Perspectives on public mental health
This blog series aims to highlight the voices of practitioners, patients, carers, and public health experts. We are inviting guest authors to write blog posts that address current and relevant topics in public mental health.
The Public Mental Health Implementation Centre (PMHIC) is a team of psychiatrists, researchers and mental health experts. Our role is to make sure that interventions that have been proven to prevent and treat mental disorder (mental health conditions or illnesses) are put into practice. We also promote knowledge and education on public mental health among psychiatrists and the broader community.
Through this blog, we hope to promote public mental health as an intrinsic part of psychiatry, and support College members and the wider public to develop their knowledge and understanding of public mental health.
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Smoking and mental health: a framework for action in Wales
Welcome to this month’s blog post, in which Dr Joseph Lloyd Davies, Lecturer in Applied Psychology at the Cardiff Metropolitan University, introduces our new report Smoking and mental health: A ...
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Perspectives in focus: developing the RCPsych Public Mental Health Leadership Certification course
Welcome to this month’s blog post, in which the PMHIC research team announce the launch of the Public Mental Health Leadership certification course.
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Unlocking health inequalities: explore our free learning module
Welcome to this month’s blog post, in which the PMHIC research team introduce a new free CPD eLearning module of learning content on health inequalities.
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Immediate past and current RCPsych presidents on the present and future of public mental health
Welcome to this month’s blog post, in which Dr Adrian James and Dr Lade Smith CBE discuss their shared vision of public mental health, highlighting their commitment to addressing challenges, ...
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Unlocking the language of public mental health: About the PMHIC’s new A–Z Glossary
Welcome to this month's blog post, featuring Dr Peter Byrne (Joint Clinical and Strategic Director of the PMHIC; Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at East London NHS Foundation Trust) who has developed ...
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The task ahead: embedding a public mental health approach in the reorganised NHS
Nearly a year since their formalisation as legal entities, what do Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) mean for public mental health? Oliver Chantler, Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the ...
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Young minds online
What are children and young people viewing online, and how does it affect their mental health? Jane Morris, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, and PMHIC Advisory Board member discusses this topic, and ...
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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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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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All aboard the public mental health train: mainstreaming public mental health training
In this blog post, Hanna Tu (a CT-3 in psychiatry) tells us how she discovered that public mental health training is essential for trainee psychiatrists – and for other healthcare ...
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The colour of counselling
In our first PMHIC blog post, Abiola Awojobi-Johnson, Expert by Experience and PMHIC Advisory Board member, shares her personal perspective on being a carer and the importance of diversity and ...
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Working with the PMHIC
To talk to one of our team about working with us on a public mental health project, email us at public.mh@rcpsych.ac.uk.
View our reports
View our reports and publications, including the PMHIC launch briefing and a report on smoking and public mental health.