A selection of articles and programmes from October
2011 that mention the Royal College of Psychiatrists or its
publications, promote research published in one of the College's
journals, or quote the College's media experts and
Members.
|
Date
|
Publication/Programme
|
Summary
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| 3 October |
NHS Choices |
Student mental health issues raised
Examines the Mental Health of Students in
Higher Education report published on 30 September by the
College.
|
| 3 October |
Guardian Comment is
Free |
Mothers abandoned to postnatal depression
Quotes figures on the prevalence of PND from
the RCPsych’s information leaflet.
|
| 4 October |
Daily Mail |
Could you be a victim of smiling depression?
With comments from Public Education Committee
member Dr Cosmo Hallstrom.
|
| 11 October |
Story picked up by: Press Association, The
Independent, Express.co.uk, Telegraph.co.uk, itv.com, BMA News,
HospitalDr, OnMedica and others
|
RCPsych press
release: Psychiatrists do not support Health and Social Care Bill –
new survey
e.g.
BMA News
|
| 17 October |
Northants Evening
Telegraph |
Stress is now the top reason for sick
leave
RCPsych spokesperson Dr Cosmo Hallstrom
comments.
|
| 17 October |
Daily Express |
NHS must do more
for ‘invisible’ older addicts
The British Geriatrics Society calls for
better training for healthcare professionals to help growing
numbers of older drug and alcohol addicts. Makes reference to the
RCPsych report Our Invisible Addicts, published earlier
this year.
|
| 25 October |
The Independent |
What if the drugs don’t work?
Professor Allan Young, chair of the RCPsych
Psychopharmacology Special Interest Group, is quoted.
|