Dr Rebecca Wilkinson
@DrBexWilkinson
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A lover of thinking and talking, sometimes in the wrong order. CAMHS Psychiatry Doctor - SLaM. UCL alumni. @ThinkingMindPod host
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and I wrote a blog about “that” umbrella review on the Serotonin hypothesis of depression. Give it a read, let us know what you think (if you haven’t already!).
#leakyumbrella
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Thinking about the time I went to The Ivy for my graduation and dad asked for them to bring out a cake saying 'congratulations doctor' and they put it in front of my BROTHER... 😂
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Along with giving rest facilities
@WatfordFC
are also giving all staff free lunch and breakfast from their restaurant Monday - Friday. Overwhelmed with kindness!
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Having corona virus on my birthday quarantined at home wasn’t what I imagined my 26th would look like but thanks
@WatfordFC
for making it slightly brighter 🥰
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And just when I thought the last few weeks couldn’t get any better, we got engaged!!!!!!!! I. Am. Over. The. Moon. 💙💙💙💙💙💙
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Over the past week I have managed to buy and move into my first home, find out I passed my CASC exam, and possibly best of all... I have been an offered SpR training post in Child and Adolescent Mental Health at
@MaudsleyNHS
!!!! I am a very very happy bunny right now!
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How does one ever choose what to specialise in in Psychiatry when literally everything is so interesting? 😅
@rcpsych
#choosepsychiatry
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CASC ☑️ feels good to know I’ll never have to take an exam again… 🥰
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New job starting today in CAMHS! I'm very excited to be back working with children and adolescents, hoping to make a real difference to those who really need it.
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4 years ago today I found out I passed finals and was allowed to be set free on the general public as a doctor(!). I never imagined myself being THIS happy in my job! Honestly guys, everyone should
#choosepsychiatry
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Super excited for the first day of the
@KingsIoPPN
@KingsCollegeLon
Summer School 2023 today! Let’s gooooo
@ThinkingMindPod
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I strongly feel like the public have a huge misunderstanding of a lot of mental health conditions. From friends saying “I’m a little bit OCD” to someone describing themselves as bipolar because they felt low yesterday and good today. How in 2022 are we still here?
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Thoroughly enjoyed presenting at
@KingsIoPPN
@MaudsleyNHS
Journal Club today, discussing the serotonin depression hypothesis. Feeling very privileged to have the opportunity to hear from experts 🙏
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I would encourage anyone who doesn’t know anything about chronic fatigue or ME to have a listen to our new podcast. It’s such a misunderstood condition with so much unfair stigma!
@MaudsleyPodcast
Maudsley Learning Podcast -
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@AbdoPainHotline
I did enjoy when there was a blood tube shortage we were told to not take unnecessary bloods, as if we did it for fun (!?)
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The biiiiiggggesttttt congratulations to the most worthy winner of Core Psych Trainee of the year
@Hammy_UK
! It's an absolute pleasure to be able to work with you. SO well deserved.
The next award is for Core Trainee of the Year, and up on the to announce is Sheena Foster, the carer representative on our College Council, to present the award.
#AndTheWinner
is... Dr Hamilton Morrin (
@Hammy_UK
) from
@MaudsleyNHS
trust. The judges' comments stated “Dr. Morrin
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Never thought I’d enjoy revising for an exam as much as I did with this amazing bunch! And we all passed 👏 😀
Equally delighted and relieved to find out that I passed MRCPsych CASC! ✅
Couldn't have done it without the help of so many wonderful people including
@DrBexWilkinson
@CrowleyGrace
@rpzrz
@d_rafi1
@SarahJBarber
@gamingthemind
🙏
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Very excited that next weeks
@KingsIoPPN
/
@MaudsleyNHS
journal club presentation will be on women’s health in psychiatry 👏
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I don’t know where some of the young adolescents on my previous CAMHS PICU ward would be now if it wasn’t for lithium. It saves lives.
Some psychiatrists are still recommending lithium for prevention despite more evidence of renal complications
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I'm super excited for
@MaudsleyPodcast
Podcast on Friday on the topic of OCD, something I have a personal interest in! Alex hosts this one with Professor David Veale.
@MaudsleyNHS
@maudsleylearn
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No better feeling than watching a patient, whom I've gotten to know well, leave the ward for the last time after a long inpatient stay and realising how far and well they have come :-)
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I’m on-call and all I can think about are the biscuits I saw earlier on the old age ward.
Must.
Resist.
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We were extremely grateful to have you back! Such an interesting and thought provoking talk, everyone in the room fascinated!
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Just me and my man very very happy! I love him so much!
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As if PasTest are getting in on the Black Friday deals 😂😂😂
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@DrProudman
I suppose “survivor” may imply that they have overcome the traumatic experience. A lot of people never will. I wouldn’t want to assume someone had overcome a trauma they were a victim of. But I think it should be down to whatever THEY want to identify as.
