Psychiatric survivor NLDN: Recent Episodes
hurt mandem
Black British (Nigerian - Jamaican) views of the British Mental health system from a health professional/Service User view
st anns has been redesigned for a new era for haringey. the old bedlam type wards still exist there. all st anns ex patients who are outside in the community need to know about this one story amongst the thousands of others that have taken place in haringey
nigerian man with a UK birth certificate stating he has caribbean heritage.
at wedding day to st lucian his traumatised family member speaks up and explains the story.
10 years later with 3 kids and a right to buy home with a mortgage in haringey.
a car that takes all his wages. a social worker professional on 1600 a month roughly.
her lawyer mother who takes care of our children takes nigerian man into the pedicure shop where his feet are damaged
more episodes coming....
40 year old north londoner on road understanding his own voice speaks up for himself finally after being institutionalised. His single mother did her best to raise her family amidst finding and learning about herself as a 21 year old nigerian woman who came to the uk as a child. this man speaking on this podcast has been in the BEH mental health system for 20 years. medicated, injected. care coordinated and housed by the local authority and given benefits.
fighting for his life through ignorance from others about the details of his life. the snapshot assessment that a psychiatrist has to do in his job gives him the power to change the course of your physical body forever through pharmaceutical medication aka drugs.
this podcast is my view as both a ex service user and BEH health professional.
the insider spills the beans.