Congratulations to Keir Starmer and The Labour Party. The next five years brings a real opportunity to reverse the mental health crisis. We look forward to working with you and all parties on tackling this. #NoHealthWithoutMentalHealth

On the outcome of the #2024electionresult President Lade Smith CBE said “Mental health impacts all aspects of life. Preventing and treating mental illness should be a priority underpinning key choices by the new Government on UK’s future.” Full statement 👇 shorturl.at/3CTLn

Here is a challenge to the new Government - reverse the trends we highlighted in our February report and make sure the health of our children can start to improve again Academy of Medical Sciences CeDAR

In addition to all these necessities, prevention begins at conception, followed by antenatal, perinatal, postnatal, toddler, preschool. These are all public services - GPs, midwives, health visitors, baby clinics, Sure Start - with seamless access to specialist care if needed

Colleagues in the North East- we need your views on this - please RT & encourage CAMHS colleagues or others working with children to complete Simon Gilbody Bernadka Dubicka Dr Aditya Sharma

Don’t forget to submit your poster abstract for the Faculty of Child and Adolescent rcpsychCAP Annual Conference 2024. The deadline for submissions is 5pm Monday 15 July. Submit your poster: bit.ly/capposter24 #capsych2024

You can still submit your posters for the rcpsychCAP Annual Conference 2024 until 15th July! bit.ly/capposter24

There’s so much information on social media about health, but how do we know what we can trust? 🔍 Here's a poster from Patient Information Forum (PIF) with top tips to find and share trusted content online. piftick.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Develop and support real multidisciplinary teamwork. This means learning to learn from each other in case discussions, while refining your own position. bmj.com/cgi/content/fu… Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust NHS England Workforce, Training and Education The Point of Care Foundation Tavistock Institute Tavistock Consulting Trisha Greenhalgh Training at the Tavi

There is ongoing work with Dr Karen Street and rcpsychCAP e.g. developing Apex training for managing acute psych presentations, collabs on other training, Paeds MH leads linking up with local CAMHS but more to be done Prathiba Chitsabesan Alex Thomson Dr Guy Northover Mairi Stark

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"The Royal College of Psychiatrists said no-one should be made to wait years for life-changing care." The College is calling for targeted investment to help expand #ADHD services and increase their capacity to deliver timely assessments and follow-up care. Read the full article👇

On the cover, a Comment by Andrew Morris, President of Academy of Medical Sciences, highlighting key areas to strengthen & advance UK research. Read this & more in our latest issue: hubs.ly/Q02J2mzs0

This is such an important scheme, particularly so in less research intensive universities

I completely agree - it’s a real dilemma. I’ve learnt so much from my Twitter friends but loathe the harm it can do 🤔

theguardian.com/society/articl… Dr Elaine Lockhart 🌎 The big rise in children’s anxiety has been put down to exam pressures, social media, pressures around appearance, inequalities, low income & Covid. Another factor is the past closing of children’s preventive services across all agencies.

Dr Elaine Lockhart 🌎 The Guardian Andrew Gregory Our resource on anxiety for children and young people explains how to access support, and self-help strategies. rcpsych.ac.uk/mental-health/….

I’m assuming that this is now including mental health support teams in schools and possibly other new services. Anxiety is such a catch all term for normal stress response, specific mental illness and symptom of other mental health conditions.

A brand new CPD module has been published to the Royal College of Psychiatrists eLearning Hub. 'Delivering greener, more sustainable, net zero mental healthcare' is available now and free to access 🔗bit.ly/4g4L4Ms NCCMH RCPsych CCQI

Exciting opportunity to shape the future of our flagship event A key role Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress please spread the word Subodh Dave ☘️🌻🌞 Humanising Medicine Lade Smith CBE Trudi Seneviratne 🌠 John Crichton rcpsych.ac.uk/members/posts-…