Hi all 

I am planning to organise an online chat, sometime this term, on the implications of Mad Studies for qualifying education. 

Am currently gauging interest, so please let me know if you might be interested. 

There is a recent article by Peter Beresford, on Mad studies, here.

There is also an evolving set of resources…

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS 

Proposal Submission Deadline: November 14, 2014 

Full Chapters Due: April 27, 2015 



Book Title: University Partnerships in Higher Education 



An edited volume by Dr. Patrick Blessinger (International HETL Association) and Dr. Barbara Cozza (St. John’s University, USA) 



Volume five of the book series, Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning,…

Vulnerable Groups & Inclusion is an international peer reviewed Open Access journal that addresses research on risk groups and marginalization. This special issue of the journal  focuses on the inclusion of disabled people in post-secondary education as researchers, collaborators, teachers, and students. We are interested in papers exploring the experiences of disabled people in any of these roles, the ways in which inclusion is related to the visions…

Is anyone involving children and young people in teaching sessions or in programme planning.  If so, do you have any experience and/or resources to share?  Many thanks. 

Within the domains of criminal justice and mental health care, critical debate concerning ‘care’ versus ‘control’ and ‘therapy’ versus ‘security’ is now commonplace. Indeed, the ‘hybridisation’ of these areas is now a familiar theme. This unique and topical text provides an array of expert analyses from key contributors in the field that explore the interface between criminal justice and mental health. Using concise yet robust definitions of key terms and concepts, it consolidates…

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, more commonly known as the DSM, is published by the American Psychiatric Association and aims to list and describe all mental disorders. The publication of DSM-V in 2013 brought many changes. Diagnosing the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, by Rachel Cooper, is written for all those who wonder whether the DSM-V now classifies the right people in the right way. It is aimed at patients, mental health…

Publisher's blurb: 'A woman habitually commits self-injury, ingesting light bulbs, a box of nails, zippers and a steak knife. A new mother is admitted with incessant visions of harming her child. A recent graduate, dressed in a tunic and declaring that love emanates from everything around him, is brought to A&E by his alarmed girlfriend. These are among the patients new physician Christine Montross meets during rounds at her hospital’s locked inpatient ward – and who we meet as she…

This new book by Peter Kindeman may be of interest.   'A Prescription for Psychiatry lays bare the flaws and failings of traditional mental health care and offers a radical alternative. Exposing the old-fashioned biological 'disease model' of psychiatry as unscientific and unhelpful, it calls for a revolution in the way we plan and deliver care. Kinderman challenges the way we think about mental health problems, arguing that the origins of distress are largely social, and…

In The Medicalization Trap, Dr Gloria Wright constructively and critically explores the process involved in “becoming known” as ADHD. This thought provoking study illuminates how diagnostic labels such as “ADHD” actually emerge. It’s a “must read” for parents, medical and health professionals, parents, social workers and anyone interested in how labeling actually comes about. Dr Gloria Wright examines range of theoretical underpinnings to ADHD through the narratives of mothers.…

A new addition to the YoungMinds website is Academic Resilience.

The Academic Resilience approach supports schools to have a greater impact on the achievements of their most vulnerable or disadvantaged pupils. It comprises free, accessible resources including practical tools, case studies, film clips, and downloads.

The resources will…

Does anyone have or know any good practices in supporting undergraduate students with ADHD in higher education?