Previous free webinars for members
In 2020 we started producing a series of free webinars to support members and trainees during the pandemic.
This page collects together these webinars from previous years. The latest free webinars are available on a separate page.
Overview
The webinar aimed to offer the opportunity to present a case of severe catatonia in an intensive care unit with a rapid and complete response to ECT, and to incorporate the service user's views. The webinar hoped to provide delegates with an European overview of the awareness and knowledge of catatonia among psychiatrists, a review of the literature of ECT as treatment for psychiatric conditions including catatonia, and to also discuss current attitudes towards ECT.
Programme
- Introduction and welcome to the webinar
- 'Patient experience/ Case presentation' - Dr Myles Doyle
- 'Awareness and knowledge of catatonia and how to recognise it among psychiatrists' - Professor Gabor Gazdag
- 'National UK data in usage and outcomes of ECT for catatonia' - Professor Linda Van Diermen
- 'Attitudes towards ECT in Norway and current trends and updates on ECT' - Dr Eivind Aakhus
- Q&A
Overview
The NHS Staff Survey tells us that disability affects over 23 per cent of our workforce - which is considerable. We know that 83 per cent of disabilities are acquired during working life - so this can have a big impact on our workforce wellbeing.
In this webinar, we consider disability within the workplace and the impact that discrimination and support – or lack of – can have on individuals personally and professionally, both to thrive in their workplace and to provide the best patient care.
Our speakers, representative of people with physical and mental health disability and lived experience as well as neurodiversity - share their experiences and what would have helped them have a more positive workplace experience.
Programme
- Introduction from Chair - Dr Amrit Sachar, Liaison Psychiatry Consultant, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust & West London NHS Trust and RCPsych Joint Presidential Lead for Equity and Equality
- 'Focussing on the enablement rather than disablement' - Dr Onikepe Ijete, M.B.B.S Specialty Dr in Forensic Psychiatry, North London Forensic Service.
- 'How to make psychiatry a place where everyone is welcome' - Dr Mhairi Hepburn, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead, Psychiatry of Old Age, Murray Royal Hospital, Perth
- 'My role as custodian, editor and interpreter of stories by people at work' - Emeritus Professor Tom Sensky, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences, Emeritus Professor in Psychological Medicine, Imperial College London
- Q&A
Speakers
Dr Onikepe Ijete trained as a medical doctor at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan Nigeria and is a Specialty doctor in the award-winning North London Forensic Service in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust.
She was recognised by the RCPsych as the one of the "Faces of the College" in 2022. She has been celebrated further by RCPsych on International Day of People with Disabilities and by the Association of Black Psychiatrists on International Women’s Day for her activism, and by her own Trust for her high quality clinical work.
As a black, female, internationally trained SAS doctor, who was a wheelchair user, she had lived experience of these many intersectional issues. She used this experience and her unfailing commitment to advocate for race, gender, disability and “gradism” equality and inclusion.
Tragically, Dr Onike Ijete died unexpectedly shortly after she was a speaker in the webinar. A tribute to Onike will be included in the President’s December blog post.
Dr Mhairi Hepburn, Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Lead, Psychiatry of Old Age, Murray Royal Hospital, Perth.
Dr Hepburn trained at the University of Aberdeen and decided she wanted to be a psychiatrist during the very first psychiatry lecture. She has not considered any other specialty since and is now a consultant in old age psychiatry at Murray Royal Hospital, Perth [1].
Her own experiences have resulted in all kinds of adventures in doctors’ mental health and neurodiversity peer support. In particular, she loves talking [2] about inclusion, stigma reduction and the neurodiversity paradigm.
[1] The original and best Perth, before you ask.
[2] She generally just loves talking
Slides
This will be updated with slides we have speaker permission to share. Presentations available here remain the intellectual property of the speaker.
The grand rounds started with a presentation by an expert by experience and then explored the evidence base for the management, population level challenges as well as discussion of a currently ongoing research project on multi-morbidity which uses artificial intelligence in improving our knowledge and management of these conditions.
Overview
This webinar covers a range of types of activism from advocacy through to non violent direct action with specific reference to mental health and the role of psychiatrists.
Programme
- Introduction from Chair – Sue Crimlisk, consultant psychiatrist
- 'State of the climate and need to act' – Francis Bennett, trainee psychiatrist
- 'Activism and its history' – Lynne Jones, consultant psychiatrist
- 'Non violent direct action: examples' – Tom Nutting, trainee psychiatrist
- 'Actions the RCPsych has taken and what more is there to do?' – Kirsten Shukla, consultant psychiatrist
- Q&A
In this webinar, Dr Chinwe Obinwa led a discussion with members of the Culture Club of the Association of Black Psychiatrists’ UK on how the arts not only music, film and television but also theatre, poetry and visual art has an important role in celebrating and representing Black culture and as a form of therapy, bringing benefits professionally and personally.
