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2007

December

• Questionnaire for International Medical Graduates - Are you an International Medical Graduate?
• Information for trainees from Australia and New Zealand
• Signing of the Memorandum of Understanding by the College and Kurdistan Regional Government

November

• The Royal College of Psychiatrists pledges support to members in Bangladesh

October

• Announcement of New President

• Clinical Topics in Addiction: Updates from Advances in Psychiatric Treatment edited by Ed Day

• Personality Disorders: to celebrate World Mental Health day on 10th October the College launches its new leaflet

• One day seminar clebrating the work of Francis e Speed - Photographer & maker of medical & ethnographic films in Nigeria 1956-1983. - 8 December 2007

September

• Volunteer’s Forum on October 9^th at Royal College of Psychiatrists

August

• CR145: Sexual boundary issues in psychiatric settings
• The Royal College of Psychiatrists Supplementary Memorandum on the implementation of the Gambling Act 2005
• Gambling Act 2005: College submits evidence to Secretary of State on the impending implementation of the Act
  

July
 

• Check out the July podcasts with Dr Raj Persaud:
  
  • Dr Steven Marwaha's interview focuses on 'Rates and correlates of employment in people with schizophrenia in the UK, France and Germany' as per the July 2007 issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry
  • Dr Miles Rinaldi looks at 'Implementing evidence-based supported employment' as per the July 2007 issue of the Psychiatric Bulletin
  • 'Young people who self-harm' from the July 2007 issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry is the focus of Dr Robert Young's interview   

• Working Group on Payment by Results  - Updated 06/07/07

• Mental Health Bill: latest newsletter, July 2007
  

June

• Adopt-a-Book: a brand new opportunity to contribute towards the history of psychiatry and the College
• The Mental Health Bill and Renewal of Detention - 5 June statement by Tony Zigmond
• New book: The Mind: A User's Guide - an accessible, jargon-free reference book designed to educate, inform and empower anyone who has an interest in safeguarding or improving their mental health

May

• New book: Work-Based Assessments in Psychiatry (from the College Seminar Series)
• Evaluators required - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR Article 14)
•  Volunteer Opportunities for Senior Psychiatrists

• The Addis Ababa University Faculty of Medicine - Africa
  
• IMC & UNICEF in Chad - Africa
  
• Angoda Psychiatric Hospital - Sri Lanka

April

• CPD Online: the learning resource for mental health professionals from the Royal College of Psychiatrists

• Professor Arthur Crisp memorial event  

March

• Mental Health Bill: Latest update on the Mental Health Bill, March 2007
  
• This month's podcasts with Dr Raj Persaud
  
• • Dr Catherine Taylor talks about the impact of hospital consultants’ poor mental health on patient care

  • Professor Anthony David outlines the findings of his paper on assessing insight in schizophrenia

  • Professor Matthew Hotopf talks about his literature survey looking at bias in psychiatric case-control studies

February

• Raj Persaud talks to Dr Paul Allen about what goes on in people’s mind and brains when hearing voices
  
• Dean's Newsletter  February 2007

January

• Publications – New college report published today. CR141: Prison Psychiatry: Adult Prisons in England and Wales

   

• Professor Peter Tyrer talks to Dr Raj Persaud about his editorial in the January issue of the Psychiatric Bulletin on the place of nidotherapy in psychiatric practice 
  
  

• Forensic psychotherapy special interest group proposal

• Self-harm - a new leaflet for 2007

• The African Division - first issue of its quarterly Newsletter 

• Annual Review 2006