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How successful have smoke-free mental health units been?

Still in this month's British Journal of Psychiatry there has been research into the impact of the introduction of smoke-free in-patient wards. Read More...

Published 29 May 2009 4:30 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, smoking, psychiatric wards
One in 100 children have autism

A study in the British Journal of Psychiatry finds that 1% of children between 5 and 6 have an existing diagnosis on the autistic spectrum. Read More...

Published 29 May 2009 4:06 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, autism, children
Watch Max Clifford talk about social work and the media

Here are some clips of Max Clifford speaking at a recent Community Care Live event about how social work can improve its media coverage. Read More...

Published 28 May 2009 4:59 PM by Mad World

Filed under: media, social work, max clifford
Vote for the social workers in Council Worker of the Year Awards

The Local Government Channel does a council worker of the year award each year, and this year there are a couple of social workers involved in the "caring" section. Read More...

Published 28 May 2009 4:52 PM by Mad World

Filed under: social work
Can mental illness be cured?

There's a great debate going on at Psych Central about this very topic. Read More...

Published 27 May 2009 6:07 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health
Lesbian nun so drunk she fell over children

There's not much I can add to this story from the Belfast Telegraph . Read More...

Published 26 May 2009 3:14 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Politics, ireland
Psychiatrists' view of mental illness, violence and schizophrenia

Trainee psychiatrists tend to favour the biological model of mental illness, is the unsurprising finding of some new research , which I found via the BPS digest . What is perhaps more surprising is that some also endorse other models. I wonder how much...

Published 26 May 2009 2:58 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, schizophrenia, mental illness, psychiatrists, violence
Deep brain stimulation and depression

Not much on my radar today but I did find this research study into the effects of deep brain stimulation for the treatment of depression. Read More...

Published 22 May 2009 12:53 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, deep brain stimulation, depresson
Online depression treatment and emotional intelligence

World of Psychology has some reflections on online depression treatments. It seems they can be effective for people who stick with them, but many people drop out. They have a place, I would suggest, alongside lots of other approaches. Read More...

Published 18 May 2009 12:23 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, happiness, depression, layard, online therapy, emotional intelligence
Social workers on film

The Guardian has usefully created one of its photo galleries to illustrate how social workers have been depicted on film. Read More...

Published 18 May 2009 11:44 AM by Mad World

Filed under: social work, mariah carey, jennifer lopez, precious
Punching Michael Portillo on the nose...

By Keith Sellick ...something many of us have wanted to do but failing that we make do with this clip from 1997 However, Portillo fronted a Horizon programme on human beings capacity for violence this week. Read More...

Published 14 May 2009 12:54 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Keith Sellick, violence, horizon, Randall Collins, Bolivia, Tinku, Micheal Portillo
Autism recovery possible for minority of children

A psychology professor has presented some research to a conference which suggests that at least 1 in 10 children with autism can "recover" from it - mostly after receiving years of intensive behavioural therapy. Read More...

Published 11 May 2009 5:16 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, autism
Mental health and the recession

The recession is affecting men's mental health, according to Mind . Yet men being men we are too embarrassed to seek help for it. Read More...

Published 11 May 2009 5:04 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health
Alastair Campbell: no room for Mail in world governed by happiness

I don't know if Alastair Campbell was ever anything like Malcolm Tucker, the vicious In The Thick Of It spin doctor supposedly inspired by him. Read More...

Published 8 May 2009 3:36 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, media, happiness
I wanna be a social worker!

Actually I don't, I'm happy staying as a community editor. However, one young American certainly does want to be a social worker. So much so, she's written a song about it. Read More...

Published 8 May 2009 1:09 PM by Mad World

Filed under: social work, USA
We must tackle the confusion over mental health treatment

Stuart Sorensen, a mental health nurse and trainer, posted a blog entry about how we understand schizophrenia last month on our Social Care Experts Blog. Read More...

Published 5 May 2009 2:26 PM by Mad World

Filed under: Mental Health, schizophrenia, recovery, psychiatry, icarus project
Swine flu: some information from around the web

Swine flu or H1N1 will be on many people's minds over the weekend, so I thought I'd post a few links to some useful articles. Read More...

Published 1 May 2009 3:16 PM by Mad World

Filed under: swine flu

May 2009 - Mad World

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How successful have smoke-free mental health units been?

One in 100 children have autism

Watch Max Clifford talk about social work and the media

Vote for the social workers in Council Worker of the Year Awards

Can mental illness be cured?

Lesbian nun so drunk she fell over children

Psychiatrists' view of mental illness, violence and schizophrenia

Deep brain stimulation and depression

Online depression treatment and emotional intelligence

Social workers on film

Punching Michael Portillo on the nose...

Autism recovery possible for minority of children

Mental health and the recession

Alastair Campbell: no room for Mail in world governed by happiness

I wanna be a social worker!

We must tackle the confusion over mental health treatment

Swine flu: some information from around the web