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Fair Deal manifesto, skunk and depressing Wednesdays

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has been busy this week. Firstly, it has launched it's new three-year Fair Deal campaign to tackle inequalities in the mental health system.

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-02-2008
Henderson hospital, Dinesh Bhugra and acting

Former patients at Henderson Hospital are hoping to get the therapeutic community re-opened as part of a public consultation into its future.

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 07-01-2008
Our NHS, our future: mental health perspective on Lord Darzi's review

The government today launched its long awaited NHS review report. I've had a quick look through it to see what it might mean for mental health services.

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-30-2008
Medicalisation and mental health

There's an illuminating piece in the Times today , based on a letter published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, claiming that too many people with a mental illness are being "jollied along" rather than receiving treatment.

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-27-2008
Stuttering and happiness

There's a great article in the Guardian by Ewan Morrisson about his family's history of stuttering and "fear of words". "Even to this day, the science of stuttering is caught up in the false idea that it is a biological condition, with DNA experiments and antipsychotic drugs."...

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-24-2008
On feeling trapped

There's a really interesting post on Spo-Reflections about feeling trapped - worth a quick look.

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-23-2008
Ruby Wax, depression and mobile phone masts

Comedian Ruby Wax is doing an Edinburgh show this year focusing solely on mental health issues. Like many comedians, she has suffered from depression.

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-23-2008
Mobile phone madness

I think I'm becoming a campaigner (albeit a rather inactive one) against the general drift towards considering more things mental health problems, especially if they involve kids.

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-17-2008
Iris Robinson, vitamin D and working your hours

Mind Hacks have done a very good job of rubbishing comments made by the head of Northern Ireland's health committee Iris Robinson MP, that homosexuality was an "abomination" and something that can be treated by psychiatrists.

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-16-2008
Mind Hacks have done a very good job of rubbishing comments made by the head of Northern Ireland's health committee Iris Robinson MP, that homosexuality was an "abomination" and something that can be treated by psychiatrists.

Posted to Mad World (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-16-2008

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