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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.
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Sustainable psychiatrists – where to begin!
Dr Katie Blissard Barnes - a member of the College's Sustainability and Planetary Health Committee - signposts some great resources for psychiatrists looking to better understand, and implement, sustainable practices ...
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Thank you for 2022
In his December blog post Adrian has a special message for members, discusses the Online Safety Bill, and remembers the life of Dr Thomas Bewley.
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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.
Claire Hilton