Speakers:
- Dr Tai Ajayi, Consultant Psychiatrist
- Dr Allison Edwards, Consultant Psychiatrist
- Dr La Dantai Henriques, Foundation Doctor
- Dr Chuks Nwuba, Specialty Doctor
- Wesley Quadros, Medical Student
He was joined by college registrar Dr Trudi Seneviratne OBE, who has been a perinatal psychiatrist for more than 25 years and recently been appointed to the expert advisory group to The Princess of Wales on Early Childhood; Professor J S Bamrah CBE, consultant psychiatrist, author, researcher and speaker who came to the UK in the 70s; Dr Anis Ahmed, consultant forensic psychiatrist, chair for VIPSIG and president of the British Bangladeshi Psychiatrists Association who arrived in the country about 20 years ago; and Dr Amna Hussain who arrived in the UK in the last three years. Dr Hussain is currently a trust grade doctor who will be starting training in ID from August 2023.
This webinar is not to be missed - it is a fantastic opportunity to get a better understanding of the experiences of South Asian doctors in relation to immigration, initial and current challenges as well as their contribution to British society, particularly healthcare.
The path to parenthood as a person who identifies as LGBTQ+ is not always simple, and balancing this with a career as a doctor adds an additional layer of complexity. During this webinar we hear from our speakers about some of the beautiful rainbow families that exist in our community.
Overview
This webinar explains the new digital literacy framework which aims to prepare psychiatrists for working in healthcare in the digital age following from the COVID-19 pandemic. It explored how the new framework focuses on providing psychiatrists with the digital leadership skills to navigate multiple levels in healthcare systems in order to improve patient outcomes, increase clinician efficiency, as well as enabling digital mental health services for patients.
Hear about the next steps and the ongoing work to creating training resources to deliver those capabilities and how psychiatrists are key to influencing the services they work for, and to enhancing the information that is both recorded and used to support care and research.
Programme
- Introduction - Dr Faith Ndebele (Chair)
- Why digital literacy is a critical skill for trainees and for the workforce - Dr Subodh Dave
- RCPsych data and digital literacy standards - Dr Ross Runciman
- Bringing the data alive to improve patient care - Dr Asif Bachlani
- Q&A
To watch this webinar on demand, please use the link below:
Overview
Sexual harassment is recognised as a form of Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG), which acknowledges it as an issue of serious harm, discrimination and a violation of human rights. This remains a major issue for our workforce, with serious implications on health and wellbeing, recruitment and retention and the Gender Pay Gap.
In this webinar we share experiences, survey findings and consider institution-wide solutions, including a live Q&A.
To watch this webinar on demand, please use the link below:
The webinar focused on the changes in psychiatry due to the COVID-19 pandemic and what that means for the future of the specialty.
The webinar was moderated by Dr Adrian James, RCPsych President, with speakers including:
- Dr Livia De Picker, Psychiatrist and Postdoc at the University of Antwerp and the President-elect of the Belgian College of Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
- Dr Marisa Casanova Dias, President of the UEMS Psychiatry Section, Research Fellow and Consultant Psychiatrist at Cardiff University
- Hilkka Kärkkäinen, past-President of the Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Networks-Europe
- Professor Brenda Penninx, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology at the Department of Psychiatry of Amsterdam, UMC
- Professor Norman Sartorius, former director of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Division of Mental Health, and a former President of the World Psychiatric Association and of the European Psychiatric Association.
Overview
This webinar focussed on the important role of film in mental health to help reach a wider, more diverse population, in the hope this helps normalise mental health in communities and earlier prevention of ill health.
Dr Parvinder Shergill, an award winning filmmaker and NHS Psychiatrist, talked with creatives in the film industry on how we can join forces with Hollywood to help spread awareness in mental health via our cinema screens.
Programme
- Introduction to Bafta Breakthrough Recommended Filmmaker Dr Parvinder Shergill, career of Film and Mental Health
- Daddy Blues: Author Mark Williams on the importance of turning his book Daddy Blues into a film
- Twelve: filmmaker Molly Vandermeer on working with NHS doctors to make mental health films
- Diversity in mental health and film: BBC Presenter and Filmmaker Juggy Sohal, on the importance of reaching diverse ethnic communities in a creative manner
- Q&A panel with speakers, chaired by Dr Parvinder Shergill.
To watch this webinar on demand, please use the link below:
Overview:
The Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry and the Northern and Yorkshire Division teamed up to explore:
• QI question: timely accurate diagnosis; access to neuroimaging and high-quality reports; and access to post diagnostic support
Speakers and panellists:
- Professor Subodh Dave
- Dr Abdul Raoof
- Dr Mani Krishnan
- Dr Paul Walker
- Mr and Mrs Banks
- Catherine Parker
- Emma Thompson
- Dr Venkat Muthukrishnan
- Dr Oliver Bekarma
- Dr Charlotte Allan
This webinar was useful for anyone considering applying to Higher Psychiatry Training in the near future, and for those trainers wishing to support their trainees in this process.
Speakers covered how to apply and what factors to consider when applying. The webinar also reflected on the application process and gave attendees the opportunity to hear from a trainee on their experiences of applying to and starting Higher Training.
This discussion was led by Dr Lade Smith who, alongside three working psychiatrists, discussed what it means to be a Black Psychiatrist, who has been influential in their lives, barriers they have overcome and their proudest achievements.
