evidence based practice
Published 31 May 2011 8:54 PM | ladybird
Evidence based practice is where it's at.........................surprisingly though many people in the mental health teams i work in are so busy just doing the job managing caseloads and navigating the various computer systems and inputting data...
the house by the railroad
Published 24 May 2011 8:14 AM | ladybird
Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE i am not up to much blogging at the moment but wanted to share this- it's written by my 17year old son who doesn't really write rather spends time killing zombies on his x-box, so imagine how proud...
NQSW ----> CPSP
Published 8 May 2011 8:38 PM | ladybird
So I am starting my PQ 1, it's now called Consolidation and Preparation for Specialist Practice, I am doing the mental health pathway, there is also a vulnerable adults one and one for childrens services. I am actually looking forward to it as it...
work
Published 16 Apr 2011 11:58 AM | ladybird
work is what i really wantto talk about on here buti cant in case i identify myself or my team - no-one knows (apart from my favourite student nurse ever! ) that i write this blog and thats how i want it to stay. Why? well, it's not right to break...
the reason i blog
Published 3 Apr 2011 7:52 PM | ladybird
why do i blog? i thought a post asking this question maybe quite interesting to myself if no one else! i work in ruralruralshire and spend a lot of my time alone in my car going to visit service users and families and occasionally going to meetings -...
greedy andrew lansley - the NHS is not for sale
Published 2 Apr 2011 5:51 PM | ladybird
sundays useful links : debt and mental health
Published 19 Mar 2011 11:37 PM | ladybird
you just have to get by Coping with low incomes an cold homes The findings of a study funded by Eaga Charitable Trust Mental health and the economic downturn National priorities and NHS solutions a report by the royal college of psychiatrists, Mental...
cuts and the ripple effects
Published 19 Mar 2011 11:38 AM | ladybird
i have been neglecting my blog recently. i have been so busy at work that its been coming home with me, and i know for my own well-being i should not do that, however when the are reports to write for a child protection conference, social circumstances...
useful links for the week ahead - Carers and Mental Health
Published 27 Feb 2011 11:34 AM | ladybird
In Early Intervention in Psychosis Teams internationally there are five standards of care,otherwise known as The Newcastle Declaration , which in the beginning was decided upon by the World Health Authority, Rethink and Iris , one of these is Family Engagement...
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a busy week
Published 26 Feb 2011 8:59 AM | ladybird
well you know whats its like - i have a bit of leave coming up so have to cram everything i can in one week and then catch upon everything else when i comeback. that is what some people in other professions dont get is that no-one does our work for us...
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co-ocuring substance misuse and psychosis : Dual diagnosis
Published 21 Feb 2011 9:07 PM | ladybird
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more useful links - co-occuring substance misuse and psychosis
Published 21 Feb 2011 8:16 PM | ladybird
two fab documents from Rethink; a toolkit and a leaflet for supporters http://www.rethink.org/dualdiagnosis/toolkit.html http://www.rethink.org/dualdiagnosis/leaflet.html --------------------------------------- an argument that suggests assessment and...
i love my job
Published 16 Feb 2011 7:38 PM | ladybird
How much do i love working in Early Intervention in Psychosis? - as my son used to say as i love you as big as the sky, which does not really make sense but you get the gist that i absolutely love it. i love the fact our assessment process can take up...
useful links for the week-ahead.
Published 13 Feb 2011 5:34 PM | ladybird
am i normal - a really great website with a brilliant demonstration of the stress/ vulnerability model illustrated with a bucket http://www.aminormal.org/home.htm am i ok? - another website aimed specifically for young people made by Bucks Early Intervention...
strechting us till we break!
Published 10 Feb 2011 6:39 PM | ladybird
i work part time in early intervention in psychosis and part time in the CMHT, i work in a rural part of ruralshire. we dont have a specialist team for working with aspergers syndrome we have an OT in a recovery team who works with people with aspergers...
no health without mental health....................
Published 5 Feb 2011 1:21 PM | ladybird
So the long awaited document from the con-dems about mental health has been released , the one which replaces New Horizons .........unfortunately there are no lovely photos like the new horizons one; had that must be to do with the cuts, one of the things...
joined up working?
Published 29 Jan 2011 9:42 PM | ladybird
it's been a while since i have posted but thanks to the Pier project i have decided i need to start again as early intervention in psychosis is something i feel very passionate about. what i have been struggling with recently is working alongside...
Early Intervention in Psychosis - part two
Published 16 Mar 2010 7:36 PM | ladybird
The great thing about our service and all early intervention in psychosis teams is that we have an open referral system. what this means is that we can take referrals from anyone and anywhere; GP's, schools and colleges, mental health teams, youth...
communication and multi agency working
Published 10 Mar 2010 8:15 PM | ladybird
i took part in some great training a couple of weeks ago, it was called Learning from serious case reviews. there was mainly colleagues from childrens services and out of 150people i think there was only a handful of workers from adults services me being...
stress, risk and learning to share
Published 27 Feb 2010 5:03 PM | ladybird
i had a really hard week, a service user i work with was discharged from hospital after being an informal patient last Friday. over the last week things have started to deteriorate, the person in question is in the prodromal phase of psychosis so sometimes...
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a mental health act assessment.
Published 25 Feb 2010 7:21 PM | ladybird
i work with a young man who i believe is in the prodromal stage of a psychotic illness, his behaviour has been worrying me for some time now so today i put the wheels in motion for a MH assessment. it was the first one i have ever been involved in and...
Early Intervention in Psychosis - treament as usual?
Published 24 Feb 2010 8:59 PM | ladybird
i work for an Early Intervention in Psychosis team which for people who don't know are teams that were set up approximately ten years ago to reduce the devastating effects of psychotic illness which when left untreated can be disabling for people...