The Morris Markowe Public Education Prize 2018
The prize was established in 1989 from funds donated in the
memory of the late Dr Morris Markowe, Honorary Fellow, and
Registrar of the Royal College of Psychiatrists from 1972-78.
An award of £1,000 will be made in 2018 to the
successful entrant.
The prize is open to all members of the College, including
trainees. Entries for the Prize are limited to one a
year. Joint entries are accepted, so long as one of the
authors is a member of the College, or a trainee.
Regulations:
The Morris Markowe Prize is awarded annually for:
- An original article on a psychiatric topic of approximately
1,000 words, aimed at the general public and suitable for
publication in a national/local newspaper, lay journal, or on the
internet
or
- An article on a psychiatric topic of approximately 1,000 words,
aimed at the general public and published in the last year (between
May and April annually) in a national/local newspaper, lay journal,
or on the internet
or
- An article on a psychiatric topic of approximately 1,000 words,
aimed at the general public, commissioned by the Public Education
Committee for publication in a national/local newspaper, lay
journal, or on the internet.
Entries will be judged on their readability, originality
and newsworthiness from the viewpoint of the general public or lay
reader, by designated members of the College’s Public
Education Committee.
Entries should indicate whether they have been edited
for publication.
Members who submit entries for the Morris Markowe Prize will be
considered for membership of the Public Education Editorial
Board. This Board produces the College's award-winning mental
health information materials.
Closing date:
Entries can be submitted electronically to Thomas
Kennedy, Public Information and Engagement Manager, or in
typescript, indicating the target publication/audience
(e.g. local newspaper) by 1st May of each
year.
Previous Morris Markowe prize winners:
2017
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Dr Ahmed Hankir: "Fighting My Demons: Prince Harry and
Mental Health Stigma" |
2016
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Dr Farhana Mann: "Listen
to the Lonely" |
2015
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Dr Rebecca Lawrence:
"What's in a name?" |
2014 |
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Dr Alex Langford:
"Why mental health bed cuts make me ashamed of the NHS"
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2013
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Dr Clementine Maddock: "Hogarth Revisited" |
2012
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Dr Claire Polkinghorn: "Doctors go mad
too"
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2011 |
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Dr Val Yeung: "Dispelling Dyslexia
with Omega-3: Fishy or For Real?"
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2010
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Dr Kamran Ahmed: "Beards and Bow
Ties: The Recruitment Crisis in Psychiatry"
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2009
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Dr Ashley McKimm: "Making Crystal Clear: The Myth of
Methamphetamine"
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2008
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Dr Gillian Doody: "Dying for a fag: whose choice is it
anyway?"
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2007
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Dr Julius Bourke: "God opens the floodgates in our brains"
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2006
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Dr Alex Shand: "Trust me I’m a junior doctor"
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2005
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Dr Raj Persaud: “Who needs their head examined?”
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2004
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Prize not awarded
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2003
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Prize not awarded
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2002
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Dr James MacCabe: "Psychiatric wards: breaking the cycle of
decay"
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2001
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Dr Bhargavi Chatterjea Bhattacharyya: "When your child asks for
moon"
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2000
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Prize not awarded
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1999
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Dr Robert Clafferty: “Alzheimer’s Disease – should patients be
told their diagnosis?"
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1998
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Dr Jonathan D Chick: “Medical students and alcohol: many
students drink, but what if there are problems?”
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1997
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Dr Maureen Johnston: “What’s the point” (article on suicide in
young people)
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1996
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Prize not awarded
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1995
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Prize not awarded
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1994
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Dr Peter M Haddad: "Post natal depression: why getting help is
important"
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1993
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Prize not awarded
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1992
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Dr Ros Ramsay: “The trauma of psychosis: a personal
disaster”
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1991
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Dr Clare Hilton: “Alcohol in the elderly – a neglected
problem”
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1990
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Dr Paul Harrison: “Searching for the cause of Alzheimer’s
disease”
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