Cambridge Core BlogRCPsych: preparing a new generation of peer reviewers
Anna Munks, Managing Editor of BJPsych Advances and BJPsych Open, speaks to us about the importance of peer review for the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych).
Tag archive: RCPsych
Reviving the biopsychosocial model in practice: a challenge for all psychiatrists
BJPsych Bulletin is delighted to announce Dr Simon Williamson as the winner of the 2021 Praxis Editorial Award competition. Read his complementary blog post on his winning article: “‘Is the biopsychosocial model dead?”.
The way forward for undergraduate psychiatric education
The RCPsych Article of the Month for May is ‘Undergraduate psychiatric education: current situation and way forward’ and the blog is written by author Gaia Sampogna published in BJPsych International.
People with prior mental ill health hit harder by pandemic disruption
University College London People who had higher pre-pandemic levels of depression or anxiety have been more severely affected by disruption to jobs and healthcare during the pandemic, according to a new study co-led by UCL researchers.…
“Psyclimatry”: how climate change is shaping the role of psychiatry
BJPsych Bulletin is delighted to announce Dr Daniel Romeu as the winner of the 2020 Praxis Editorial Award competition. Read his complementary blog post on his winning article: “Is the climate a mental health crisis?“.…
New study finds prevalent and harmful harassment and discrimination within NHS healthcare workforce
Researchers at King’s College London have found prevalent and harmful harassment and discrimination committed by and against NHS staff working in London trusts. Furthermore, women, Black ethnic groups and migrant NHS staff were more likely to experience harassment and discrimination.
Psychotropic prescribing in children and young people with intellectual disabilities
The RCPsych Article of the Month for January is from The British Journal of Psychiatry (BJPsych) and is entitled ‘Antipsychotic and antidepressant prescribing for 704 297 children and young people with and without intellectual disabilities: record linkage study’ by Angela Henderson, Deborah Kinnear, Michael Fleming et al.
Why we need to know more about the physical health of autistic people
Recent policy campaign Personal tragedies, public crisis led by Autistica, the UK’s leading autism medical research charity, emphasises that investigating rates and causes of premature mortality in autistic people is of paramount importance.
Rix’s Expert Psychiatric Evidence
This week at London’s Central Criminal Court, or the Old Bailey as it is known, I was asked by another expert why the judges all wear black robes instead of the colourful dress of other circuit judges and why they are addressed as ‘My Lord’ or ‘My Lady’ instead of ‘Your Honour’.…
Lockdown loneliness increases the risk of depression in caregivers
A new research study, published in BJPsych Open, finds that loneliness experienced during the UK lockdown increased the risk of depression in family caregivers.…