Day 16

This moving, powerful pic of Neville Lawrence by Marcia Rigg reminds us that Stephen Lawrence should have enjoyed his 50th birthday today...May he RIP. Love to his family & friends. Stand Up To Racism

Our Research Manager Amelia (Amelia Hursey) will be talking about challenges in the #Parkinsons research space at CENTOGENE's upcoming webinar about their ROPAD study, which focusses on the role of genetics in #Parkinson's. 👉 Find out more and sign up to attend:

We are sad to announce that following the violent disorder in Southport,PD Zoe is to retire from service. Zoe is fit & well but we will never ask our dogs to do something they no longer want to do. Thankyou for your bravery & service, we wish you all the happiness in retirement🙏

I also wanna note my dad is a Marine. Please don’t mess with him 🙂‍↔️

.... and the work the team are doing to rescue, rehabiltate and release loris in Vietnam. go-east.org to learn more!

So casually cruel in the name of being honest In Henry VI, Shakespeare’s character, Dick the Butcher said, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”. Sounds a lot like the Antis, to me, regarding their aggressive and unresolved lust for some weird kind of ‘revenge’ on psychiatry. Reporting Dick the Butcher to

Why is it that every time someone proposes reform to the NHS, the same people pop up suggesting “a small fee to see the GP”, apparently unaware of or uninterested in the obvious effect this will have of shutting the poorest in society out of primary care, early detection, etc.?

What a weasel commentary from a psychiatrist, who starts out saying he’s not making a diagnosis and then proceeds to dissect Trump’s cognitive and mental states! There’s nothing wrong with Trump apart from being Donald J Trump.

Thanks Claire Bale she/her for everything you do #Parkinsons. As a mental health clinician and researcher I have never felt so supported as I have since being funded and becoming part of the Parkinson's UK community

Barry envy..

Mental health experts from across @UCL have launched a partnership with YouTube to address the shortage of high-quality mental health content available for children and young people. UCL Psych & Lang Sci UCL Psychiatry UCL Institute of Mental Health bit.ly/3ZJD2Tx

Dune: Director's cut..😅🔊⬆️

Excellent day at the Parkinson's UK Grant holders meeting today. Really enjoyed presenting along with Lisa Alcock, Hilmar Sigurdsson & Alison Yarnall, and hearing about so much ongoing research in the #Parkinsons community. BAM Research Group David Dexter NIHR Newcastle BRC Parkinson's North East & Cumbria RIG

Day : 1096 🏫 Day : 636 🎓 🇦🇫 “ Afghanistan is marking another dark anniversary. It is hard to process, that it has been three years since the Taliban banned girls from going to school past grad six.”-Malala Yousafzai #17th_September #Dark_Anniversary

Today is a #NationalSuicideMemorial Day for Health and Care. I wish we didn’t need this. But we do. I’ve devoted 32 years to suicide prevention, initially spurred on by the loss of colleagues. I think of them often. Suicide is not inevitable and I will work tirelessly to support

Suicide is not inevitable Safety Plans can equip people to deal with distress more safely. Early intervention is key: •Strategies •Make your situation safer (reduce access to means) •Support incl 24/7 StayingSafe.net can help you You Matter ♥️ #NationalSuicideMemorial

If you're a clinician with an interest in neuropsychiatry, joining the Global Neuropsychiatry Group is probably the easiest decision of your career. It's #free and you get access to fantastic monthly expert lectures and case discussions.

Thanks for sharing Dr Alys Cole-King