Keeping Control: Exploring mental health service user perspectives on targeted violence and hostility in the context of adult safeguarding In collaboration with Middlesex University and in line with our objective…
In collaboration with Middlesex University and in line with our objective of promoting greater understanding of mental health and challenging the discrimination and stigma associated with mental ill health, we…
Keeping Control: Exploring mental health service user perspectives on targeted violence and hostility in the context of adult safeguarding In collaboration with Middlesex University and in line with our objective…
In collaboration with Middlesex University and in line with our objective of promoting greater understanding of mental health and challenging the discrimination and stigma associated with mental ill health, we…
Thank you for joining and sharing your views & experiences in relation to Self-harm @MHChat. Below are some of the tweets from the chat and we look forward to your views & experiences on Wednesday (8 PM GMT / 3 PM EST / 12 PST) @MHChat when we discuss Domestic Violence, its dynamics & impact.
What is dreaming and what are dreams made of? What is their significance and how do they influence our mental health and well being? Join and Share your views @MHChat. Dreams…
What are the effects and the human cost of austerity and cutting public spending and services? Join and share your views @MHChat (Wednesday, 28 October 2015). Click here to see the chat…
Picture Mental Health and Resilience @MHChat Celebrating Mental Health Awareness Week all day Friday 15 May 2015 @MHChat + Wednesday (13 May 2015) at 8:00 PM British Summer Time / 3:00 PM Eastern Time Click…
As the main parties publish their promises about how they would govern if handed power next month, mental health has emerged as a bigger talking point than in any previous election….
I once had a psychologist colleague who was extremely interested in the practice of Mindfulness. He bought all the books, deployed it in his clinical work and developed his own disciplined…
Jeffrey Lieberman is angry with the New York Times. The eminent psychiatrist (until recently president of American psychiatry’s professional body the APA) last week fired off an astonishing broadside against…
When Jeremy Hunt announced in June 2014, that there would be an independent review into whistleblowing , I felt down beat about it. Others were more positive, but my instinct…
12 Habits of Happy People 10 Steps to Finding Happiness 8 Foods That Boost Your Happiness Unlocking The Mysteries of Happiness 5 Secrets to Find Happiness 13 Things Destroying Your…
What do we know about hearing voices?’ – A Special Twitter Chat @MHChat with Durham University’s @hearingvoice Public perception is that hearing voices when no one is speaking…
The Daily Mail has run an interview with Oliver James, a media psychologist who recently made an appearance at a conference organised to challenge the dominance of CBT. In the Mail…
In celebration of World Mental Health Day, @MHChat together with Wellcome Trust (@wellcometrust) and Mosaic Science (@mosaicscience) invite you to Picture Mental Health and Illness Health and to challenge Stigma. Just snap a photo and share, or share…
Because of the stigma associated with mental health, people with symptoms of mental ill health are often reluctant to seek help, as they are afraid of being labelled as “mental…
The question that makes up the title of this post is one of the most controversial in the field of mental health. It has been in the air again recently…
There is abundant evidence that stigma of mental ill health is a primary barrier to seeking and receiving adequate care and to achieving better life opportunities for individuals living with…
The new ‘psychiatry bible’ DSM-5 has come under a lot of fire since it’s recent launch. One vociferous critic is Duke University’s Professor Allen Frances, himself a renowned psychiatrist who helped…
30 years ago, two statistically minded psychologists published a brief but elegant paper describing a phenomenon they called “the clinician’s illusion”. Patricia and Jacob Cohen were a highly distinguished academic…
Social media and Twitter are increasingly used for personal and professional purposes. However, it is not clear whether and how social media may affect mentalisation, relationships, and empathy. Therefore, given…
What is Burnout? Burnout is a ‘psychological syndrome in response to chronic interpersonal stressors on the job’ (Maslach, Schaufeli, & Leiter, 2001). Therefore, to avoid burnout it is important to…
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