Schools will be in contact with their students over the early part of the week to provide subject-specific information about the new teaching and assessment arrangements being put in place.

Our Chair John Crichton has been discussing with @thetimesscot about how to protect your Mental Health during self-isolation. The piece also features helpful tips from our former chair Peter Rice and Toni Giugliano @SHAAPALCOHOL Mental Health Foundation Scotland #covid19UK #WednesdayWisdom

We are immensely proud of our medical students who will graduate early this week to aid the NHS in the fight against coronavirus. 🎓🎉👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️ buff.ly/34fd77k #UniSupport #COVID19

My heart is bursting and my eyes leaking with the fierce pride I feel for these new graduates going off into an uncertain world. You are all wonderful. Be brave and take care of yourselves. I hope we celebrate properly soon.

I am very sorry to have learnt Dr Dame Denise Coia died last night at 5.30pm surrounded by her family & friends. Dame Denise had been unwell for some time - her extraordinary contribution to psychiatry and medicine in Scotland is unparalleled.

Everything came full circle when we met NHS Tayside new FiY's on Monday. During their induction we covered donning and doffing of PPE which is one of the thing that we taught them the very first time that they came to clinical skills as year 1 students 😀👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️#DundeeMedic

“Mental health has been something that isn’t a priority for too long," says John Crichton, Chair of RCPsych in Scotland, calling for “fundamental change” in mental health support for NHS staff. Read the full article in The Press and Journal: pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/politi…

This Nurses' Day we want to say thank you to our amazing members and their colleagues for playing a vital role in the #COVID19 pandemic. Please share this film and say thank you to nursing staff everywhere using #NursesDay 💙

Psychiatry day! 🎉 SMILE SMILE Medical Education are hosting a full day of free psychiatry zooms this Friday! Not to be missed 🧠🌈 #choosepsychiatry As always remember to join 30 minutes before - max capacity 1000 students

Online free zooms for medical students continue this week 👇🏽👇🏽 #meded #medtwitter #psychiatryday

Today was meant to be RCPsych in Scotland General Adult Conference in Dundee, I had been looking forward to it. Thought I’d take the opportunity to express my admiration to all those at the college and working in mental health services working so hard at present. Best wishes to you all!

New #imaging findings in depression: Blunted medial prefrontal cortico-limbic reward-related effective connectivity and depression In the journal Brain: doi.org/10.1093/brain/…

We've warned about the worrying signs many psychiatrists are seeing - predicting more people needing mental health support rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-featu…

All staff at Ninewells want to say a big thank you to Wrightline Roadmarkings Ltd who created this amazing rainbow road marking to say ‘thank you’ to NHS staff. The rainbow is located beside the bridge on Ninewells Drive as you come into Ninewells Hospital tinyurl.com/yauof7ph

Great piece by Dr Elaine Lockhart in The Scottish Sun today on how to help our children and young people cope with the easing of lockdown #COVID19 #MentalHealthMatters

UK PsychSocs are collaborating! Our new PsychSoc recommended mental health book list is growing! Any suggestions? (Fiction or non-fiction) #choosepsychiatry 🧠🌈 Choose Psychiatry Psychiatric Resident Doctors' Committee (PRDC) Wendy Burn CBE 🌈 Subodh Dave ☘️🌻🌞 Humanising Medicine @DrKateLovett Adrian James Professor Ahmed Hankir Derek Tracy

Dundee Psychiatry Would be very grateful for your help letting young people who #selfharm know about this study, which investigates influences on their self-harm, is conducted online with our research assistant, and has been approved by the UCL Research Ethics Committee. Thanks

Great thread for those on placements.

Many of us are now living with new coronavirus restrictions, so we're sharing information that can help you stay informed and protect your #mentalhealth. Visit our information hub to help your mental wellbeing: samh.org.uk/coronavirus