Misogynoir in healthcare: Reviewing the 2023 Women’s Health Strategy
The barriers Black women encounter when receiving good quality physical and mental healthcare are rooted in factors relating to culture, stigma and misogynoir…. more
Author: Gabrielle Johnson
Posts by Gabrielle Johnson
Book Review – Black Disability Politics
Black Disability Politics presents an accessible, novel and long-overdue framework for thinking about how Black people engage with disability scholarship and organising. … more
NSUN’s September 2023 articles & blogs roundup
“Here are all the articles, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts we’ve shared in our weekly bulletins this month. The main focus of this section in our bulletin is to share new, first person pieces written or made by people within and beyond our membership.”… more
Navigating class as a lived experience advocate
There’s always an undeniable tension that exists between my class background and career in the mental health sector, between my personal identity and how much I’ve needed to change in order to fit in…. more
Social prescribing for autistic people – an individual view
The current offer of GP social prescribing fails to meet the needs to various groups of people with more explicit needs, due to the short term and restricted nature of the provision…. more
Sticking to the Rules: Safe for Who?
Services must work reflexively with people to be truly ‘trauma-informed’. Sticking to strict procedures prevents them tailoring their approach to create the safety and care people really need, causing extra harm instead of the help they promise…. more
NSUN’s August 2023 articles & blogs roundup
“Here are all the articles, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts we’ve shared in our weekly bulletins this month. The main focus of this section in our bulletin is to share new, first person pieces written or made by people within and beyond our membership.”… more
Turning toward the people who are not safe
It isn’t in our power to save every human being, but it is in our power to nurture that essence, that turning towards us with the will to stay alive…. more
Gaslit & Dismissed: The Truth for Chronically Ill and Neurodivergent Patients
The NHS promotes mental health for both its staff and patients but there seems to be a huge disconnect between their promotion and their practice. … more
Surviving Restrictive and Least Restrictive Practice: ‘Hold me up, don’t hold me down’
I believe the solution cannot be found without structural change within services. We need policy makers to sit back and listen, carefully…. more
NSUN’s July 2023 articles & blogs roundup
“Here are all the articles, blogs, vlogs, and podcasts we’ve shared in our weekly bulletins this month. The main focus of this section in our bulletin is to share new, first person pieces written or made by people within and beyond our membership.”… more
Creativity and Mental Health: Still Ill Corona Diary (Podcast)
Monique Jackson, creator of Still Ill: Corona Diary talks to Gabrielle Johnson from NSUN about the power of art to build community, understanding and awareness…. more