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Reflections on loneliness - Melanie Owen
For mental health awareness week (9 - 15 May), Melanie Owen reflects on her own experiences with loneliness and how to find support.
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Mental Health Awareness Week – Rachael from YoungMinds on loneliness
Rachael, a YoungMinds activist, talks about her experiences of loneliness during the pandemic and the importance of making connections.
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Mental Health Awareness Week – Dr Trudi Seneviratne on Loneliness
Dr Trudi Seneviratne, Registrar at the College, writes about loneliness - the theme of 2022's Mental Health Awareness Week – and reflects on the loneliness experienced by people during the ...
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A guide to Congress for students and trainees – by the Psychiatric Trainees’ Committee (PTC) Chair
Are you a student or trainee who is looking to attend Congress 2022? Read on to find out what (PTC Chair) Dr Rosemary Gordon will be up to during Congress ...
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To the highest of standards
Dr Pavan Srireddy shares how the RCPsych in Scotland, alongside the College’s National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, are helping to develop quality standards for secondary adult mental health care ...
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The Light Inside - a new film about mental illness and recovery
Consultant psychiatrist Dr William Bruce-Jones is an advisor on 'The Light Inside' - a new short film about mental illness. In this blog post he discusses his experiences working on ...
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A special time of year
In his April blog post, Adrian talks about the need for a long-term plan for mental health and our new resource on asylum seekers and refugees.
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RCPsych Wales - Mental health inequalities in Wales
Professor Rob Poole 'From attending the local foodbank to not having enough money to cover your electricity bill – living in poverty can mean different things to different people'.
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RCPsych Wales - Coming out of COVID
How is the College working with government to reshape mental health services as we look towards a post-Covid world?
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Procrastiplanting: when you have a million things to do – but ignore everything and re-pot plants
Drs Sidra Chaudhry (ST5) and Dasal Abayaratne (ST6) discuss how becoming 'lockdown gardeners' helped them during the pandemic, in a variety of ways.
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Hot cross buns on Good Friday – then and now
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses the rising cost of inpatient care in the early 1920s and reflects on how that compares to our current funding landscape....
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Autism Awareness Week 2022: Neurodiversity and neurodivergence
Our Autism Champion Dr Conor Davidson speaks on Autism Awareness Week.
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Supporting Ukraine
The College paid tribute to Council member Dr Steve Pearce, who died last week after a long illness.
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Ukrainian psychiatry in times of war
Professor Robert van Voren, RCPsych Honorary Fellow, shares his experiences of supporting friends and colleagues in Ukraine
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An Outsider’s Inside story - part 3 of 3
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week we are publishing this three-part blog post by Dr Tahleel Javed, a specialty doctor and CEO of Society for Tourette's Autism and Neurodiversity (STAND).
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An Outsider’s Inside story - part 2 of 3
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week we are publishing this three-part blog post by Dr Tahleel Javed, a specialty doctor and CEO of Society for Tourette's Autism and Neurodiversity (STAND).
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An Outsider’s Inside story - part 1 of 3
To mark Neurodiversity Celebration Week we are publishing this special three-part blog post by Dr Tahleel Javed, a specialty doctor and CEO of Society for Tourette's Autism and Neurodiversity (STAND)....
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A climate of change
The Sustainability Champion for the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland and Chair of our new Climate Emergency and Sustainability Working Group, Joanna Bredski, details the critical role our members ...
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How will you be travelling to Congress 2022? Have you thought about taking the train?
In line with the College’s position on Sustainability we would like to encourage our delegates to think about the environmental impact on their travel. Where possible we are inviting all ...
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International Women's Day: Dr Elizabeth Casson, 100 years on
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence, discusses the psychiatrist Dr Elizabeth Casson (1881-1954) and her pioneering use of occupational therapy.
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