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Development in Afghanistan: A Personal Reflection on Progress, Challenges and Lessons Learned
A blog post by Dr Peter Hughes based on work with Action Against Hunger (Action contre la faim) and the Dutch Mental Health Surge Support and Psychosocial Support Programme (DSS ...
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World Autism Acceptance Week 2023 – new developments
Autism Champion Dr Conor Davidson updates us about the latest work the Royal College of Psychiatrists is doing on autism.
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Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2023: Reflections from an Expert by Experience
Eating Disorders Awareness week was 27 February to 5 March, so we talked to Sian Ogle, Expert by Experience and PMHIC Advisory Board member, about the impact and priorities of ...
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Is Psychiatry Working?
Professor Femi Oyebode discusses the six-part BBC Radio 4 series that he co-hosted.
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IWD 2023: Embracing equity, promoting excellence
Dr Ananta Dave discusses the collective soul searching on this years' International Women’s Day.
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IWD 2023: Consider the impact you can make for women
Dr Fabida Aria discusses the journey that womankind has been on, and how far we need to go still.
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Dadl Iechyd Meddwl Pobl Ifanc
Atodiad Polisi, David Morris, yn myfyrio ar y ddadl iechyd meddwl person ifanc a gynhaliwyd yn bersonol ar garreg drws y Senedd.
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RCPsych Wales – Young Person's Mental Health Debate
RCPsych Wales Policy Attachment, David Morris, reflects on the recent young person's mental health debate which took place in person, on the doorstep of the Senedd.
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A special dinner
In his February blog post Adrian discusses a special dinner with Health Education England, solidarity with Turkey and Syria, and the transition to the next College President.
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Francis Galton: Narrative of an explorer in the human sciences
In the context of the College's exhibition on the legacies of eugenics, John Hall summarises the life and work of Francis Galton who coined the term eugenics.
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A busy year ahead
Matthew James, RCPsych in Scotland Policy Officer, provides an overview of some of the upcoming policy priorities for the College in Scotland.
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Working with the Princess of Wales
RCPsych Registrar Dr Trudi Seneviratne OBE writes about her experiences of working with the Princess of Wales to promote the importance of early childhood.
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Paying the price of our mental health in the cost-of-living crisis
What happens to the mental health of a nation facing its worst cost-of-living crisis in over 40 years? That's the question facing the UK now. Shari McDaid from the Mental ...
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Beyond the Lunatic Asylum of the Nineteenth Century – Its Legacy, My Family, and the Madness Within
In the context of the College's exhibition on the legacies of eugenics, Lisa Edwards discusses the diagnoses of previous generations of her family and how those diagnoses and the contemporary ...
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100 years ago: The opening of the Maudsley Hospital, 31 January 1923
Dr Claire Hilton, the College's Historian in Residence discusses the founding of the Maudsley Hospital.
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I love my job: Choosing a career in child and adolescent psychiatry
Dr Elaine Lockhart, Faculty Chair, and Dr Tze Hui Phang, a higher trainee in Scotland, talk about the rewarding, inspirational experiences they've had working in child and adolescent psychiatry.
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Congratulations Lade!
In his January blog post, Adrian congratulates the next President of RCPsych and talks about his trips to Westminster.
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Will the Online Safety Bill make the internet safer for children and young people?
In a new blog post, our Public Affairs & Media Officer, Gregory Kay, looks at the Online Safety Bill which has now completed its passage through the House of Commons. ...
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Differential fertility? - British psychiatrists and the unscientific basis of a eugenic ideology (1910-1969)
Dr Graham Ash and Dr John Mason discuss the unscientific concept of differential fertility that underpinned eugenic ideologies in the twentieth century.
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RCPsych in Scotland Winter Meeting January 2023
RCPsych in Scotland Co-ordinator, Angela Currie, takes the opportunity to highlight the face to face Winter conference taking place in Glasgow next week.
RCPsych in Scotland