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Traumatised and on TikTok: from inside the psych ward

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2023

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Damon Parsons*
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MBBS, is currently a Year 3 core trainee (CT3) in psychiatry working at Broadmoor Hospital, Crowthorne, UK. He has a particular interest in how mental health and the internet interact and has given talks on this intersection on both national and international stages, as well as work focused on incels.
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Correspondence Dr Damon Parsons. Email: damonparsons@nhs.net
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Summary

Faster internet speeds and ever-present mobile phones present a new challenge to psychiatric wards – the ability for patients to live stream their in-patient stays. What are the benefits and the risks to the patient streaming and the ward as a whole? This article is to help start a conversation about this unique problem and how health professionals might go about addressing it.

Keywords

Internetin-patient treatmentethicslive streamingsocial media
Type
Clinical Reflection
Information
BJPsych Advances , Volume 30 , Issue 1 , January 2024 , pp. 24 - 26
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

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