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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 -
Would you like your malaria by infected blood injection or directly from the mosquito?
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the new item in the College Cabinet of Curiosities. It is a reproduction of a malaria jar complete with fake mosquito.
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Why we don’t change our logo or make political statements, and what we do instead
Lade discusses why the College no longer changes its logo or makes political statements and how the College will focus efforts on providing practical mental health support where needed.
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Good for their memory and good for your soul: the art of the obituary
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the College's work on obituaries and offers some advice for authors.
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South Asian Heritage Month: A bridge too far? On tackling barriers to achieving RCPsych Fellowship
As part of our South Asian Heritage Month 2025 celebrations, Dr Neeti Sandhu shares details of her own career journey, which she hopes will encourage others to recognise and realise ...
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Reflections of an outgoing chair: Building belongings, amplifying voices in challenging times
To mark Pride 2025, our outgoing Rainbow SIG chair Dr Pavan Joshi has written this brilliant blog post reflecting on his time in the role.
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Gheel, ou une colonie d'alienes: lacks title page and imprint
A blog post about unusual model of mental health care in the town of Geel and a book in the College's antiquarian collection.
Library and archives team -
Ydych chi'n ymweld ag unrhyw wyliau cerddorol yr haf hwn?
Rydym wedi rhestru rhywfaint o gyngor i'ch helpu i fwynhau'r tymor wyliau eleni.
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Weight Management and Mental Health in Wales
Welcome to this month’s blog post, in which Dr Katherine O’Mahony and Dr Emily Peckham, introduce our new report Weight Management and Mental Health: A framework for action in Wales ...
Perspectives on Public Mental Health blog team -
Mental hospital modernisation: train waggons and a salutary story
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the new item in the College Cabinet of Curiosities. It is a miniature coal train waggon with Napsbury Mental Hospital written on ...
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Autism Champion blog: What's the harm in a diagnosis? (April 2025)
Our Autism Champion, Dr Conor Davidson, considers the advantages and disadvantages of giving an autism diagnosis.
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Radio hypnotic crystals, mail-order psychology and ‘Professor’ Elmer Prather
Dr Gordon Bates, the College's Historian in Residence writes about Elmer Prather, his wife Abigail Prather and their correspondence courses in psychology and radio-hynotic crystals.
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Community Mental Health Framework - making the vision a reality
In this blog post Lade talks about the Community Mental Health Framework and what is needed for the vision it sets out to be realised.
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RCPsych in Scotland events - a closer look
Dr Adam Daly shares his experiences as RCPsychiS Meetings Secretary, offering valuable insights into the role.
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Improving how we share our mental health information by using QR codes
In this blog post, the College’s Web team discuss why we've added QR codes to many of our award-winning mental health information pages – and why it’s good news both ...
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The Broadmoor Clinical Reference Library
A blog post about the books donated to the College from the old Broadmoor Clinical Reference Library.
Library and archives team -
A busy start to the year
In her January blog post, Lade talks about the opportunity to become the next Registrar, representing your concerns to Parliament on assisted dying, and NHS England’s new planning guidance.
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Sustainable clinical leadership: More tips for engaging your Trust on sustainability (part 3)
Following on from last week's post, we continue with some more tips about engaging your Trust around the topic of sustainability.
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Sustainable clinical leadership: Dial down the enthusiasm (part 2)
In the second part of his three-part series, Dr Daniel Harwood, provides some hints and tips based on past experience to support you gaining traction with colleagues.
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A cabinet of curiosities
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Honorary Archivist discusses the new College Cabinet of Curiosities.
Claire Hilton