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Medical schools urged to promote psychology
Royal College of Psychiatrists says psychology should be offered as second science Related items fromOnMedica GPs and practice nurses inadequately trained in mental health Government outlines plans for expanding medical training Better training for GPs needed to help prevent suicide GMC calls for major overhaul of medical training Help offered to medical students in crisis (Source: OnMedica Latest News)
Source: OnMedica Latest News - May 5, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Exclusive: Warning over 'neglected' elderly mental health services
The president elect of the Royal College of Psychiatrists has warned mental health services for older people are being “neglected” and she will make a priority for the college. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 14, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Mapped: The areas failing to increase mental health spending
Data analysed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, shared with HSJ, shows that mental health funding has dropped in four STP footprints as a proportion of the total allocations given to the CCGs in each patch between 2015-16 and 2016-17. (Source: HSJ)
Source: HSJ - March 9, 2017 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Eating disorders in middle-aged women 'common'
Conclusion This well-designed cross-sectional analysis used data from an existing longitudinal study to investigate the prevalence of eating disorders in middle-aged women and see what childhood, parenting and personality risk factors were associated with the onset of an eating disorder. The research found that more than 1 in 10 middle aged women experience some form of eating disorder in their lifetime. It found that all potentially harmful childhood life events such as child sexual abuse, death of a carer and parental divorce, were associated with the onset of eating disorders. An association with traumatic life events ...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 18, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Food/diet Source Type: news

Action to tackle early deaths of people living with severe mental illness
A joint report published today by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges sets out essential actions to improve the physical health of adults with severe mental il (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - October 25, 2016 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news

Rethinking risk to others in mental health services
In 2008, the Royal College of Psychiatrists published Rethinking Risk to Others in Mental Health Services (CR150). This was the first of several reports addressing issues of risk, with risk to others prioritised in the context of high-profile incidents implicating risk-management issues in mental health services. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - October 3, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Medical school 'banter' undermining general practice, warns RCGP
The RCGP and Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPSYCH) have denounced medical school 'banter', warning it is far from 'a bit of fun' and is stigmatising their specialties. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - September 30, 2016 Category: Primary Care Tags: Practice News Source Type: news

Audit of early intervention in psychosis services
The Royal College of Psychiatrists College Centre of Quality Improvement has published a baseline audit showing variation among early intervention in psychosis (EIP) services in delivering National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended interventions. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - July 17, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Plea to shelve contract imposition
Medical royal college leaders have called for health secretary Jeremy Hunt to shelve his plan to impose the junior doctors’ contract. They have described the move as ‘ill-conceived’ and said they were dismayed at the impasse — with the health secretary refusing to return to talks. It comes after the BMA told Mr Hunt it would call off next week’s industrial action if he responded by dropping the imposition. College leaders have urged Mr Hunt to accept that offer, which Mr Hunt has so far rejected. Royal College of Psychiatrists president Simon Wessely said in a statement: ‘If, as a junior...
Source: BMA News - April 22, 2016 Category: UK Health Source Type: news

Responsibilities of psychiatrists who provide expert opinion to courts and trubunals
The Special Committee for Professional Practice and Ethics was asked by the Registrar of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2012 to develop new guidelines concerning the ethical duties of psychiatrists giving evidence as experts in different kinds of court. These new guidelines were intended in part to be a response to the duties of expert witnesses that were being formulated by the courts themselves in the context of review of the costs of expert testimony. They were also aimed at further acknowledging that giving evidence as a psychiatric expert is a competency that cannot be assume...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - February 25, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Seasonal affective disorder 'may be a myth', study argues
Conclusion This cross-sectional study investigated whether season, latitude and sunlight exposure are linked to depressive symptoms that can be experienced in SAD. The researchers found these factors had no effect on the occurrence of depressive symptoms. However, this study has a number of important limitations. Depression was not a clinical diagnosis – it was based on the participant's response to a questionnaire over the phone. This presents problems, as some people may not have answered questions truthfully, and those with depression or SAD may not have answered the phone. The Royal College of Psychiatrists sa...
Source: NHS News Feed - January 22, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Mental health Source Type: news

Bristol medic recognised as rising star by Royal College of Psychiatry
A University of Bristol medical student has received a double honour from the Royal College of Psychiatrists. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - November 24, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Current students, Health; Faculty of Health Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news

How social media is fuelling the worrying rise in eating disorders
You can't avoid the overwhelming message of our age, that weight loss is good, says former anorexic Emma Woolf (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - June 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: eating disorders Supersize vs Superskinny social media anorexia Royal College of Psychiatrists fasting journal thinspiration orthorexia Source Type: news