Join the Debate #inpatientssmoking

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Claire — 21 Comments

Today I want to blog about the effect of reading this link, supplied by the excellent Marion Janner, founder of Star Wards. Star Wards is a scheme developed to address the simple changes that can be made in order to…

Tagged with: #inpatientssmoking, @loveartsleeds, Applications to practice, Guidance, Mental Health, smoking
Posted in Addiction, Conditions in Mental Health, Evidence based practice, Inpatient Services, Reflection, Risk, Society

#24OTvx: The Comedown Review

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Claire — 1 Comment

Yesterday, the fantastic 24hour long Virtual Exchange for Occupational Therapy ended. Before we go any further, let’s just take a moment to appreciate the huge effort by the entire OT4OT team that was behind the event. This, the second of…

Posted in Anxiety, Blogging, Digital Engagement, Occupational Therapy, Recovery, Reflection, Web 2.0

Blogs for Breakfast, #blogsforbreakfast at the #loveartsleeds Festival

Posted on October 12, 2011 by Claire — 1 Comment

I am very excited to say that I am a pannelist at Blogs for Breakfast, on Thursday 13th October in Leeds, an event which is part of the Love Arts Leeds Festival. The purpose of this event is to …debate…

Tagged with: Applications to practice, Google+, Guidance, Hangout, Leeds, Mental Health, Reflection, Social Media, Web 2.0
Posted in Blogging, Conditions in Mental Health, Digital Inclusion, Google+, Physical disability, QR Codes, Second Life, Social Media, Stigma, Twitter, Uncategorized, Web 2.0

Excuse me, I think I just did a MOOC.

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Claire — 8 Comments

I stumbled across this description of a MOOC when reading this OT blog last week. Blimey. I thought. That’s what I’ve been looking for. In fact, that’s what I’ve been doing! In fact, I haven’t. Not by a long chalk.…

Tagged with: #eduMOOC2011, #OT24v, @HelenOTUK, @VirtualOT, Applications to practice, bees, disability, EBP, education, learning disability, lifelong learning, OTMOOC, Reflection, video conferencing
Posted in Blogging, Digital Inclusion, Evidence based practice, Facebook, Learning Disabilities, Occupational Therapy, Physical disability, Reflection, Social Inclusion, Social Media, Social Phobia, Stigma, Web 2.0

Bettakultcha IX June 2011

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Claire — 12 Comments

Right, before we start, let me make clear that this post deals with content that you could find *triggering*. I will discuss- pornography, misogyny, PTSD, violence sexual assault, and feminism Please take care of yourself and avoid reading if you…