New and interesting things are happening in mental healthcare – find out about them here and help shape a new vision for mental health.

The Neuroplastic Narrative in the classroom

This report has been published by the Critical Mental Health Nurses’ Network. It begins: “The following is a report of a UK-based student mental health nurse discussion group. … It was part of the work of a final-year university module called…
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Adverse childhood experiences: a meta-analysis of prevalence and moderators among half a million adults in 206 studies

This paper has been published in World Psychiatry. The abstract says: “Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), including maltreatment and family dysfunction, is a major contributor to the global burden of disease and disability. With a large body of international literature on…
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Transforming Mental Health Care with Cultural Narratives and Metaphors

“In an influential paper, Laurence Kirmayer explores how cultural narratives and metaphors shape our experience of mental health and recovery.“ This article by Justin Karter has been published in Mad in America. It begins: “In a groundbreaking academic article,  Laurence J. Kirmayer , a…
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Beyond Police and Psychiatrists: Chicago’s Plan to Transform Community Mental Health

“From Jacobin: ‘Police violence and lack of access to essential care services have emerged as twinned hallmarks of American life. In a nation in which people with unmet mental health needs are 16 times more likely to be killed by police,…
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Critique Of IAPT On BBC TV

On CBT Watch (an Independent Mental Health Watchdog & Discussion Forum), Dr. Mike Scott writes concerning IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies), which has now been renamed ‘NHS Talking Therapies’): “here is my 5 minute interview with BBC TV, https://vimeo.com/316124732 the…
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The New WHO and UN Guidance: Psychiatry Must Entirely Change

“A fundamental shift is required within the field of mental health … There is an overreliance on biomedical approaches to treatment options, inpatient services and care, and little attention given to social determinants and community-based, person-centred interventions…” The new World…
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Exercise that could beat depression revealed by scientists and may be prescribed by GPs

Martin Bagot reports for The Mirror: “Just one yoga session a week can tackle depression symptoms and could be prescribed by GPs, scientists say. The clinical trial, involving 80 adults with moderate-to-severe  depression , found 44 percent of those in the  yoga  groups…
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Dangerous Psychiatric Fads

This article by Dr. Allen Frances (psychiatrist) has been published on Pyschotherapy.net. It begins: “A sad and fairly ubiquitous aspect of human fallibility is that we are extremely suggestable suckers for fashion. Psychiatry is no exception — its history is littered…
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