Enhancing learning and teaching about mental health across the disciplines
Posted on May 22, 2015 at 12:46 1 Comment 1 Like
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/activity/social-policy/ceimh/film-resources/index.aspx
Great videos: I loved: A conversation with Gail Hornstein and the story of Agnes's Jacket
And A conversation with Thomas…
ContinuePosted on May 22, 2015 at 12:28 0 Comments 1 Like
13/05/2015 - 52nd Maudsley Debate: More harm than good?
Is the long term use of psychiatric medications causing more harm than good?
The vote at the end of the debate was 136 agreed psychiatric drugs do more harm than good against 66 who disagreed.
Video of the debate is available on YouTube but the recording isn't great.
Posted on September 12, 2014 at 13:37 0 Comments 1 Like
Hi all,
Just letting you know that I have made some updates to the MH Online Resource Map so please use the latest version:
MentalHealthOnline%20Resources.pdf
Thanks
Sharon
Posted on September 2, 2014 at 15:04 1 Comment 1 Like
Dear Members,
I have put together a list of online resources which you may find useful - I have included MHHE too
Mental%20Health4%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Online%20Resources.pdf
Posted by Jill Anderson on December 1, 2020 at 11:50 0 Comments 0 Likes
Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh is launching the world’s first master’s degree in Mad Studies. The MSc Mad Studies course is primarily a course for graduates with lived experience of mental health issues. It has been hailed by a leading international Mad Studies academic as the most exciting piece of curriculum development in the last 20 years!
Mad Studies is a recognised academic discipline that explores the knowledge and actions that have grown…
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Medical discourse currently dominates as the defining framework for madness in educational praxis. Consequently, ideas rooted in a mental health/illness binary abound in higher learning, as both curriculum content and through institutional procedures that reinforce structures of normalcy. While madness, then, is included in university spaces, this inclusion proceeds in ways that continue to pathologize madness and disenfranchise mad people.
This paper offers Mad…
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Earlier this year, UUK published a refreshed version of its strategic framework, Stepchange: mentally healthy universities, calling on universities to prioritise the mental health of their students and staff by taking a whole university approach to mental health.
The Stepchange approach and shared set of principles inform the …
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Three sample articles are available on the Asylum website:
Beyond the Pale – Raza Griffiths
An Illustrated Mind – Kathryn Watson …
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Fast-track mental health social work provider Think Ahead will expand its intake by 60% from next year following a government funding boost of at least £18m.
The Department of Health and Social Care has agreed a contract with Think Ahead to increase the number of trainees for its 2021 and 2022 cohorts from 100 to 160, with…
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Health Education England has commissioned 11 videos centered on real-life experience of specialists in the social work field.
Posted by Jill Anderson on October 16, 2020 at 15:37 0 Comments 0 Likes
In February 2020 Health Education England and Skills for Care put on two major conferences about the role and development of mental health social work.
Posted by Jill Anderson on October 16, 2020 at 15:33 0 Comments 0 Likes
A section of the Skills for Care website has been developed for mental health social workers and AMHPs
Posted by Jill Anderson on October 16, 2020 at 15:29 1 Comment 1 Like
Social workers are among the largest group of professionals in the mental health workforce and play a key role in the assessment of mental health, addictions and suicide. Most social workers provide services to individuals with mental health concerns, yet there are gaps in research on social work education and training programmes. The objective of this open access scoping review is to examine literature on social work education and training in mental health, addictions and…
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With World Mental Health Day this Saturday, a new Nuffield Trust report discusses how more people might be attracted to apply to study mental health nursing, and the reasons why they might currently be less likely to do so.
Co-author Claudia Leone picks out some key findings.
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Hi Sharon
Welcome to the mhhehub. It's great that you have joined, and I'm glad that you found the lecture that I posted helpful.
You will see that we have over 450 members across the UK and a growing membership in other countries; please add yourself to the member map which we hope will help aid networking- you can search to find other members in your region. Have a look around and explore the groups/forum/events/blog functions. Try using the search box on the homepage too.
If you have any queries or suggestions then do get in touch with myself or with Bill Penson.
Best wishes,
Jill
Thanks Jill,
I am still learning how to nagigate my way around the site, so thank you for the tips and for the welcome, it's much appreciated.
Best wishes,
Sharon
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