North Africans In Psychology (NAIP) is ready and excited! 🌟 Join us at the Institute of Education Room C3.09, UCL, 6.30 - 8.30 PM. Thank to the UCL Arab & North African Society and to my fellow speakers 🔊 Hind Bechari-Martin Saleh Mohamed and Sarah H. Yallah Let's Go 🙏🏽

Yesterday was #TimeToTalk Day. A day we need, because mental health stigma still exists. And talking changes lives. But talking alone is not enough. (1/8)

Since the 1980s we've been told that emotional suffering is rooted in untreated 'mental disorders' rather than in unmet social/psychological/relational needs. In no other period has this historically outlying belief so dominated, nor has mental health disability so increased.

Review from Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience discusses the regulation of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis and its development. Full study in Frontiers - Neuroscience ⬇️

Prevalance of 'mental illness' per income inequality.  — Read & Sanders 2022

📢Calling all qualified clinicians 🔍Help explore barriers/facilitators to primary care psychology services for autistic adults, with a focus on sex/gender & ethnicity. 🎯 Need BOTH therapists who deliver therapy & clinicians who refer to these services. 🌟Participate/share!

These are data from all HCPC registered clinical psychologists. As you can see all practitioner psychologists represent population estimates, however in clinical psychology we see massive drop in representation of people from ethnic minority backgrounds.

A great first week RHUL DClinPsy cohort 2023! We hope you have enjoyed being on campus with us. Have a restful weekend and see you next week!

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Sit with it, but don’t sleep on it.

This.

The current silence in our profession in the face of genocide is loud. It's time to speak up. Here is an open letter to mental health professionals, networks and organisations. If you wish to co-sign it, the form is in my next tweet 👇 southoftherapy.com/its-time-to-sp…

Here's an adaption of a previous illustration: this time depicting how #racism is more than overt social narratives suggest. This hasn't been created from first hand experience but includes some ideas from Instagram, so I hope is useful and hits the mark . Please share freely.

Evening folks, Call out for psychologists, CBT therapists, PWPs, GPs, psychiatrists etc. Hoping to speak to 2 more IAPT clinicians and 1 referrers to IAPT. Please get in touch in interested & share 🤞 Happy to answer any question 😊 🛍️ £15

Metropolitan Police Significant legal concerns about freedom of speech, the right to protest, and the limits of legitimate police investigation are brought up by the Metropolitan Police's request to identify a person based only on that person's participation in a demonstration. The European

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We're here to help older people affected by the fire at #GrenfellTower - whether it's getting to the shops, advice or just a friendly face

Watch the full #Grenfell Tower charity single video by #ArtistsForGrenfell