Speakers included:
- Dr Olufemi Talabi
- Dr Oyedeji Ayonrinde
- Dr David Ndegwa
The most recent webinar in our series of free #RCPsychLive webinars was 'Confronting eugenics and its legacies in psychiatry' and took place on Thursday 29 September 2022 from 4.00pm to 5.00pm.
This webinar looked at the relationship between psychiatry and eugenics, in Britain and the wider world. It adopted a diachronic and synchronic approach by exploring the main eugenic themes characterising the psychiatric thinking and practices during the first half of the twentieth century, in countries such as England, Ireland, Germany and the USA. The main themes addressed were: Representation and interpretation (theory and theorists); Segregation and institutionalisation (anxiety and policy); Sterilisation and euthanasia (practical programmes); Lessons and Legacies (coming to terms with the past in current practice)
This webinar was moderated by Marius Turda (Oxford Brookes University) and the speakers included: Frank W. Stahnisch (University of Calgary); Mathew Thomson (University of Warwick); Brendan Kelly (Trinity College, Dublin)
Chaired by Dr Amar Shah (RCPsych QI lead), the webinar used examples from successfully co-produced projects to share learning. Presentations were given by Satwinder Kaur and Amy Chidley, who are both service user representatives on the RCPsych QI Committee, as well as working within NHS trusts to improve services.
The latest webinar in our series of free members' webinars was titled 'Preparing for and supporting ST4 applications - a guide for applicants and supervisors' and took place on Thursday 25 August 2022 from 4 - 5pm.
Application for higher training can seem like a daunting process for both trainees and the supervisors who wish to support them.
This webinar focused on the evidence for self-assessment which counts for 17.5% of the total score in ranking for ST4 posts. This session was not only for applicants in the current round or hoping to apply in the coming months, but also for core trainees in CT2 and CT3 years in order to plan their experience to build a strong set of evidence.
Clinical and education supervisors and core TPDs were encouraged to join this session, to understand ways in which they can help their core trainees prepare in advance of an ST4 application.
Programme
The RCPsych Council has decided to put the proposal to extend voting rights to College Affiliates – who are mostly SAS doctors – to an extraordinary general meeting on Thursday 8 September 2022 at Prescot Street, and other locations across the UK, between 6-9pm.
At the EGM, we will simply be putting forward two proposals – the one on extending voting rights to Affiliates, who have worked for three or more years in psychiatry, and another to allow us to routinely hold AGMs and EGMs online.
Currently, our rules say that our AGMs and EGMs have to be held face-to-face, and that all voting has to be done on a show of hands. We feel this is very old-fashioned.
We have issued a special edition of RCPsych Insight to explain exactly what is being proposed.
Dr Adrian James, RCPsych President, and Dr Trudi Seneviratne, RCPsych Registrar led this webinar to explain what we are suggesting, and to take questions.
Professor Bowden-Jones spoke about Breaking Free: How To Stop Gambling which is a new self-help guide for individuals who already know or think they have a problem with gambling, as well as family members and friends seeking advice for their loved ones. It is currently estimated that 1% of the UK population have an issue with severe problem gambling, with a further two million though to be at risk of worsening problems.
The book is full of worksheets, questionnaires and other practical materials, designed in the National Problem Gambling Clinic (which until recently, was the UK’s only service dedicated to problem gambling), which was founded by one of the book’s editors, Henrietta Bowden-Jones OBE. The materials are designed to help the reader evaluate the extent of their addiction, and form strategies to help combat it.
This was followed by a live Q&A session hosted by Dr Adrian James, President, The Royal College of Psychiatrists.
This webinar recording has been taken down at the request of one of the presenters. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Inequalities – through different lenses' and took place on Thursday 14 July 2022 from 4 - 5pm.
Programme
Q&A
The first webinar in our series of free #DeansGrandRounds webinars was titled 'Improving the management of alcohol dependence for patients admitted to Mental Health Inpatient Units' and took place on Thursday 16 June 2022 from 4 - 5:30pm.
Overview
The Faculty of Addictions Psychiatry and the West Midlands Division teamed up to examine the loss of addiction expertise in psychiatry. The issue is particularly timely as the requirement of the new GMV curriculum (starting August 2022) is for all CT1-3 trainees to demonstrate competence in the assessment and management of addiction.
During this webinar, the project was explored in detail and included a presentation of PoMH data 12 a,b,c) management of alcohol withdrawal in IP units and trends since 2014. An overview of local data sets was also presented.
Programme
Chair: Dr Abdul Raoof
Introducing the Grand Rounds: Professor Subodh Dave
Why every psychiatrist needs to know how to manage alcohol withdrawal. Curriculum change and launch of tutor: Professor Julia Sinclair
The patient perspective: Dr Ed Day and GemmaAlcohol and mental health data - Dr Zafar Iqbal
Prescribing Observatory for Mental Health (POMH) data presentation: Professor Julia Sinclair
Scoping exercise presentation: Dr Renarta Rowe, Rowena Jones and Kerry Webb
Developing a QI project: Dr Deepa Bagepalli Krishnan and Dr Alina Braicu
QI project: To improve patient outcomes (and reduce re-admissions) to psychiatric inpatient units and medical wards: Dr Alina Braicu
Panel discussion and Q&A
Additional panellists: Dr Derrett Watts and Dr Muhammad Gul
In line with Pride 2022, the next webinar in our series of free #RCPsychLive webinars was titled 'Bringing your whole self to work – why it’s essential for good mental health and better patient outcomes' and took place on Thursday 9 June 2022 from 4 - 5pm.
