Calling for a change to the way trauma is diagnosed and treated

Platfform

For Mental Health and Social Change

Platfform’s new report, ‘The Hidden Harm of the diagnosis of personality disorder’, which will be launched at our sold-out event this Thursday 12 February, will call for change to the treatment of people given the diagnosis of personality disorder. …

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  1. Calling for a change to the way trauma is diagnosed and treated

    Platfform’s new report, ‘The Hidden Harm of the diagnosis of personality disorder’, which will be launched at our sold-out event this Thursday 12 February, will call for change to the treatment of people given the diagnosis of personality disorder. …

    11 February 2026
  2. Lots of looking forward

    Ewan Hilton

    Chief Executive

    As we hurtle through February, and the Christmas break becomes a fading distant memory, this is the time of the year when I do a little bit of looking back – and lots of looking forward.

    05 February 2026
  3. World Mental Health Day: how we can still find support and connection in a crisis.

    Platfform

    For Mental Health and Social Change

    World Mental Health Day focuses this year on psychological support in a humanitarian Crises. But how do the ripples of this spread, and how can we protect our mental health in a world that feels increasingly uncertain?

    It can feel like an overwhelming question. Here’s three big things we think are important to understanding the answer.

    10 October 2025
  4. Isolation to Inclusion: gathering a community for Hope and Healing

    Helen Wales

    Head of Hope and Healing

    An event in Cardiff has sparked conversations around a simple truth: healing can be found in community, and community means all of us. Here’s how it played out, who came to join us, and the things we heard on the day...

    01 October 2025
  5. Platfform’s peer mentors – Will’s story

    Will Nicholas

    Peer Mentor

    National Employability Week 2025 draws to a close, and we hear from Peer Mentor, Will Nicholas, on how this valuable employment service, which once supported him back to work, gives people hope, confidence and self-belief.

    11 July 2025
  6. Leading the way to employment

    James Symes

    Partnership Lead for Employment Services, Platfform

    With National Employability Week launching in the UK this week, we hear from James Symes, Partnership Lead for Platfform's Employment Services team, who gives us an insight into his journey from the time he received support to a complete role reversal, where he now leads on developing partnerships within the team.

    08 July 2025
  7. We’ll always be at Pride.

    Platfform

    For Mental Health and Social Change

    Platfform stands with the LGBTQ+ community, including trans people, and we believe that doing so is fundamental to the mission of any charity that aims to uphold mental health and social justice.

    19 June 2025
  8. Turning the tide in Wales: reflections on the Welsh Government’s Mental Health Strategy

    Platfform

    For Mental Health and Social Change

    It’s time for real change in Wales; for us to hear the voices of activists, people with lived experience of poor mental health, and staff within the system who have seen things not working. For their tireless campaigning to be reflected and enshrined in Government intent – and for that intent to turn into tangible action.

    12 May 2025