Wellbeing – coping with Covid fatigue
We are more than six weeks into the lockdown and if you were to gauge the mood of the nation, it would be one of fatigue. It started as an all-hands-on-deck emergency situation, but it now transpires that the current work situation for healthcare professionals is not going to change any time soon.
This is a marathon rather than a sprint. So how can we better look after ourselves to cope with this new realisation? In this podcast we speak to Dr Caroline Walker, an NHS-based psychiatrist and therapist.
Wait til the end for Caroline's simple technique she uses to help when feeling overwhelmed.
Read Caroline and Clare Gera...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 8, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
Working with patients remotely
During this period of social distancing it is more important than ever for mental health clinicians to engage with their patients. Many are feeling anxious, stressed and lonely, while those with existing mental ill-health may be even more vulnerable. So now that we cannot, in most cases, hold face-to-face consultations, how can we continue to treat patients remotely? Here, Dr Isobel Heyman talks to Dr Raj Persaud about the current evidence base for remote working, and provides some practical advice on the ways in which clinicians can stay ‘remote, but not distant’. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Working with patients remotely
During this period of social distancing it is more important than ever for mental health clinicians to engage with their patients. Now that we cannot, in most cases, hold face-to-face consultations, how can we continue to treat patients remotely? Dr Isobel Heyman talks to Dr Raj Persaud about the current evidence base for remote working, and provides some practical advice on the ways in which clinicians can stay ‘remote, but not distant’. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 7, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Source Type: podcasts
Coping with Covid with Monica Schoch-Spana and Jud Brewer
In this week ’s episode, we discuss bystander guilt, convergence, brain hacks and “how you can sneeze on someone’s brain from anywhere in the world”. How can GPs cope with the myriad worries around treating patients during the current pandemic, both on the frontline and in general practice? How do we rec ognise and break unhelpful anxious behaviour habits and stop fixating on the news?
Our guests:
Monica Schoch-Spana is a medical anthropologist and a Senior Scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health. She specialises in crisis and risk communication, community resilience to disaster, publi c engagement in...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 6, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ talk medicine Source Type: podcasts
Coping with Covid with Monica Schoch-Spana and Jud Brewer
In this week’s episode, we discuss bystander guilt, convergence, brain hacks and “how you can sneeze on someone’s brain from anywhere in the world”. How can GPs cope with the myriad worries around treating patients during the current pandemic, both on the frontline and in general practice? How do we recognise and break unhelpful anxious behaviour habits and stop fixating on the news?
Our guests:
Monica Schoch-Spana is a medical anthropologist and a Senior Scholar at Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health. She specialises in crisis and risk communication, community resilience to disaster, public engagement in po...
Source: The BMJ Podcast - May 6, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: BMJ Group Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Psychiatry : Religious Service Attendance and Deaths Related to Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide in US Health Care Professionals
Interview with Tyler J. VanderWeele, PhD, author of Religious Service Attendance and Deaths Related to Drugs, Alcohol, and Suicide Among US Health Care Professionals (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - May 6, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Ethical considerations arising from COVID-19
Psychiatrists are used to dealing with ethical issues in daily practice, but COVID-19 has pushed many into unfamiliar territory and challenged us with new ethical dilemmas. In this podcast, Dr Steve Pearce and Dr Jacinta Tan talk to CPD Online Trainee Editor Dr Jennifer Powell about ethical considerations arising from COVID-19, including equity of access to services, personal and collective needs around prevention and treatment, potential changes to the Mental Health Act, risks and benefits of remote working and where to find support when confronted with COVID-19-related ethical dilemmas. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 5, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Ethical considerations arising from COVID-19
In this podcast, Dr Steve Pearce and Dr Jacinta Tan talk to CPD Online Trainee Editor Dr Jennifer Powell about ethical considerations arising from COVID-19, including equity of access to services, personal and collective needs around prevention and treatment, potential changes to the Mental Health Act, risks and benefits of remote working and where to find support when confronted with COVID-19-related ethical dilemmas. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 5, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Source Type: podcasts
COVID-19: Isolation and loneliness – is there a'social cure'?
Isolation and loneliness are part of the mental health fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine – but what are the most effective responses to this? Is there a ' social cure ' ? In this podcast, Professor Catherine Haslam discusses her research into the many health benefits of social integration, as detailed in her latest book ' The New Psychology of Health ' , and outlines how clinicians can support their patients in this important area. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts
COVID-19: Isolation and loneliness – is there a 'social cure'?
Isolation and loneliness are part of the mental health fall-out of the COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine – but what are the most effective responses to this? Is there a 'social cure'? In this podcast, Catherine Haslam discusses her research into the many health benefits of social integration, as detailed in her latest book 'The New Psychology of Health', and outlines how clinicians can support their patients in this important area. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - May 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Source Type: podcasts
Issue 22-2 Highlights
(Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Podcast - April 30, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. Source Type: podcasts
Psychosocial response to epidemics – lessons from Ebola applied to COVID-19
In this podcast, CPD Online Deputy Editor Dr Howard Ryland talks to Dr Peter Hughes about his experience of working in West Africa during the Ebola outbreak. They discuss what comparisons can be drawn between Ebola and COVID-19 and examine the lessons we can learn from the psychosocial response seen in West Africa – from the perspective of patients, healthcare workers and wider society. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - April 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Tags: Science & Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Psychosocial response to epidemics – lessons from Ebola applied to COVID-19
In this podcast, CPD Online Deputy Editor Dr Howard Ryland talks to Dr Peter Hughes about his experience and the comparisons that can be drawn between Ebola and COVID-19 and the lessons we can learn from the psychosocial response seen in West Africa. (Source: Raj Persaud talks to...)
Source: Raj Persaud talks to... - April 28, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Royal College of Psychiatrists Source Type: podcasts
JAMA Psychiatry : Trends in the Incidence and Lethality of Suicidal Acts in the United States
Interview with Kristin M Holland, PhD, MPH, author of Trends in the Incidence and Lethality of Suicidal Acts in the United States, 2006 to 2015 (Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews)
Source: JAMA Specialty Journals Author Interviews - April 22, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
March/April 2020 Highlights Part 2
(Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Podcast)
Source: Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Podcast - April 22, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc Source Type: podcasts