During this webinar, Ruth Bolle, Managing Partner of Research by Design, led a discussion that covered key findings from the College's recent LGBTQ+ research. There were also presentations from Dr Saul Levin, CEO and Medical Director of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr Bob Batterson, Clinical Professor and Child Psychiatrist at the Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City Missouri, and Adrian Garcia, MHFA England lead for the Higher Education sector and founder and chair of Project Pride.
Programme
Q&A
Self-harm and suicidal thoughts are associated with considerable distress, disability and mortality. There are many factors underlying their development, requiring a compassionate, personalised response to care and treatment.
Yet there are ongoing examples in the UK where the response to suicidal thoughts or behaviour is not compassion, but criminalisation. Beyond arresting a person ‘for their own protection’ while suicidal, this includes the use of bail conditions, community protection notices, antisocial behaviour orders and prosecution for alleged offences related to being suicidal.
In this free webinar, the speakers described what is known about the benefits and harms of criminal sanctions as a response to self-harm and suicidality in the UK in the 21st Century, including an account of direct lived experience of this practice, and the clinical and ethical duties of psychiatrists when encountering such a scenario.
Speakers include:
- Dr Adrian James (co-chair)
- Marsha McAdam (co-chair)
- Alex Thomson
- Em McAllister
- Louis Appleby
- Sarah Skett
The Clinical Impact Awards – which are overseen by the Advisory Committee on Clinical Impact Awards – reward consultants or academic GPs in England and Wales who deliver national impact above the expectations of their job role or other paid work.
This webinar will cover the application process and advice on how to write a successful application.
Speakers include:
- Dr Trudi Seneviratne
- Professor Nav Ahluwalia
- Dr Kate Lovett
- Professor Ashok Roy
For further information on how to submit an application for a Clinical Impact Award please visit our web page.
- the Psychiatrist Support Service (PSS)
- Mentoring and Coaching networks
- and the Peer Support group for doctors affected by patient suicide.
We hope to create a space that encourages all members at any stage of their career to reach out for support and develop reflective spaces as part of a regular practice for their own stress prevention and postvention.
We know that during the Pandemic, Domestic abuse has been the Shadow Pandemic. Domestic Abuse isn’t always physical. Coercive control is an act or a pattern of acts of assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten their victim.
This controlling behaviour is designed to make a person dependent by isolating them from support, exploiting them, depriving them of independence and regulating their everyday behaviour. Coercive control creates invisible chains and a sense of fear that pervades all elements of a victim’s life and it impacts on their mental health. This is however frequently not recognised or understood and the webinar is to help us increase our understanding.
Speakers:
- Setting scene/context - by Dr Beena Rajkumar
- Responding to coercive control - by Dr Philippa Greenfield and Jessie See
- Introducing Professor Monckton Smith - Dr Claire Wilson
- Stages of Coercion and Control - by Dr Jane Monckton-Smith
- Q+A from the audience - facilitated by Dr Violeta Perez
This webinar explored the themes of exclusion culture in psychiatry and rehumanising psychiatry discussed in Chloe Beale’s BJPsych Bulletin article Magical thinking and moral injury: exclusion culture in psychiatry.
Joining author Chloe Beale was Debbie Frances and RCPsych Dean Subodh Dave. Bulletin Editor-in-Chief Norman Poole chaired the session. The webinar also provided the opportunity for free-flowing discussion.
Watch the webinarThe webinar tied in with the current 'NHS commitment to carers' and NHS Peoples plan.
This was followed by a Q&A.
Speakers confirmed:
Speakers
- Professor Wendy Burn CBE, Past President, RCPsych UK
- Professor Christina Mangurian Vice Chair for Diversity and Health Equity, UCSF Department of Psychiatry, USA
Dr Raka Maitra ST5 CAMHS and Complex caring responsibilities lead of WMHSIG, RCPsych
Response – Prof Matthew Broome
This was followed by a Q&A.
Speakers
This webinar was delivered by Professor Alan Carson.
Professor Carson had worked as a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist in Edinburgh, for the last 20 years. He is also an Honorary Professor in Neuropsychiatry based in Clinical Brain Science at the University of Edinburgh. The Functional Disorders Research group in Edinburgh, which he runs along with Jon Stone and produced influential work on clinical phenotype, classification, epidemiology and treatment.
Overview
Speakers
- Applying to ST4 - Dr Nandini Chakraborty, National Recruitment Lead and Janine Chesters
- Higher Training in Psychiatry and the PTC - Rosemary Gordon, Chair PTC
- Entering Higher Training – my experiences - Alex McDermott, ST4 trainee, Forensic Psychiatry
This webinar was chaired by Dr Kate Lovett.
