The Prime Minister wants to use the last weeks of her premiership to tackle children’s mental health. Can she avoid the mistakes of the past? Trish Joscelyne offers some advice. […]
Podcast: What is Home?
On the edge of Brexit the panel discuss the meaning of home. You could fairly say the UK is on the cusp of a huge change. When we recorded this […]
Podcast: The politics of mental health
The panel try to make sense of mental health policy and politics This week Anne, Rachel and John are joined by two special guests to discuss the politics of mental health. What […]
Podcast: Working so that people don’t need us anymore
John McGowan talks to six clinical psychology trainees just about to qualify Every September we say goodbye to a qualifying cohort of our clinical psychology trainees. They’ve been with […]
Roundtable: What should we do with the Mental Health Act?
Theresa May wants to ‘rip up’ the Mental Health Act and has announced it will be reviewed. John McGowan, Rachel Terry, @THEAGENTAPSLEY and Maria Griffiths discuss how to change it. […]
Saying Donald Trump is mentally ill is unethical, inaccurate and unhelpful
John McGowan asks if it’s OK for mental health professionals to give opinions on Donald Trump’s mental health? Someone asked me what I thought about Donald Trump the other day. I […]
Podcast: It’s not over till the Queen’s Speech (and maybe not even then)
John McGowan, Angela Gilchrist and Rachel Terry discuss the 2017 UK General Election campaign and its uncertain aftermath. In this edition our panel offer some thoughts on the 2017 […]
Your policy is my life
In the latest in our occasional ‘Long Reads’ series, Mark Brown considers mental heath professionals and political commitment [NOTE: The following piece originated as an address to clinical psychologists, but also […]
The Politics of Suicide
The last few weeks have seen public policy on suicide prevention climb the political agenda. Ian Marsh and Anne Cooke consider whether anything new is on offer. On Monday Theresa […]