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Action and Reaction
June 28, 2017 from 10am to 5pm
All Events (15)
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Action and Reaction
June 28, 2017 from 10am to 5pm – University of Manchester This will be a very special event, a day conference in Manchester to celebrate over thirty years of ASYLUM: International Magazine of Democratic Psychiatry. It will be held in the University of Manch… Organized by ASYLUM magazine | Type: one, day, conference
June 30Friday
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Mental Health, Uncertainty and Inevitability
June 30, 2017 from 1pm to 3pm – Room C11, Portland Building 'Mental Health Uncertainty and Inevitability: Rejuvenating the Relationship between Social Science and Psychiatry', is a joint venture between the School of Sociology and Social Policy, School of Hea… Organized by School of Health Sciences and Institute of Mental Health | Type: book, launch, and, panel, discussion
July 4Tuesday
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Joint Social Work Education and Research Conference
July 4, 2017 to July 5, 2017 – Edgehill University Grand Challenges: Social Work for Today and Tomorrow. The ‘Grand Challenge’ initiative seeks to identify ambitious yet achievable goals for society that mobilise the profession and capture the public… Organized by Edgehill University/ JUCSWEC | Type: two, day, conference
July 5Wednesday
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Disability and Disciplines: The International Conference on Educational, Cultural, and Disability Studies
July 5, 2017 to July 6, 2017 – Centre for Culture and Disability Studies, Liverpool Hope University Interdisciplinarity is pivotal in the development of the academy for many reasons, some of which form the conceptual framework of the Centre for Culture and Disability Studies. Although far from stra… Organized by Liverpool Hope University | Type: conference
July 6Thursday
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Reconnecting through Engaged Learning and Scholarship: Impact, Frameworks, and Practice.
July 6, 2017 to July 7, 2017 – The Diamond Engaged learning and teaching can be understood as combining (inter)disciplinary knowledge with opportunities for students to learn with and from external partners, ‘real-world’ challenges, and exper… Organized by University of Sheffield | Type: two, day, conference
July 7Friday
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Making sense of madness: an emancipatory approach
July 7, 2017 all day – Hackney House This unique one day event, featuring Jacqui Dillon and Rai Waddingham (recently featured on BBC Horizon: Why Did I Go Mad?), explores those experiences often dismissed as symptoms of serious mental i… Organized by Jacqui Dillon and Rai Waddingham | Type: one, day, conference
July 9Sunday
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International Society of Critical Health Psychology Conference
July 9, 2017 to July 12, 2017 – Loughborough University The themes for this conference are: Ageing Diversity and Inclusivity Innovations in Critical Theory and Method Mental Health Organized by ISCHP | Type: annual, conference
July 11Tuesday
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Accounting for Recovery and Social Perspectives in AMHP Practice
July 11, 2017 from 10am to 1pm – University of Bradford Staff at the University of Bradford have been undertaking a small research study to explore the experiences of Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHPs) in applying recovery and social perspectives… Organized by Kate Karban | Type: amhp, research, workshop
August 30Wednesday
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Making Real Change Happen
August 30, 2017 to September 3, 2017 – University of Liverpool The 20th International Congress of the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis. Can a conference be a catalyst for change? It is exactly this wish that inspired th… Organized by ISPS | Type: conference
September 5Tuesday
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NET 2017
September 5, 2017 to September 7, 2017 – Churchill College The NET conference is firmly established as the leading annual conference for networking in healthcare education. NET2017 is a unique opportunity to share innovation and the latest ideas and experien… Organized by HEA Health and Social Care | Type: conference
Blog Posts
Asylum magazine - 30th anniversary party!
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 27, 2017 at 8:54 0 Comments 0 Likes
National Co-production week 2017: 3-7 July
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 20, 2017 at 8:16 0 Comments 1 Like
Co-production Week will celebrate the benefits of co-production, share good practice and highlight the contribution of people who use services and carers to developing better public services.
Co-production is about working in equal partnership with people using services, carers, families and citizens. Co-production offers the chance to transform social care and health provision to a model that that offers people real choice and control.
For Co-production Week 2017 SCIE wants…
Continue MSC in Mental Health and Education
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 17, 2017 at 18:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
Delivered online, this programme is the only professional learning award of its kind in the UK. It focuses on the nature of mental health in learning, teaching and training/mentoring environments. The programme will also explore how this might impact on learners, leaders of learning, mentors and other disciplinary groups such as psychologists, health professionals, managers and social workers.
The MSc Mental Health and Education programme is an innovative new subject discipline…
Continue Recovery, Mental Health and Inequality: Chinese Ethnic Minorities as Mental Health Service Users.
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 14, 2017 at 18:26 0 Comments 0 Likes
Latest issue of Asylum is now online
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 13, 2017 at 12:30 0 Comments 0 Likes
The latest issue of Asylum magazine is now online. It features an article by Paula Peters and China Mills - 'Dead people don't claim' - on UK welfare reform suicides. Other items include an article by Jonathan Beazer on 'Mad Pride and Depression' and a conversation with Mary O'Hagan on 'Madness in New Zealand'. View full contents list and sample article here.…
Continue Critical Psychiatry: a biography - Ian Cummins
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 13, 2017 at 8:43 0 Comments 0 Likes
Critical Psychiatry outlines the history of a group of thinkers that has come to be known as the anti-psychiatry movement. Though it has been called a movement, the individual thinkers’ and authors’ ideas were often in conflict but what they share is a critical perspective on psychiatry as a discipline and institutionalised modes of care.
The current crisis in mental health services means that it is time to examine once again the key themes of critical…
Continue Bursaries for ISPS conference
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 11, 2017 at 9:18 0 Comments 0 Likes
If you go to just one conference in 2017,
this is the one not to miss
ISPS Liverpool 2017
The International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis
Making REAL Change Happen…
Continue Comics and Graphic Novels - Research Outreach and Pedagogy Network.
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 8, 2017 at 17:30 0 Comments 0 Likes
It is time to ReOPeN comics and graphic novels! This network is based at Lancaster University. It has four core members and aims to bring together people working in diverse disciplines who share an interest in comics, graphic novels and illustrated books.
What is the ‘Ragged University’ and how might you, and/or students, get involved?
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 8, 2017 at 15:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
Ragged University began with four people thinking about how ideas behind the Ragged Schools initiative might be applied in a Higher Education context. It takes learning outside the walls of formal higher education institutions. The project has at its core a belief in the value of creating opportunities for people, who love what they do, to share what moves them. It is founded on the idea that universal education, free of charge, is a basic…
Continue Bob Dylan needs Asylum!
Posted by Jill Anderson on June 6, 2017 at 16:42 0 Comments 0 Likes
Bid for Bob Dylan, the Asylum dog, as part of the Asylum magazine crowdfunding campaign.
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