Overview of this webinar
Chair: Dr Adrian James, RCPsych
Speaker: Professor Femi Oyebode
Psychopathology is the precise description, categorisation and definition of abnormal experiences as recounted by the patient and observed in behaviour. It relies on the method of phenomenology by focusing on experienced phenomena to establish their universal character. The aim is to listen attentively, to accurately observe and to understand the psychological event or phenomenon by empathy so that the clinician can, as far as possible, know what the patient's experience must feel like.
In this talk I will distinguish between psychopathology and nosology. I will focus on delusions with a view to illustrating a novel approach to thinking about delusions and I will suggest that there is a need to privilege psychopathology in psychiatric training. I will conclude by summarising the value of psychopathology for psychiatry.
Overview of this webinar
The next webinar in our 180th Anniversary series of free #RCPsychLive webinars was on Psychiatry and Sexuality which took place on Thursday 11 November from 4pm - 5pm.
Chair: Professor Helen Killaspy
- Male Homosexuality as a mental illness to be ‘cured’ – Dr Tommy Dickinson
- Female Homosexuality as a mental illness to be ‘cured’ – Professor Helen Spandler
- First hand recollections of Psychiatrist – Dr John Bradley
Overview
Speakers
- Amelia O’Donnell, National Recruitment Coordinator, Health Education North West 'Applying to CT1'
- Rosemary Gordon, Chair PTC 'Training in Psychiatry and the PTC'
- Divya Vamathevan, CT1 trainee 'Entering CT1 – my experiences'
This webinar was chaired by Dr Kate Lovett.
Overview
Speakers
Dr. Raphael Travis Jr., - LCSW Professor, MSW Program Director at Texas State University, School of Social Work Lab: Collaborative Research for Education, Art, and Therapeutic Engagement (CREATE) Founder and Executive Director, FlowStory, PLLC
Overview of this webinar
Chair: Dr Jan Birtle
Speakers
- Training Mentors: Tips and Takeaways - Dr Nicola Baylis
- Supporting International Medical Graduates in the UK - Dr Hasanen Al-Taiar
- Peer Mentoring Network for Psychiatry Trainees in Northern Ireland - Dr Meta McGee
Overview
This webinar will give psychiatrists an insight into:
- The origins of today’s UK Jewish community, including the major immigration c.1880-1914; refugees from the Nazis; and more recently
- Jewish involvement in psychiatry, particularly the work of refugees who came to the UK in the 1930s
- Identity and diversity in the UK Jewish community
We will not be focusing on Jewish religious practice, information about which is more readily available.
Speakers
- Claire Hilton (Historian in residence, RCPsych) - Jewish identity and Prescot St E1 – From the 1911 Census to the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- David Luck (Archivist, Bethlem Museum of the Mind) - Three Jewish refugees from Nazi Europe: their identities and their contributions at the Maudsley Hospital and to UK psychiatry
- Igor Zinkov (Rabbi, Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London) - Jewish identities in the UK today
Overview
The recent RCPsych data analysis has highlighted that Black, Asian and minority ethnic staff working in mental health settings experience racism and discrimination in their workplace. These findings also corroborate with results from previously conducted surveys.
As part of Black History Month, the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Association of Black Psychiatrists UK are hosting a webinar examining these issues, their impact on staff wellbeing and patient care as well as how racial discrimination could be tackled in the workplace.
Speakers
This webinar will involve a round table discussion from a fantastic lineup of speakers including, Professor Anton Emmanuel, Professor Dawn Edge, Dr Aggrey Burke and Dr Rasheedah Bankole.
The session will be chaired by Dr Tim Ojo.
As part of our 180th Anniversary webinar series, join us for this live debate: "Should psychiatrists from history be judged by today’s standards?"
Speakers
This webinar will be chaired by Paul Rees and feature speakers:
- Simon Wessely
- Rob Poole
Henry Maudsley was a leading psychiatrist of the late 19th century. Amongst his many achievements, he co-edited the Journal of Mental Science (now the British Journal of Psychiatry) and he was President of the Medico-Psychological Association (now the Royal College of Psychiatrist). He made a large donation to found the Maudsley Hospital and a bronze bust still sits in the entrance hall.
However, he was a vocal opponent of higher education for woman and an active opponent of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson in her campaign for women to be admitted into the medical profession. He was a leading advocate of hereditary degeneration as the cause of mental disorder and a therapeutic nihilist. He had some role in the development of psychiatric eugenics.
Should Maudsley be judged by the standards of today, in which case should the hospital be renamed and his bust removed, or should we judge him by the standards of the time he lived in? Simon Wessely and Rob Poole debate the question with respect to Maudsley and other controversial psychiatrists of the past.
We are all aware that physical activity, or lack of it, has a huge impact on our mental health, but how many of us know the science behind it, are active ourselves or actively encourage our patients to move?
This webinar will explore the impressive impacts of being active on mental health, cover the latest research on this topic, discuss enablers and barriers to physical activity in inpatient mental health settings, and will introduce social prescribing as a route into increased activity for all members of our communities.
