MAIN Webinar: Mental health, the social determinants of dying and trauma-informed palliative care. All welcome to our next free webinar (presentation, case studies & discussion). Tuesday 12th March @ 12 noon With Naomi Richards. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7339c142…

New paper on practitioners views of Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) for bereavement support. Led by Nikolaus Willi & our excellent MSc students School of Health in Social Science. With funding from Marie Curie EOLC

MainEvent webinar, 12.03.24, 12 noon GMT: "Mental health, the social determinants of dying and trauma-informed palliative care." With Naomi Richards @DrEmmaCarduff Rini Jones All welcome. Register for free here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/7339c142… Funded by Marie Curie EOLC

As oncologists we struggle with how we can have realistic conversations about the future while preserving hope. Dr @SchenkerYael and her colleagues show that having end of life conversations with patients did not compromise hope via the CONNECT study #pallonc #supponc

Do you use the term "loved ones" as a general term? Ever wondered what it means or how it might be understood? Kate Woodthorpe and I did: endoflifestudies.academicblogs.co.uk/is-everyone-a-… Tl:dr Emphasising "love" misses the diversity of reasons people care for each other End of Life Studies

Our next webinar:Family centred approaches to improving wellbeing in advanced illness and end of life will take place on 14 May. Register here for this free event: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0f2e9154…

Join us for our next MAIN event "Family centered approaches to improving wellbeing in advanced illness and at end of life". With Prof Liz Forbat 🇪🇺 Dr Lissette Aviles🇨🇱🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 & Louise Allen. Tues 14th May at 12 noon (BST). All welcome! Hosted by School of Health in Social Science. Funded by Marie Curie.

This is such a great idea & central to whole person care for people with serious life-limiting illnesses Leonie Herx Irish Association for Palliative Care Living and Dying Well Ireland Anne Doherty College of Psychiatrists of Ireland Harvey Max Chochinov Ira Byock McGill Programs in Whole Person Care Eric Kelleher Sarah Brennan 🤱🏼🤱🏽🤱🏿🤱🙏🙏🏾🙏🏿🙏🏼💗 Stanford Palliative Care Carol Davis IASW 1/

BBC Breakfast this morning - forward to 1hr 35 - psychological support for people with MND - new research (only available for 24 hours) bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…

This Mental Health Awareness Week, we're reflecting on the mental health needs of people living with a terminal illness and those that support them in a new blog. Our researchers talk about different therapeutic approaches, and what support is needed: bit.ly/3UYI37R

Lancet editorial on the COMMEND trial: ACT improves quality of life in people with MND: thelancet.com/journals/lance… And the COMMEND trial paper itself: thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Jonathan Koffman Simon Noah Etkind Libby Sallnow @larapivodic @a_samuels_ planning exciting study exploring how #religion & #spirituality help people when faced with #uncertainty from long-term or life-threatening illness. Go to tiny.cc/rgu5yz to share views. Thanks!

Next MAIN Webinar: 17.06.24 @ 1pm BST Managing Cancer and Living Meaningfully (CALM): A Psychotherapeutic Approach to Life-Threatening and Advanced Disease. With Prof. Gary Rodin (Gary Rodin). Funded by Marie Curie EOLC All welcome. Register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/19427132…

Review finds that most psychological interventions for people receiving palliative care are effective in reducing negative emotions including depression, anxiety and distress; & can improve hope, meaning and dignity. shorturl.at/csizm Need for implementation studies next!

Still time to register to join our webinar on Monday 17th June! With Prof Gary Rodin…

Next MAIN webinar: 24 Sept 2024 at 12.30-2pm BST Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for people with Motor Neurone Disease With Prof Rebecca Gould (UCL) Funded by Marie Curie EOLC All Welcome Register for free here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/f78b5146…

New: estimates of population-level palliative care need in the UK 2017-2021 bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…