Blogs
We have a wide range of blogs including our President's blog (typically with a new post every month), our Careers in Psychiatry blog as well as blogs for topics such as Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and our cultural blog.
Additionally, our main RCPsych blog includes posts on a broad diversity of topics.
You can use the category menu below to filter posts from all of these blogs.
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Progress to tackle racism in psychiatry, but there’s more to be done
As we near the end of Black History Month, Lade’s October blog post discusses racism in psychiatry, the impact on patients, what progress the College and others have made and ...
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Stoptober - A Call for Action
Welcome to this month’s blog post, in which Dr Ed Beveridge, the RCPsych Presidential Lead on Physical Health and Dr Gavin Tucker, the RCPsych Presidential Scholar for Physical Health, offer ...
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Working as a neurodivergent psychiatrist
A psychiatrist who is AuDHD talks about reasonable adjustments, where you can go to for support, and how he has found life as a neurodivergent doctor.
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Supporting mental health in times of catastrophe: RCPsych’s global response
This brilliant blog post written for World Mental Health Day 2025 sets out what the College does and why during international disasters and emergencies.
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Six presidents walk into a room…
Earlier this year, the College gathered together six Presidents as part of the ‘Portraits of past presidents’ project. This was an unprecedented occasion, as never before have so many RCPsych ...
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SAS and scholarly: making space for research in clinical roles
As part of SAS Celebration Week, we hear from Dr Emmeline Lagunes-Cordoba, a specialty doctor and member of the College's Specialty and Specialist Doctors Committee. She talks about the academic ...
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Psychiatry and medically assisted dying: What has it got to do with us? Where are we up to?
Dr Jane Whittaker writes about the history of assisted dying and discusses the complexities psychiatrists face when thinking about it as a possibility today.
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Croeso – Celebrating SAS doctors in Wales
Professor Alka Ahuja highlights just some of the achievements of SAS doctors in Wales, as part of SAS Celebration Week
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My experience at RCPsych in Wales’ Summer School – Menna Hippsley-Jones
I was pleased to attend this year’s RCPsych in Wales Summer School, held on 8 and 9 July 2025. This experience opened my eyes to the variety of career paths ...
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Academic Careers Spotlight
Dr Jonathan Gibb is a resident doctor in psychiatry who is undertaking integrated academic training – combining psychiatry with research. Jonathan is an honorary registrar in general adult psychiatry in ...
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Pioneers of Mental Health Care at Glenside Hospital Museum and the History of Psychiatry Conference
Claire Royal from the Glenside Hospital in Bristol writes about some pioneers of mental health care who are featured at the museum. The museum will soon host the RCPsych History ...
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Attitudes towards new weight management medication in people living with severe mental illness (SMI)
Welcome to this month’s blog post, in which a range of experts consider the difficulties that people living with SMI have with weight management, and reflect on a workshop they ...
Perspectives on Public Mental Health blog team
