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 […]
Guest Post: Fewer Conferences, More Conversations
Photo: Pushing Up Daisies Festival. Skull cake: Thyme for Tiffin Akiko Hart makes a plea for mental health to go outside mental health I am, for my sins, a […]
Podcast: Zero Suicide (an idea whose time has not, and should not, come)
This week John McGowan discusses whether trying to eliminate suicide entirely is a possibility or even a helpful aim. This week’s podcast is recording of a public lecture given in […]
Podcast: Against Your Will – Compulsory Powers in the Mental Health System
John McGowan, Anne Cooke, Angela Gilchrist, Rachel Terry and Emma Rye discuss involuntary treatment in mental health. In this edition we discuss the compulsory powers available in the mental […]
Podcast: Theresa May’s speech, mental health, and suicide prevention
John McGowan, Anne Cooke, Angela Gilchrist and Rachel Terry discuss suicide prevention and mental health policy. In this edition we focus on the Prime Minister’s speech making mental health policy […]
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 […]
First, do no harm…
Following recent cases of euthanasia for mental health problems in Belgium and Holland, Clinical Psychologist Masuma Rahim discuses what we do when someone seems beyond help. In my line of work […]
Robin Williams, depression and the complex causes of suicide
While many people who kill themselves have been experiencing the extreme distress we might think of as depression, that’s not always the case and is rarely the whole explanation. This article […]
What we’ve been reading: More DSM, women leaders after Maggie and gun control
The first of an occasional series where we ask departmental staff to give a shout out on what they’ve been reading recently.