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The Association of Black Psychiatrists-UK Culture Club: The Experience So Far and Proposed Future Directions
- Olufemi Talabi, Oluwafunminiireayomi Shonibare, Abisola Ogundalu, Olukemi Akanle, Mosun Fapohunda, Akeem Sule, Toyin Omojuwa, Mona-Lisa Kwentoh, Isioma Nwokolo, Allison Edwards, Olamide Orimoloye, Fejiro Ofovwe-Onwusi, Elohor Ijete, Adeyinka Medubi, Chinwe Obinwa
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- BJPsych Open / Volume 9 / Issue S1 / July 2023
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- 07 July 2023, p. S37
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Media coverage and representations in popular culture can positively and negatively impact wider social attitudes to mental health and illness.In the light of the George Floyd and Tyre Nichols murders and the discussion about racism and its legacy on Black mental health, it has become especially important to discuss the effect of popular culture on Black mental health and vice-versa. The Culture Club was formed in 2021 as an offshoot of the Association of Black Psychiatrists-UK (ABP-UK) with the aim of analysing popular culture and black mental health with a view towards finding recurring themes about Black mental health and our lived experiences of racism and racial trauma. The Culture Club comprises doctors at all levels and medical students affiliated with ABP-UK. We initially started off reviewing films as the cinema offers an accessible and enjoyable way to explore the link between popular culture and mental health. The proposed future direction is to further incorporate other media to offer a more holistic experience and to further support public education efforts.
MethodsMedia from across the world featuring the intersection of racial trauma and black mental health are selected. The feature is watched individually, with a club discussion occurring virtually. Discussions are centred on the plot, characters, mental health correlations, and themes relative to our own lived experiences. We then note major or recurring themes for further exploration.
ResultsTo date, we have discussed “Thirteenth”, a documentary by Ava DuVernay, “Da Five Bloods” by Spike Lee, “Red, White and Blue” by Steve McQueen, The Nollywood blockbuster series “Blood Sisters” created by Temidayo Makanjuola and “Queen and Slim” by Melina Matsoukas.
The emerging critical themes from the screenings and our lived experiences are systemic racism, differential attainment, vicarious trauma, stigma and its impact on mental health, and the law.
ConclusionKey themes underpin black mental health and racial trauma. These themes, if studied further, could potentially be targeted to improve the lived black experience and, in turn, black mental health.
Popular culture remains an important tool in understanding Black mental health.
We welcome further ideas towards improving the culture club experience.
The Association of Black Psychiatrists (ABP-UK) and the RCPSYCH Introduction to Mentoring and Coaching: Impact of a Training Program
- Olamide Orimoloye, Oluwaseun Oluwaranti, Theresa Ugalahi, Uju Ugochukwu, Mosun Fapohunda
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- BJPsych Open / Volume 9 / Issue S1 / July 2023
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- 07 July 2023, p. S31
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The study aimed to check impact (active mentoring and willingness to mentor) following a mentoring and coaching training event facilitated by RCPSYCH and ABP-UK. The program involved watching two pre-recorded videos and a full-day practical session on mentoring and coaching skills.
MethodsThe training was targeted at psychiatrists of black heritage, working in the UK. They were recruited through social media adverts and emails sent to members of the organization. A predesigned questionnaire assessing feedback about the program and mentoring activities was sent to the emails of attendees immediately after the program and a year later.
ResultsForty-four participants attended the program; 32 completed the feedback immediately after the program, and 20 responded to the one-year follow-up.
From the initial survey, majority of respondents (78%) rated the program as excellent, and most (78%) found it relevant to their professional needs. Slightly more than half of the group (53.1%) were involved in mentoring, but only a few (6%) were involved in mentoring activities within a structured organization. Ninety-seven percent felt confident to mentor immediately after the program while 84.4% expressed interest in joining a college division for mentoring.
In the follow-up data with 20 respondents, 60% were involved in mentoring and 23% of respondents were new mentors. More respondents were engaged in college-related mentoring (41.7%) than in the previous year and majority (83.3%) expressed that the program had influenced their mentoring.
ConclusionResults from the follow-on survey shows that a good number of attendees at the training event had taken up mentoring roles at local, regional levels and at the College. We therefore recommend continued rollout of more targeted mentoring and coaching training programs, with consideration for cultural needs. This will boost the availability of diverse mentors within mentoring schemes available for doctors, ultimately improving quality of care to our diverse patients.
Improving Education Around High-Risk Psychotropic Medication in Supported Living Facilities
- Shweta Madhusudanan, Mosun Fapohunda, Joy Rickard, Christine Best, Sanaa Loothfaully
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- BJPsych Open / Volume 9 / Issue S1 / July 2023
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- 07 July 2023, p. S100
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Of the medication-related incidents that have been reported in supported living placements, many involved high-risk psychotropic medications such as Clozapine, Lithium and Sodium Valproate. An evaluation of these incidents found problems with administration and inadequate monitoring. Consequently, a virtual education programme was commissioned to educate support staff in living placements in South West Hertfordshire which showed strong positive evidence that the training session improved learning and management surrounding psychotropic medication. This education programme has now been expanded to supported living facilities in the North of the trust to further ameliorate safe medication management and care provision within these placements. The aim of this teaching programme is to provide an educational platform to improve the knowledge and risks associated with Clozapine, Lithium and Sodium Valproate in an effort to reduce medication-related incidents within the placements.
MethodsVirtual training was developed and delivered for support staff across supported living facilities in the Northern directory of the trust. This teaching was collaboratively designed and delivered by a multidisciplinary team including pharmacists, doctors and nurses. The virtual nature of the session lent increased accessibility to staff members from various regions.
Results28 staff members from 6 support living facilities covering a resident population of over 65,000 people attended the 3-hour virtual education programme. Quantitative studies run on the pilot lecture in the high-risk psychotropic learning programme found strong evidence that this training leads to increased understanding of the administration, management and risk profiling of the aforementioned high-risk medication.
ConclusionEducation surrounding high-risk medication will reduce long-term incidences of medication-related adverse events. The expansion of this learning programme to the entirety of the Hertfordshire trust is a step further in improving patient care within local mental health services.