This webinar will also introduce an exciting new project for mental health service users providing free sessions of activity and exercise on prescription.
Speakers include:
- Katherine Kennet
- Caz Nahman
- Nicole Lekka
- Kenny Butler
The next webinar in our 180th Anniversary series of free #RCPsychLive webinars was the The Impact of War on Psychiatry in the UK: Planning After a Prolonged Crisis, which took place on Thursday 16 September from 4pm - 5pm.
Overview of this webinar
Chair: Dr Trudi Seneviratne
Speakers
• Professor Edgar Jones - Mental Health Service reform post WW2
• Dr Geraldine Strathdee – How should long term mental health policy be planned post-pandemic?
• Q&A
This 60-minute webinar will showcase the Mental Health digital playbook and the range of digital solutions which have shown how technology can help solve common challenges in the delivery of mental health services.
This webinar explores:
- the role and benefits of digital technology in delivering better mental health pathways
- experiences from those who have implemented digital into mental health services, the successes and challenges
- the wider range of digital tools covered in the playbook via an interactive discussion
- future opportunities for expansion of this dynamic digital resource to improve patient care.
Agenda
Chairs: Dr Adrian James (President, RCPsych), Dr Paul Bradley (Informatics Committee, RCPsych), Lisa Hollins (NHSX)
Background/ national context
Dr Lia Ali, NHSX
Beth programme: Online platform for virtual working with patients and carers supports self-management and more personalised care
Dr Barbara Arroyo, Consultant Psychiatrist and interim Chief Clinical Information Officer (iCCIO) South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM)
MaST: Management and Supervision Tool for community mental health services
Adam Drage, Clinical Service Lead (Step Forward/Primary Care Mental Health), Community Excellence Programme Lead
Caroline Gadd, Director, Holmusk, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust, Holmusk
System wide digital transformation at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Mike Jones, Associate Chief Clinical Information Officer and Clinical Safety Officer Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Feedback and Q&A Panel - Facilitated by Lisa Hollins and Dr Paul Bradley
Chair: Professor George Ikkos
Speaker: Dr Awais Aftab
Awais Aftab, MD is Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Case Western Reserve University, USA, and staff psychiatrist at Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare (Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services). He has been actively involved in initiatives to educate psychiatrists and trainees on the intersection of philosophy, psychiatry, and history. He leads the popular interview series “Conversations in Critical Psychiatry” for Psychiatric Times, which engages with commentators within and outside the profession who have made meaningful criticisms of the status quo. He is an executive council member of the Association for the Advancement of Philosophy and Psychiatry and senior media editor for the journal Philosophy, Psychiatry, and Psychology.
The next webinar in our 2021 series of free #RCPsychLive webinars - History of Psychiatry Special Interest Group: Future Archives Winners - took place on Thursday 12 August from 4pm - 5pm.
The webinar showcased the winners of the recent 'Future Archives' competition, organised as part of the College's 180th anniversary celebrations, inviting people to contribute their thoughts and impressions of psychiatry and mental health services today. Through these archives, the College provided a broad perspective about what mental health care is like now, for future generations.
The competition closed on 30 April 2021, and received over 60 entries, delivered in a variety of formats including essays, poems, stories, film, paintings and cartoon strips to name a few. The entries were assessed by a diverse panel of judges, including a journalist, a clinician, a patient, and a historian.
There were 4 winners of the competition, Alea (patient winner), Rachel Cullivan (medic winner), Karrish Devan (medic winner) and Jennifer Parker (medic winner).
The webinar was chaired by the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Dr Adrian James, and the winners presented their entries and talk about their inspiration for their writing.
Programme
1. Welcome - Dr Adrian James
2. The masks we wear - Dr Karrish Devan
3. The underbelly of a pandemic - Dr Jennifer Parker
4. What was psychiatry like in 2020-2021 - Dr Rachael Cullivan
5. Alea's poem entry - Presented by Dr Joanna Cannon
6. Q&A
Watch the webinar here.
Mental Health Act 1983 and MHA Review - Steve Gilbert
Each of the speakers gave a short presentation and this was then followed by a Q&A discussion, chaired by Professor Ikkos.
Join us for this webinar as part of South Asian History Month, where our speakers discuss the impact and challenges of COVID-19 on South Asian doctors and clinicians in mental health trusts.
This session was chaired by the College's Dean, Professor Subodh Dave.
Our speakers include:
- Collaboration at a time of crisis - Dr Ananta Dave
- The impact of covid on South Asian communities - Dr Saadia Muzaffar
- Mental Health in the times of Covid-19 pandemic: south Asian experience - Professor Dinesh Bhugra
- Dr Irfan Akhtar
This webinar, chaired by Professor Wendy Burn CBE, explores aspects of psychiatry from the perspective of the devolved nations.
Speakers include:
- Vice-Chair, Dr Michael Doherty, who presents on the 'Influences on the Development of Psychiatry in Northern Ireland'.
- Professor Rab Houston of the School of History, University of St Andrews who provides a summary of the development of mental healthcare in Wales, Scotland, and the island of Ireland over the last 200 years.
