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Medication for mental health: Call to 'end pill-shaming'
The Royal College of Psychiatrists says it's worried some people are not getting the help they need. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Long-term plan must end 'scandalous neglect' of over 65s
A “scandalous” neglect of older people’s mental health care needs to be addressed in the NHS long-term plan, the Royal College of Psychiatrists has argued. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - November 19, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

The World Health Organization Now Considers ‘Gaming Disorder’ a Unique Mental Health Condition
GENEVA — For video game addicts, it might soon be “game over.” In its latest revision to a disease classification manual, the World Health Organization said Monday that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition. The statement confirmed the fears of many parents but led some critics to warn that it may risk stigmatizing young video players. The U.N. health agency said classifying “Gaming Disorder” as a separate condition will “serve a public health purpose for countries to be better prepared to identify this issue.” Dr. Shekhar Saxena, director ...
Source: TIME: Health - June 18, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized healthytime mental health onetime Video Games Source Type: news

Kanye West is praised by the UK's top psychiatrist
In a blog for the British Medical Journal, Professor Wendy Burns, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, yesterday praised the 41-year-old for speaking out about bipolar disorder. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 8, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Our invisible addicts
A report from the Royal College of Psychiatrists highlights the need for clinical services to focus more on the needs of older people as growing numbers of baby-boomers seek help for substance misuse. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - March 15, 2018 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Number of child and adolescent psychiatrists falling
The Royal College of Psychiatrists wants the government to allow more recruitment from overseas. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 9, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Mindfulness 'can make you more selfish'
Dr Alison Gray, of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said meditating makes easier for people to start over-analysing their life, becoming ‘inward-looking and self-centred’. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Women more unhappy than men for almost their entire lives
An expert from the London-based Royal College of psychiatrists claims that women may be happier than men above the age of 85 because more people are widowed by then (stock). (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 14, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Ben Shephard obituary
Historian who focused on the psychological effects of 20th-century warfareThe historian and writer Ben Shephard, who has died aged 69 of cancer, had a lifelong interest in the psychological effects of war. His bookA War of Nerves (2000) changed our understanding of military psychiatry by describing entirely unsentimentally those who emerged from the wars of the 20th century uprooted, brutalised and traumatised, and who happened to receive only rudimentary, often flawed help in their efforts to rebuild their lives.As Ben ’s editor at The Bodley Head for the last 10 years, I was aware of how rarely he used the terms “vic...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 6, 2017 Category: Science Authors: J örg Hensgen Tags: History Books Psychology Psychiatry First world war Second world war Royal Air Force BBC Source Type: news

Psychiatrist vacancies 'double in four years' in England
One in 10 consultant roles is currently unfilled in England, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - November 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Theresa May names lead to review Mental Health Act
The prime minister has announced the former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists will lead an independent review of the Mental Health Act. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - October 4, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Mental health days aren't helping, psychiatrist claims
Sir Simon Wessely, former president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, warned the NHS is unable to cope with patients. Campaigns would only convince more people they are ill, he said. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Psychiatric care is postcode lottery, say medical experts
The huge variation means good quality care cannot be delivered, says the Royal College of Psychiatrists. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - September 11, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Drink and drug service cuts will hit overstretched A & Es
Cuts to addiction services will impact A&Es and cost the NHS more in the long run, claims a Royal College of Psychiatrists professor. Budgets for services in some areas have been slashed by 50%. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Chance to put mental health at heart of NHS services could be missed
18 May 2017A key opportunity to revolutionise mental health care could be missed because flagship NHS schemes are not doing enough to put it at the heart of services, according to a new report by The King’s Fund and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.The report, Mental health and new models of care, looks at mental health in vanguard areas– flagship NHS schemes that bring services together. These include groups of GP surgeries working collaboratively to cater for up to 50,000 patients and NHS organisations coming together to deliver the full range of health care in their area.There is strong evidence that addre...
Source: The King's Fund - Press - May 18, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news