Mad World http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/ Examining the policies, decisions and events affecting the lives of people with mental health problems around the world en Copyright 2010 Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:53:29 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Are you in the right career - take a free colour test Ever wondered if social work really is the career for you? Of course you have - but is it more than once a day?

]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/are-you-in-the-right-career--.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/are-you-in-the-right-career--.html Social work careers social work Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:53:29 +0000 Reading can help cut stress ]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/reading-can-help-cut-stress.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/reading-can-help-cut-stress.html Mental Health mental health reading Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:01:44 +0000 Multisensory 'snoezelen' room for dementia patients
Leeds Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has introduced a multisensory room to help dementia patients relax at its Mount centre.
]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/multisensory-snoezelen-room-fo.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/multisensory-snoezelen-room-fo.html Dementia dementia snoezelen Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:25:05 +0000 Top students 'more likely to develop bipolar disorder' http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/top-students-more-likely-to-de.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/top-students-more-likely-to-de.html Mental Health academic achievement adhd bipolar disorder children creativity students Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:50:52 +0000 Kurt Cobain, ADHD and creative genius Professor Michael Fitzgerald will tell a Royal College of Psychiatrists conference today. ]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/kurt-kobain-adhd-and-creative.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/kurt-kobain-adhd-and-creative.html Mental Health adhd mental health royal college of psychiatrists Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:28:21 +0000 Mental health: help for parents Parents Helpline.
]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/mental-health-help-for-parents.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/mental-health-help-for-parents.html Mental Health mental health parents Young Minds young people Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:50:54 +0000 Can fish oil help prevent psychosis? weighs up the latest study suggesting fish oil may help prevent the onset of pyschosis and warns against reading too much into the research. ]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/can-fish-oil-help-prevent-psyc.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/can-fish-oil-help-prevent-psyc.html Mental Health fish oil psychosis Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:49:29 +0000 Newsweek roundup on antidepressants has a piece looking at some recent studies into antidepressants which is worth a read.  ]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/newsweek-roundup-on-antidepres.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/newsweek-roundup-on-antidepres.html Mental Health antidepressants Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:36:49 +0000 To section or not: the AMHP perspective fascinating post on the Masked AMHP blog which gives an insight into the kinds of decisions that need to be made by AMHPs as part of the sectioning process. ]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/to-section-or-not-the-amhp-per.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/to-section-or-not-the-amhp-per.html Mental Health amhp mental health act section 2 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:57:20 +0000 Writing can improve mental health a blog post on Psychology Today about some of the benefits associated with writing and particularly logging your thoughts. ]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/writing-can-improve-mental-hea.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/02/writing-can-improve-mental-hea.html mental health writing Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:09:00 +0000 Precious 'treated with too much reverence' good review by Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian of the film Precious, which features Mariah Carey as a social worker. ]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/precious-treated-with-too-much.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/precious-treated-with-too-much.html Social work precious Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:02:26 +0000 The Rosenhan experiment and more post on the Situationist blog about the Rosenhan experiment from the 1970s, in which a team of US faked mental illness to get admitted to psychiatric wards and how difficult it was to get off them, even after they stopped faking illness.
]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/the-rosenhan-experiment-and-mo.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/the-rosenhan-experiment-and-mo.html Mental Health mental health rosenhan Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:54:02 +0000 Study suggests possible childhood clues to adult schizophrenia new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests that years before adults develop schizophrenia, they experience cognitive difficulties as children, including problems with verbal reasoning, working memory and attention. ]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/study-suggests-possible-childh.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/study-suggests-possible-childh.html Mental Health childhood development schizophrenia Thu, 21 Jan 2010 15:11:13 +0000 Continuing over-representation of BME groups in mental health system major government initiative to tackle it, nothing much seems to be happening when it comes to the over-representation of black and minority ethnic people in the mental health system in the UK. ]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/continuing-over-representation.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/continuing-over-representation.html Mental Health black and minority ethnic communities bme mental health Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:53:48 +0000 Avatar update: why we long for fictional worlds I posted last week about young people who were feeling depressed with the real world after seeing the science fiction film Avatar.

The story seemed an interesting reflection of our times but I couldn't offer much analysis beyond that.

Luckily someone else has...
]]> http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/avatar-update-why-we-long-for.html http://www.communitycare.co.uk/blogs/mental-health/2010/01/avatar-update-why-we-long-for.html Human Brain avatar mental health Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:40:15 +0000