Welcome to the Hurt to Healing podcast with me, Pandora Morris. I’ve been fighting an uphill battle with my mental health for years and it’s only now that I’ve started to see some glimmers of light. It’s almost unbelievable to think I am starting this podcast considering my incessant compulsions would normally try to talk me out of it. But here I am, continuing to fight my invisible bullies one day at a time. As part of my own recovery, I’ve made it my mission to support as many of you as possible on your own healing journey. I’ll be speaking to wonderful people from all walks of life who will open up about their own invisible struggles in the hope that it will provide a bit of solace and comfort for some of you. I’ll also be speaking to leading experts and doctors about different disorders and therapies that might help each of you expand your knowledge on the world of mental health. Visit my website www.hurttohealing.co.uk to learn more about me and the work that I do.Produced by Rutherford Productions Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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HEALING 101: Understanding self-harm with Dr. Martina Di Simplicio
On today’s HEALING 101, I am speaking with Dr Martina Di Simplicio is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry at the Division of Psychiatry, Imperial College London, and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist in the West London Mental Health Trust. On today’s episode we are focusing on self-harm in all it’s different forms, I question Martina on why the rates are rising so rapidly, what treatment can be offered to people who self harm and if there are any trends amongst people that tend to self harm. We also discuss interventions such as the IMAGINATOR app for episodic stimulation based self-harm reduction which was built together with an advisory group of young people with lived experience of self harm. Though this might sound like a sombre topic, it’s a very important one and I hope you learn as much as I did.
More information on Martina: https://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/m.di-simplicio
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