Blogs
We have a wide range of blogs including our President's Updates blog, our Careers in Psychiatry blog as well as blogs for topics such as Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and our cultural blog.
Additionally there is our main RCPsych blog which 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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Welcome to Congress 2023
We are very pleased to confirm that the 2023 RCPsych International Congress will return as a face-to-face event, taking place at the ACC Liverpool between Monday 10 – Thursday 13 ...
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The hidden world of non-visible disabilities
For International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2022, we invited Dr Elohor Ijete, currently completing FY3 year in forensic psychiatry, to write about non-visible disabilities.
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1926: History, psychiatry and Agatha Christie
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence and Prof Edgar Jones discuss the temporary disappearance of famous crime writer Agatha Christie in 1926.
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CESR Fellowship in Psychiatry: First for Scotland
In this month's guest blog, Dr Priti Singh gives an overview of the first ever sponsored CESR Fellowship programme in Scotland.
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Bracing ourselves for winter
In his November blog post Adrian discusses the Autumn Statement, assisted dying, and looks ahead to the Special Meeting next week.
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Tourette's Syndrome Learning Day
RCPsych Wales' Policy Attachment Lead, Darchana Patel, summarises RCPsych Wales' recent Tourette's Syndrome Learning Day which took place in-person at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff.
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How has Perinatal Mental Healthcare in Wales changed, as a result of COVID-19? A medical student’s perspective – Eleanor Openshaw
Medical student Eleanor Openshaw reflects on how Perinatal Mental Healthcare has changed in Wales as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The power of eLearning
Dr Howard Ryland discusses the role eLearning can play in supporting your CPD alongside other learning techniques.
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Choose Psychiatry 2022: Special interest days as a Higher Trainee
Dr Samira Malik explains why being able to dedicate a day per week to a special interest during Higher Training is so valuable.
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Exploring the Legacies of Eugenics in Psychiatry – Part II
Professor Marius Turda, who has loaned the RCPsych the exhibition "We Are Not Alone": Legacies of Eugenics, discusses the complicated relationship between eugenics and psychiatry during the first half of ...
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Choose Psychiatry 2022: Taking a break from training, and returning
Dr Raka Maitra, who took a career break and returned to Higher Training, discusses the benefits of a break, and the importance of returning.
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Choose Psychiatry 2022: Best decision of my life
Dr Marcin Ostrowski began training as a GP then switched to psychiatry and says it was the best decision of his life.
Dr Marcin Ostrowski