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After two and a half weeks off work I was absolutely itching to get back to my ward. I challenge you to find someone who hasn’t chosen psychiatry to say that 😉
#choosepsychiatry
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Back at my favourite place (the Bethlem!) for the second day of the
@KingsIoPPN
@KingsCollegeLon
Summer School 23! First, a tour of
@bethlemmuseum
, and later talks from
@Derektracy1
Professor Sir Thornicroft and Professor David Veale. Lucky us!!!
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Everyone keeps asking me if 'This is going to hurt' is realistic, and it pains me to say that people ARE genuinely that rude to each other at work (if not more sometimes!)... EXCEPT in psychiatry (and paeds) in my own experience.
#choosepsychiatry
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A neighbour we’ve never met popped this on our doorstep 💛 so kind!
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New podcast out today!!! I chat to
@Rebecca99LT
about being both a doctor and a patient within psychiatry
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Just a video of the hospital cat using the zebra crossing to make your day 😂🥰
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Alternatively you can watch us on YouTube! The Cruelty in All of Us (with Dr. Gwen Adshead) via
@YouTube
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SO excited to share with you our new podcast with The Speakmans
@thespeakmans
where we discuss therapy, phobias, everyday anxiety and I even get some free therapy from The Speakmans, myself!
@MaudsleyPodcast
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@lizthelemming
I'm sorry to hear that! Even my friends and family refer to doctors as 'him/he/etc.' every now and then!
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⭐️ New podcast out now! Alex and I talk to Eating Disorder expert Prof Janet Treasure. Let me know what you think! ⭐️
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A bit late to the party because I’m in beautiful Skye… but happy new year all! Here are some of my views these past few days 🏴
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Yesterday marked another 6 months of training done and dusted. Absolutely LOVED working with
@ADRU_Bethlem
!!!! Woah, it’s a special place and I feel incredibly lucky to have worked there… next up, my first (in 3 years) of community psych!
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We’ve (
@MaudsleyPodcast
) have had a busy week! YES we are still talking about it. Why? Because it’s so important!
Thank you
@BBCNewsbeat
for talking to us about such an important topic.
@Anya_B9
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My PCR came back negative. Is it possible to imagine yourself into actually having a runny nose, fever and sneezing+++? Perhaps it was just a bad cold. I feel like an idiot for taking time off work!
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Last day of my current job today. You'd think after rotating every 6 months that goodbyes would get easier, but they seem to be getting harder! Excited for my new job but sad to leave lovely people behind!
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Received three emails from different team members thanking me for my hard work last night! Always lovely to be appreciated, especially when you just do your job! Everyone is so lovely in Psychiatry. Another reason to…
#choosepsychiatry
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@darkixion
@rachelschraer
@joannamoncrieff
There is evidence they work. The study in question looked at serotonin in the brain, not whether antidepressants work. :-)
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What is evil? What makes someone evil? How can we prevent evil? Can we all be evil? Listen to our podcast with ex Broadmoor Forensic consultant Dr Gwen Adshead to find out
@MaudsleyPodcast
#mentalhealth
#psychiatry
#mentalhealthpodcast
#podcast
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Is it sad that I feel such a huge sense of achievement in helping a patient who required an urgent admission a bed within less than 24 hours of A+E presentation?! These little things make my hard work feel really worth it! (Altho ideally this would be the norm ofc!)
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I am so grateful for all the replies on this tweet from experienced seniors. It’s also so lovely see hear how enthusiastic everyone is about their speciality! 🥰
#choosepsychiatry
How does one ever choose what to specialise in in Psychiatry when literally everything is so interesting? 😅
@rcpsych
#choosepsychiatry
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@bethanymedic
Happened almost every day for the first three years for me. Sorry it’s happening to you. I wish I could give advice to make it stop but I failed myself. I try and take it as a compliment when it happens now!
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Pleased to say I will be interviewing a young man with lived experience of OCD in the next few weeks, for our listeners to hear the other side of the story.
What did you think of our OCD podcast? Was there anything that surprised you? What are your thoughts on people saying 'I'm a little bit OCD'?
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I really need to stop scrolling through Twitter as I’m becoming more and more frustrated! Why do we feed our own frustrations? Oh the irony, oh the hypocrisy 😂
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Whenever I give teaching in psych simulation I always find myself saying “just be kind” no matter what the subject or scenario, and I stand by it 🥰
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So the last
@KingsIoPPN
@MaudsleyNHS
Journal Club of the academic year was yesterday! *sigh*
What areas of research would you like to see covered in the next academic year?
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My face when you can’t see the sunset because everyone is standing up in front of you taking photographs:
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We (
@MaudsleyPodcast
) are looking to do a series of patient/lived-experience pods with those who've suffered & recovered from severe mental illness. Please get in touch if you have a story you think could help and educate others if shared 🙏 we're esp. keen to help reduce stigma!
