BBC – A New Vision for Mental Health

Is Psychiatry Working?

Author: Editorial 24th February 2023 0 Comments

This series of 30 minute podcasts from BBC Radio 4 has six episodes: Crisis : Writer Horatio Clare and psychiatrist Femi Oyebode discuss psychiatric crisis care with patients and clinicians. Detention : How do we treat people, often against their will, under…
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audio, BBC, BBC Radio 4, coercive psychiatry, diagnostic labelling, involuntary detention, psychiatry, psychotherapy

Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism

Author: Editorial 20th February 2023 0 Comments

The description of this TV programme (from the BBC) says: “Paddy McGuinness and his wife Christine have three children: eight-year-old twins Leo and Penelope, and five-year-old Felicity. All three have been diagnosed with autism. This raw and intimate documentary follows Paddy and…
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autism, autistic spectrum, BBC, Culture & Society, videos

Sheffield: Call to tackle ‘systemic racism’ in mental health care

Author: Editorial 9th December 2022 0 Comments

Hayley Brewer reports for the BBC: “A suicide survivor has said there are ‘systemic issues‘ with racism in the mental health system. Gambinga Gambinga, 43, from Sheffield, said black people ‘have a rougher ride’ in getting support than white people. NHS…
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BBC, Culture & Society, Gambinga Gambinga, male issues, Mental Health Act, NHS, racism, sectioning, Sheffield Afro Caribbean Mental Health Association

Stop caging people with autism and learning disabilities, says Robert Buckland

Author: Editorial 14th November 2022 0 Comments

This report (from January 2022) – by Shelley Phelps and Kate Whannel – comes from the BBC. It begins: “Ex-Justice Secretary Sir Robert Buckland is calling for changes to mental health laws to stop people with autism or learning disabilities being…
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autism, BBC, coercive psychiatry, Kate Whannel, learning disabilities, mental health hospitals, psychiatry, Robert Buckland, Shelley Phelps

Magic-mushroom drug can treat severe depression, trial suggests

Author: Editorial 3rd November 2022 0 Comments

This report by Philippa Roxby comes from the BBC. It begins: “A drug based on a compound in hallucinogenic mushrooms can improve the symptoms of severe depression for up to 12 weeks, a trial shows. A 25mg tablet of psilocybin puts…
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Andrew McIntosh, BBC, depression, magic mushrooms, New England Journal of Medicine, Philippa Roxby, psilocybin, psychotherapy, Research, severe depression

Scotland’s doctors urged to prescribe gardening and cooking

Author: Editorial 27th October 2022 0 Comments

The BBC reports : “Prescribing patients activities such as walking, gardening and cooking can help Scotland tackle health inequality, leading charities have said. A coalition of 19 organisations are calling on the Scottish government to adopt a national strategy for so-called…
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BBC, BBC Scotland, cooking, Emma Lunan, gardening, loneliness, Movement for Health, social prescribing

‘Toxic culture’ of abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC secret filming

Author: Editorial 29th September 2022 0 Comments

This report comes from the BBC’s Panorama team and Joseph Lee. It begins: “Humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks – patients were put at risk due to a ‘toxic culture’ at one of the UK’s biggest mental health hospitals, BBC Panorama…
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Alan Haslam, BBC, BBC Panorama, coercive psychiatry, Edenfield Centre, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Joseph Lee, mental health nurses

The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD

Author: Editorial 14th July 2022 0 Comments

Kitti Palmai reports for the BBC: “While many parents worry that their children spend too much time playing computer games, Kelcey Sihanourath is pleased to see her son Owain pick up his tablet. Now aged 13, he was diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in…
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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, BBC, computer games, EndeavorRx, Kelcey Sihanourath, Kitti Palmai, New Approaches, Thymia

Easier than curing a toothache? The Story of Lobotomy

Author: Editorial 16th May 2022 0 Comments

This podcast is from the BBC. The producers say: “It is remembered as the most barbaric medical procedure of the 20th century, but lobotomy was once hailed as a miracle cure. Claire Prentice explores the archives to uncover the hidden history…
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audio, BBC, Claire Prentice, Egas Moniz, history of psychiatry, Howard Dully, lobotomy, psychiatry, Wylie McKissock

Psychedelic frees up depressed brain, study shows

Author: Editorial 13th May 2022 0 Comments

Philippa Roxby reports for the BBC: “Psilocybin, a drug found in magic mushrooms, appears to free up the brains of people with severe depression in a way that other antidepressants do not, a study has found. The results, based on brain…
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antidepressants, BBC, Centre for Psychedelic Research, David Nutt, depression, Imperial College London, Nature Medicine, neuroscience, Philippa Roxby, psilocybin, Research