June 2010 Archives

Does anybody watch Coronation Street? Do they still have the cat sitting on the wall in the opening credits? I hope so.

Anyway, it appears as if there is a social work character on the show.
Physical dexterity and speed of thought may wane as we age but we more than make up for it by developing greater wisdom, an international psychiatry event has been told.
Check out the video below - it is a simple test to see if you can keep track of the number of times a ball is passed in a game.


In a quite astonishing turn of events, Daily Mail columnist Jan Moir has voiced support for hard pressed social workers. 
I'll let this piece by Christopher Booker speak for itself.
The Budget has just been announced with the expected cuts and tax rises and apparently we're all in it together. Hardly.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has today published a report setting out 17 recommendations for the redesign of mental health services.
For some reason French researchers have come to the conclusion that Darth Vader meets six of the nine diagnostic criteria for borderline personality disorder.
There's a good story in The Times about a GP surgery in Bromley-by-Bow which aims to tackle the wide-ranging social issues that lie behind many of the health problems patients present with.
There's an interesting piece in the New York Times about the way gadgets are making us think in different ways, which persist even when we're not using them.
Experienced AMHP and blogger The Masked AMHP has put together some useful advice for fellow approved professionals.
It seems like the mental health anti-stigma campaign Time to Change has been having some positive effects on people's attitudes. 
The Independent reports on research which may lead to the development of a new drug to help tackle extreme anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Growing old, accompanied as it is by gradual physical decline, is usually characterised as a rather miserable process, associated with loneliness and isolation.

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