Patients are often left under the impression they've seen a doctor when in reality they haven't. This is a risk to patient safety, and new Government plans to regulate PAs and AAs will only confuse things more. Please write to your MP today.

34% of men who died by #suicide in middle-age had been bereaved by the death of a parent (66; 27%), family member or partner (24; 10%), or friend (6; 2%). 19(8%) had experienced multiple bereavements & 14 (6%) had been bereaved by suicide. For 82% bereavement was >3m earlier.

Thursday 25 Jan at 6pm is the WPA EP Section next Webinar. Paul Gilbert will be speaking on Compassion Focused Therapy register free thru link wpanet.org/evolutionary-p… Derek Tracy Henry O'Connell Gurjot Brar Laith Al-Shawaf ليث الشواف Muzaffer Kaser C A Soper Geoff Lawrence-Smith Adam Hunt

📢Cambridge Psychiatry and NIHR ARC East of England's Population Evidence and Data Science theme are looking for a Research Assistant/Associate to contribute to the development, conduct, analysis and evaluation of #data #research. ⚠️Deadline: Wednesday 31 January Apply now➡️jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/44609/

Really happy to see this book with dinesh bhugra and Sarah Farrell come out with OUP Medicine . Thank you to all the students and colleagues around the world for your help and perseverance- without you it wouldn't have happened. We hope it helps- change is needed in our med schools

If you are a doctor or medical student in need of additional support, you can find a list of wellbeing services available to you, both locally & UK-wide, in our wellbeing support services directory: bma.org.uk/sourcesofsuppo… There is always someone you can talk to. #TimeToTalkDay

To find out how evolutionary thinking can improve understanding and treatment of mental problems–and how you can help a new field grow–join us for the ISEMPH Pre-meeting on #EvolutionaryPsychiatry Aug 5-6, in Durham, UK, join us Aug 5-6 for the ISEMPH Pre-meeting on

Here is a link to the recording of our most recent WPA Evolutionary Psychiatry webinar by Prof Paul Gilbert on Compassion Focused Therapy youtu.be/swwFEKWoxHg Derek Tracy Henry O'Connell Laith Al-Shawaf ليث الشواف Adam Hunt C A Soper Muzaffer Kaser Gurjot Brar Reem Abed

Come and work with us on a study of mindfulness based cognitive therapy in teenagers- Research Assistant (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45274/

📣 PUBLISHED 📣 “Hunter–Gatherer children's close-proximity networks: Similarities and differences with cooperative and communal breeding systems” in Evolutionary Human Sciences by Nikhil Chaudhary et al. 👉 Read more here: arch.cam.ac.uk/news/hunter-ga… 📸 Rodolph Schlaepfer and Sylvain Viguier

34th newsletter of the Evolutionary Psychiatry SIG Royal College of Psychiatrists Includes links to international Evolutionary conferences, interviews and essays. Share with interested colleagues rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-s… Derek Tracy Henry O'Connell Femi Oyebode Reem Abed Muzaffer Kaser C A Soper

Last week, I was honoured to attend opening of the 'Trevor Robbins Cognitive Neuroscience Lab' Dept of Psychology Personally, Trevor has always been very supportive of me & I'm sure I join colleagues in wishing him sincere congratulations on this honour 👏🌟🥂 👀 neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/opening-of-the…

Great to see the new paper out led by Éimear M. Foley. We showed that a novel measure of inflammation (IL-6 activity) was associated with poorer clinical and cognitive outcomes in patients with depression. Promising approach over individual inflammatory protein levels.

"Patients must know who is treating them and the skills and abilities that clinician has." Today, we have published new guidance on the scope of responsibilities for Medical Associate Professionals (MAPs). Read more here: bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent…

Excited to be speaking at the Health & Wellbeing at Work 2025 conference tomorrow on 12th March at 2 pm. Come join many others to hear more about our model offering rapid access mental health support linked to the workplace. #NHS #workplace #mentalhealth #HWW2024

FREE webinar of the Section of Evol Psychiatry of the WPA features renowned thinker and author Jerome Wakefield speaking on ‘The Loss of Sadness and Pathologizing of Grief’ Thursday 28 Mar 6pm GMT registration: wpanet.org/evolutionary-p… Henry O'Connell Adam Hunt Derek Tracy

Check out my latest #IEUREKA! blog with MRC IEU on our recent project exploring a novel measure of interleukin 6 activity/bioavailability in depression 🔎 Blog 👉 ieureka.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/05/09/a-n… Article 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Golam Khandaker Chloe Slaney Muzaffer Kaser et al.

Major evolutionary psychiatry conference at the Royal College of Psychiatrists on 22 November 2024 featuring Simon Baron-Cohen, Nicholas Humphrey, Marco Del Giudice Henry O'Connell, Zanna Clay and Reem Abed rcpsych.ac.uk/events/confere… Derek Tracy Adam Hunt Muzaffer Kaser

Full updated program and booking link for major Evolutionary Psychiatry conference at the RCPSYCH London on 22 Nov 2024 with stellar line up check it out email.rcpsych.ac.uk/cr/AQil4woQ2dG… Derek Tracy Henry O'Connell Adam Hunt Reem Abed Muzaffer Kaser Randy Nesse Gurjot Brar