We are very grateful to Dr Alec Grant, who has contributed the following post. Alec is Reader in Narrative Mental Health in the School of Health Sciences, University of Brighton. He originally trained as a mental health nurse in the 1970s, then as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist. After teaching and writing in these areas for many... Continue Reading →
Psychopolitics in the 21st Century
The following post is by Jonathan Gadsby, and is a report on a conference that he attended following an invitation to the CMHNN by one of the supporting organisations, the Social Work Action Network (SWAN). SWAN are the social work equivalent of the CMHNN (more information can be found on their website.) Thank you to... Continue Reading →
An Investigation of Mental Distress and Modernity
The following post is from Ed Lord, a mental health nurse who has worked in acute settings since graduating from the University of Nottingham in 2007. Ed describes himself as an activist of green-anarchist persuasion. In this piece he introduces the work of his MSc, which brings together his understandings as a nurse with his... Continue Reading →
Critical Mental Health Nurses' Network 