- Professor Rob Poole who presents on, ‘In Glyndwr’s stronghold: Psychiatry in North Wales 1990-2021’.
The RCPsych and Rainbow SIG are proud to present a webinar in honour of Pride month. The webinar will be an opportunity to share and reflect on experiences of LGBTQ+ people, through personal and professional journeys.
Hosted by Dr Pavan Joshi, incoming Chair of the Rainbow SIG with talks from:
- Professor Dinesh Bhugra, Former RCPsych President
- Professor Saul Levin, CEO of American Psychiatric Association
- Dr Louise Theodosiou, a prominent RCPsych member
- Dr Paul Gilluley, Chief Medical Officer for East London.
Dr Derek Tracy will explore how should services be planned in the 21st Century
This was followed by a Q&A session.
David Lammy MP is the Shadow Justice Secretary and led the Lammy review into the treatment and outcomes for Black And Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in the Criminal Justice System.
Dr Lade Smith and Dr Raj Mohan the RCPsych Presidential leads for Race and Equality will discuss with him the challenges to mental health and health inequalities faced by Black and Minority Ethnic people in Britain today.
This was followed by a Q&A session.
On 27 May 2021, we delivered a webinar on the principles and practice of Psychological First Aid, focusing on the devastating effect of COVID-19 in India and the wider South Asian region.
We worked with the College’s Presidential Lead for COVID-19, Emergency Preparedness and Mental Health and our Volunteering and International Psychiatry Special Interest Group (VIPSIG) to deliver this free webinar. The six excellent speakers below delivered the webinar via Zoom:
- Professor Mohammed Al-Uzri, RCPsych Presidential Lead for International Affairs
- Professor Richard Williams, RCPsych Presidential Lead COVID-19, Emergency Preparedness and Mental Health
- Dr Peter Hughes, VIPSIG
- Dr Anis Ahmed, VIPSIG Chair elect
- Dr Sophie Thomson, VIPSIG Chair
- Dr Bhavana Chawda, BIPA Vice President
Dr Helen Boyle (1869–1957), the first woman president of this College, gave her presidential address on 12 July 1939 and it was published in The Journal of Mental Science, September 1939. Dr Boyle worked with patients with the ‘early signs of nervous disorder’ and her primary objective was to avoid certification and asylum admission.
From 1904 Dr Boyle travelled to Glasgow, Germany, France and Austria to explore the voluntary admission systems and clinics for mental health care. In 1910 she travelled to Munich to meet Emile Kraepelin and in 1913 she met Adolf Meyer in the USA. In 1920 she was invited to the USA and Canada to speak about her work and explore developments in psychological medicine.
Dr Boyle was a vigorous proponent of non-asylum treatment with outpatient facilities, which was the antithesis of the care generally available in England at the time because of the strict lunacy laws.
Many of Helen Boyle’s ideas and principles are still valued in today’s community care, perinatal psychiatry, and Child and Adolescent MH Services.
Boyle wrote that her presidential address caused her ‘considerable anxiety’ and my webinar will explore her work and identify the reasons why this presidency was not only a surprise but also a source of anxiety.
This 180th Anniversary webinar will be chaired by Dr Gianetta Rands and will include a presentation and Q&A with Dr Louise Westwood.
Overview
The RCPsych will later this month launch the first ever membership survey in its 180-year history – which will be open to all members between 19 May-13 June.
In the session, our President Dr Adrian James, our Registrar Dr Trudi Seneviratne and our Associate Registrar Dr Santosh Mudholkar will look at what the survey means for the RCPsych. Meanwhile, Research by Design will talk about the methodology they plan to use for the survey.
MindEd is a free e-learning service aimed at equipping both specialist and universal health professionals, teaching staff and members of the public with evidence-based information about children, young people, adults with learning disability and older people’s mental health. MindEd provides CPD opportunities for professionals and empowers users with the confidence and skills to understand, identify, and address mental health challenges.
This session will introduce MindEd, core areas of focus (including key programmes delivered through the pandemic), its current programmes and its different e-learning formats.
Speakers
- Dr Raphael Kelvin - National Clinical Lead, MindEd
- Harry Weber-Brown - Programme Manager, MindEd
Overview
In this free webinar, Richard Smith, chair of the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (of which RCPsych is a member), introduced Dr Fiona Godlee, Editor in Chief of the BMJ, Dr Nick Watts, Chief Sustainability Officer of NHS England, and Dr Lisa Page, Chair of the RCPsych Sustainability Committee, who discussed why climate change is a mental health issue, the NHS’s plans for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, and the role that Psychiatry can play in improving the health of people and the planet.
Overview
- How imaging is making an impact on patient care. Translating the value of modern imaging methods from the research lab to the clinic
- Brain imaging Part 1: Methods and techniques. The pros and cons of selected imaging techniques, including PET, (f)MRI and MEG. Understanding and interpreting results
- Brain imaging Part 2: Using imaging techniques in selected psychiatric disorders. How can imaging help with patient management?