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I am very worried about the risk
@Klarna
poses to those with bipolar whom suffer manic episodes with increased spending. 😖
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Working nights this week with still no systems, wish me luck 🍀🥺
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Genuinely looking forward to my night shift because there’s heating in the doctors mess and not in my flat
#moetmedics
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@DrChloeBeale
Couldn’t agree more. I was talking to a colleague recently about how little we are taught about nutrition in medical school. It seems crazy in hindsight because it has such an integral part to our health!
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Yesterday the most
#nhs
thing happened to me. I tried to give an “induction to ePJS” (for our medical records system) to our new starters. Unfortunately, ePJS had other ideas…
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I hate it when you can't get out of your drive because your neighbours shed roof is in the middle of the road....
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@DrElaineLockha1
@rcpsych
I love this advice! CAMHS is where my heart is leaning towards the most at the moment. I’ve worked on a camhs ward and it truly was so rewarding but also so fun! My next job is inpatient 6-12yo at royal Bethlem and I can’t wait!
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Psychiatry IS medicine. Please do not shy away from it for lack of belief in it. We are here to help you.
I never usually get involved in controversy on twitter but I find this so disheartening, upsetting and dangerous.
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One of our most popular podcasts, and such an interesting listen
@MaudsleyPodcast
@MaudsleyNHS
@maudsleylearn
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If anyone would like to take a time machine back to better times, I’d highly recommend re-watching come dine with me from 2006- onwards
@Channel4
, a real treat.
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If you haven’t already, treat yourself and give my first podcast a listen! I interview
@Rebecca99LT
, a consultant psychiatrist with a diagnosis of bipolar affective disorder. We talk about what it’s like to be both a doctor and a patient + lots more!
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Me and my boyfriend gracefully welcoming in 2022…..
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This evening I’ll be talking over on Mind the Bleep: 'Psychiatry Series: Psychotropic Medications ' on
@MedAllApp
👇
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Reposting this (a little more than a) year later. Perhaps I miss the Bethlem slightly... It does look pretty here to be fair doesn't it!
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Really enjoyed recording my first podcast for
@MaudsleyPodcast
with
@Rebecca99LT
last week, cannot wait to hear it post-editing!!!
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Excited to be releasing another
@MaudsleyPodcast
at the end of this week on my two favourite things: FOOD AND MENTAL HEALTH with the amazing
@FoodAndPsych
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New podcast out today discussing the psychology behind becoming a comedian with the wonderful Jo Brand!
@ThinkingMindPod
#podcast
#psychiatry
#mentalhealth
#comedy
#comedian
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With this episode both Asad and I hope to spread awareness of mental health in different cultures and how different cultures may impact access to mental health. I hope it helps someone! X
We are really proud to release our first lived experience episode. This week Rebecca talks to Dr Asad Rajput about OCD. Asad discusses how religion and culture impacted his OCD and how he recovered.
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Rather proud of my wrapping … if I do say so myself!
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It’s my dads birthday today. He’s my hero, not least because he has battled with chronic fatigue syndrome for the past 25 years. If you’d like to learn more about this truly horrible illness, have a listen to my pod with Charles Shepherd
@MEAssociation
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TfL made 3.2billion last year and this is their waterproof device attempt
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Thank you to Kitty for talking to me so rawly about your experience with BDD. A really important conversation.
@ThinkingMindPod
@BDDFoundation
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Today
@MaudsleyPodcast
discussed where we take our podcast over the next year. We have lots of exciting ideas. Please get in touch if you have anything you'd like to share!
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So incredibly proud to be working with such a wonderful team that have started this! And I can confirm the coffee and bars are DELICIOUS 😋
Our
@ADRU_Bethlem
staff and residents are opening a new café called GUTS. The team will be running a pop-up by the main Bethlem gate on Friday 18 November from 6.30am. They'll be giving away 50 cups of artisan coffee and tea, 50 breakfast bars and 50 Overnight Oat Pots.
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Have you listened to my
@MaudsleyPodcast
on ME/Chronic Fatigue syndrome/Long Covid with Dr Charles Shepherd? I'd love to know your thoughts? Do you agree? Have you been affected? Let me know!
@maudsleylearn
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@rachelschraer
Confused why there is a photo of someone whom suffered ECT side effects with no balanced argument on ECT in this article? Dangerous and scaremongering for a very effective treatment critical in saving the lives of many 😞
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Yday on my way home I stopped to help a man who’d been in an RTA. There were a few ppl already helping. I tried to introduce myself & got ignored. A man came & said he was a nurse, every1 asked him for help. The paramedics came, ignored me & asked the man what was going on. 😕
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Time to celebrate the end of a very busy, stressful… but most of all… rewarding, week!
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I am so excited to share with you all my interview with Dr Gwen Adshead where we discuss the evil in all of us - let me know what you think!
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Have you listened to our lived experience episode on Anorexia Nervosa with Ella yet? I'd love to hear your feedback!
@MaudsleyPodcast
@MaudsleyNHS
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