#Stigma

#FBIW Niki

NikiSharkette

Thread:@FTWW_WalesThis has taken a lot of courage to post but it was important. This was me a year after I made a very traumatic decision in life and had an

Devika Bhushan, MD, FAAP

DrDevikaB

As providers, how we refer to patients — in written and more commonly, verbal clinical communication — is often biased or stigmatizing. This can impact clinical care in unanticipated ways.

Da’Shaun | they/them

DaShaunLH

Hey, folks. Would you all be interested in me tweeting out a list of books (somewhere between 20-25) for a fat studies summer reading list? I'm revisiting some for the

Books Cache

bookscache

“My heart stopped,” Gleick tells me. “I have never had an experience like that as a biographer, before or since.” 1/N Story of an extraordinarily written letter2/N Richard proposed. Arline

Medical Axioms 🇺🇸

medicalaxioms

I recently had a house staff teaching team and as an experiment we added a “problem” onto the end of each patient’s problem list called:Bias. [A thread] With humility, I

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hobisilk

questions for lgbt army : a thread your name and age? whats your sexuality and pronouns? whos your bias? what do you think of bts gay jokes? opinions on weverse

Emmet Ó Briain

emmetatquiddity

Inadequate infrastructure + planning often pits users of shared spaces (or resources) against each other. The emerging themes in the walker vs. jogger debates echo other inter-modal discourses! Reading through

shino's journey

shinoburrito

it's later than i planned, but this is a thread of what i wanted to say after seeing violet evergarden: the movie.no spoilers (1/9) there are things i'd say about

it's okay, this is Bless

lexisbless

UNDERSTANDING MENTAL DISORDERS A THREAD: According to @WHO, many people with mental illness refrain from seeking treatment because of the stigma associated with it. What is mental illness? Experts define

Migrant Solidarity Network - India

IndiaMigrant

(1) As states grapple with responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become increasingly clear that the global society follows an existing script of the outbreak narrative which facilitates more

Lisa

LisaTMSA

1/ (TW, self harm, suicide). Sorting. Found these letters/photos from my kids when I was in treatment ‘17, away for 6 months in #southafrica. I have lost years of their

Tyler Black, MD

tylerblack32

For clarification, any patient has been told their pain "is psychological", I'm always so sorry knowing that.The phrase is used to mean "it's not my problem, get out" or "i

Dan Wyke

Dan_Wyke

Programme on #LongCovid on @BBCRadio4 this morning. Treatment unlikely to involve a prescription for medication; instead work with a physiotherapist and psychologist. Patients better start getting used to self-management and

Jeanette Orrey MBE

JeanetteOrrey

1/5 We've heard from tv/radio about schools that will fully reopen and how everyone will cope what we haven't heard anything about is school food and those children who for

Julia Strand

juliafstrand

I recently found a massive error in one of my published papers. The main finding was the result of a programming bug and was, in fact, completely untrue. THREAD with

Shadow of St. David

KingofShirgar

Jesus Christ, that is not happening again. 1. Fractional Reserve Banking is an evil and 100% Reserve Banking with a Gold Standard should be instituted instead. 2. You can't