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It took me a long time to recover. I couldn't believe everything I endured because of my desire to be named a "psychiatrist." Fortunately in the present those emotions no longer suffocate me and I am proud of my decision; on the other side of the line of psychiatry there were many doors waiting for me to cross them.
I’m Simon, a 33-year-old male from the UK. Back in 2012 after I graduated from university I had a period of low mood and anxiety. I went to my GP who within a couple of minutes prescribed me an antidepressant, Citalopram. Little did I know that this would derail my life.
I interviewed 8 peer support workers from across Ireland. They were based in various mental health services which included – community mental health teams, in-patient psychiatric units, rehab and recovery teams, and early intervention of psychosis teams. The findings suggest that peer support workers in Ireland experienced many challenges with integrating the role into services.
At their core, tracking apps can have the potential to reduce anyone or anything to a collection of customizable scales – to digitize lives and quantify any experience.
The attached article is the 4th chapter of Ben Furman's recent book Children's challenges as skills. We got permission to publish it, of course the whole book is worth reading!