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Celebrating the life of Elizabeth Zetzel for International Women's Day
Our Historian in Residence, Dr Claire Hilton, explores the extraordinary life of Elizabeth Zetzel to mark this year's International Women's Day (8 March).
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RCPsych Wales - Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol
On the 2nd of March, the minimum unit pricing (MUP) for alcohol legislation comes into effect in Wales. The aim of this legislation is to reduce the excessive consumption of ...
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29 days of action
In her February blog, Wendy reflects on a busy month, celebrating a small victory for mental health funding and a big change to College investments.
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Gender, sexuality and psychiatry: Interview with LGBT+ activist Dr Louise Theodosiou
We discuss the misconceptions surrounding gender, what schools can do to educate their pupils on mental health, and more.
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RCPsych Wales January Update
A look back at the work of RCPsych Wales over the last year and an outline of upcoming projects.
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Captain's Log, Stardate January 2020 - Dr John Mitchell, outgoing PMO Psychiatry, Mental Health Directorate, Scottish Government
Dr John Mitchell writes the first guest blog of 2020 with an entertaining sci-fi take on mental health and Star Trek: Seeking out new worlds and new civilisations.
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"We need to learn directly from survivors": Dr Ruth Reed on sexual harm and mental health
In solidarity with Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence Awareness Week, The 网曝黑料 sat down with Dr Ruth Reed to discuss the misconceptions surrounding sexual harm.
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Mesmerism, hypnotism and animal magnetism
A blog post about the College's rare books and the history of medical hypnotism.
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RCPsych roars into the twenties
In her first blog of 2020 Wendy talks about recognition, results from elections and new year’s resolutions.
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The first College Witness Seminar: Psychiatry in the 1960s
A blog post about the College's first Witness Seminar, an oral history event about psychiatry in the 1960s.
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Preparing for the exams
Insights about ways to prepare for paper A , paper B and the CASC, from a trainee - the first of a new series of blogs aimed at trainees.
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Dr Christina Fawcett on the Batman: Arkham series and incarceration of people with mental illness
Dr Sachin Shah speaks to Dr Christina Fawcett, a video game theorist, about the depth of messaging regarding mental illness within these games.
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CNTW Climate Health - Our story
I knew I needed to take action when in February last year I asked some friends if they knew how much CO2 was in the air. They didn’t. “400ppm. And ...
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So this is Christmas, and what have you done?
In her final blog of 2019, Wendy reviews whether she’s achieved the resolutions she made at the start of the year.
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A long way home
In her November blog, Wendy discusses the RCPsych’s new report highlighting improvements needed to acute adult mental health care services.
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Providing support in the justice system
Dr Kathleen Levick, an ST4 intellectual disability psychiatrist based in South London, reflects on her experiences getting to know inmates and defendants in the criminal justice system.
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Too far to go for care
In a special blog, Wendy calls for change to a system which means severely ill patients are forced to travel 100+ miles for care.
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A life-changing career
Dr Golnar Aref-Adib’s first encounter with psychiatry wasn’t exactly perfect – but thanks to a stimulating placement and supportive mentors, she found her way to a fantastic career spanning academia ...
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Time to Walk the Walk
In the November Blog, Professor John Crichton, Chair of the RCPsych in Scotland reflects on an extremely busy month for policy, events and celebrations in Scotland, and the impact on ...
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Social prescribing: from knowledge to action
Dr Katie Blissard Barnes explores the different ways that social prescribing can help patients.
Dr Katie Blissard-Barnes