Speakers
- Dr Matt Wall – Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit, UCL and Hon Snr Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, London
- Professor Wendy Burn – Co-Chair, RCPsych Gatsby/Wellcome Neuroscience Project
This webinar was organised by the Northern and Yorkshire Division
Webinar overview
- Understand the principles of trauma informed care
- Understand the ways in which psychosis, treatment, and ethnicity can contribute to trauma
- Incorporate principles of trauma informed care into clinical practice.
Speakers
- Dr Peter Carter, consultant psychiatrist, joint lead for NELFT EIP. Director of Medical Education
- Dr Miriam Fornells-Ambrojo, consultant clinical psychologist, joint lead for NELFT EIP. Assistant Professor Psychology DClinPsy UCL
- Dr Mel O, Brien, clinical psychologist, NELFT EIP
- Dr Ruby Rathbone, Foundation Year 1 doctor. NELFT
Webinar Overview
Four authors present their essays on the topic “How the COVID-19 pandemic has taught be to be a better doctor/psychiatrist”, as chosen by the external judging panel of Honorary Fellows.
We are delighted to announce that Dr Lovett and Dr Evans will be joined by Dr Adrian James, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This webinar will also feature appearances by Honorary Fellows Stephen Fry and Alastair Campbell.
Webinar overview
This taster session covered some key situations in which psychiatrists have had to manage problems related to addiction. The focus was on clinical scenarios, with guidance on recognition and management.
Topics and Speakers
Q & A – 30 minutes
Speakers
- Dr Kate Lovett, Dean, Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Dr Claire Hilton, Consultant Psychiatrist, RCPsych Historian in Residence
- Dr Rajesh Mohan, Presidential Lead on Race and Equality
- Dr Gianetta Rands, Consultant Psychiatrist
- Dr Fiona Subotsky, Consultant Psychiatrist and former RCPsych Treasurer
Topics covered
- Specialist assessment and management of young onset dementia
- Recent advances in the understanding of young onset dementia
- Interplay with neurology
- Transition between different services: mental health services, memory services, neurology, primary care, local authorities, specialist tertiary services.
Speakers
- Dr Mohan Bhat, Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist, Associate Medical Director for Barking and Dagenham North East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Janet Carter, Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Older Adults Community Mental Health Team and Memory Service, Romford
- Dr Paul Gallagher, Psychiatrist, East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Joanne Hew, Psychiatrist, East London NHS Foundation Trust
This webinar aimed to help psychiatrists and other frontline healthcare workers understand some of the thinking behind the vaccine roll-out and the key issues to consider when offering the vaccine to those with a severe mental illness, intellectual disability and/or dementia.
Topics covered
- Overview of the vaccination programme
- Insight into how decisions should be made about the administering of vaccines
- Discussion around some of the ways capacity to consent has been addressed with patients
Speakers
- Dr Adrian James - President of Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Dr Jonathan Leach OBE - NHS England Medical Director for COVID-19 Immunisation
- Mr Alex Ruck Keene - Barrister and Visiting Senior Lecturer at King’s College London
- Dr Mani Krishnan - Chair of the Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry at the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Dr Ken Courtenay - Chair of the Faculty of the Psychiatry of Intellectual Disability
- Dr Victoria Sullivan - Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist
Each of the speakers gave a short presentation on their area of expertise and this was then followed by a Q&A from the audience, which was chaired by Adrian James.
This webinar aimed to introduce the best places to find evidence to support your day to day practice and research projects.
Learning objectives:
- find out what resources are out there to support everyday practice and research projects. Which should be used in different situations
- learn about point of care tools and explore BMJ Best Practice
- learn how to effectively and efficiently search databases of medical literature
- learn about Open Access research and how it can be accessed
- find out about and download useful apps.
Topics to be covered:
- levels of evidence – what to search and when
- point of care tools – BMJ Best Practice
- Open Access Research
- useful apps
- how to find what you want in healthcare research databases, such as Medline and PsychINFO, including Boolean searching, search tips, limiting your results and exporting.
- how to search the databases and journals provided by the NHS
how to search the databases and journals provided by the RCPsych.
Speakers
This webinar was chaired by Dr Luke Baker (Chair, PTC) and delivered by Fiona Watson (RCPsych Library and Archives Manager).
The webinar will focus on the work of the College's quality networks and accreditation schemes. We will explore the benefits of being a peer reviewer - both to a psychiatrist's own professional development and also in supporting improving quality in their service.
Speakers
- Peter Thompson - Introduction to the CCQI and overview of process
- Dr Trudi Seneviratne - Personal experience of benefit to own service from participating
- Dr Vishelle Kamath - how being a reviewer helps with professional development
The webinar is part of a campaign the CCQI is running over the next few months to boost the number of psychiatrist reviewers across the networks.
This webinar covered the controversy that surrounded the transition to becoming a Royal College in 1971, 50 years ago.
The webinar features the first screening of short video about The Petition Group, a band of rebel Junior Doctors who objected to way the College was being formed and the bitter conflict that erupted as a result. The screening was followed by a panel discussion to examine the issues in greater detail and consider the impact that it has had on the College today.
This webinar was chaired by former president, Professor Dinesh Bhugra, alongside our panelists Sir David Goldberg, Professor John Gunn, Dr Angela Rouncefield & Dr Peter Noble.