Listened to this yesterday. Really interesting on how to bring about change from a position of little power. Reminds me of Mel saying 'every movement needs Martins and Malcolms'. Balancing dialogue and rage. Looking forward to the talk #bigspd24 👇

How do healthcare organisations make sure quality improvement doesn’t fail?

Read more about the discussions from the #Quality2024 #London Science stream. The full article is available on LinkedIn 👉: bit.ly/4emeLYa

The Mental Elf Mark Brown The BMJ @IHI

Listening to this yesterday. Really interested in the MBT trauma groups and the idea of someone being interested in you and trying to understand you as a therapeutic intervention in itself. In some ways the opposite of pure observation. #bigspd24

Policymakers and clinicians need to communicate associated risks and effective harm-reduction strategies with people affected by cannabis use disorders. nationalelfservice.net/?p=194047

New research in JAMA Psychiatry suggests that a diagnosis of cannabis use disorder poses a greater risk of developing an affective disorder, particularly within the first 6 months. nationalelfservice.net/?p=194047

How do healthcare organisations make sure quality improvement doesn’t fail?

In April I was lucky enough to cover the International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare for The Mental Elf writing thematic summaries of the 3 day event.

This is the fifth
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Are YOU interested in turning your mental health social care research ideas into actual funded projects?

Check out the Mental Health Social Care Research Incubator Stepping into Research Programme 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽

Play is so essential to children's mental health & their overall development. That's why I'm pleased to be joining this new Commission on Play as a commissioner to understand the state of play, the enablers & barriers.

Share your thoughts with us here: centreforyounglives.org.uk/play-commissio…

📢 People with a mental illness are as keen to vote as any other group in society, but face multiple barriers and hurdles.
We've put together information on exercising our voting rights this General Election on 4 July 👇centreformentalhealth.org.uk/your-voting-ri…

We need another 85 school professionals to complete our survey
Important coproduced study - a joy to colead with Jane Hurry from IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society
kindly share Dr Jo Billington Prof Vivian Hill 💙 Dr. Zachary Walker CRAE AT-Autism Anna Freud sarah o'brien YoungMinds Autism Practice

We're so lucky Midlands Partnership University NHS FT to have Mel Ball and her wonderfully inspirational story 👏🏻

Excellent write up by Jack Wilson of this recently published work

Very pertinent matters with exciting speakers! Please register & share American Psychiatric Association Royal College of Psychiatrists CanPsychiatricAssoc RANZCP West African College of Physicians Harvard Medical School Kenya Psychiatric Association (KPA)

Is there anyone who has smashed the glass ceiling of LXP working like Mel Ball? Really looking forward to this keynote #bigspd24

'Relative to those with no cannabis use disorder, those with a diagnosis were significantly more likely to develop unipolar depression or bipolar disorder.' nationalelfservice.net/?p=194047

Today Jack Wilson critiques a recent Danish longitudinal study by Oskar Jefsen et al published in JAMA Psychiatry, which suggests that cannabis use disorder is independently associated with bipolar disorder and unipolar depression. nationalelfservice.net/?p=194047

Cannabis use disorder associated with increased risk of both psychotic and nonpsychotic unipolar depression and bipolar disorder nationalelfservice.net/?p=194047

Episode 4 of the #BIGSPD24 Podcast is live! 🎙️

Join us as Anthony Bateman delves into mentalizing and its impact on personality disorders.

A thought-provoking discussion!

#MentalHealth #Podcast #Mentalizing #MBT #Trauma

Listen in full: youtu.be/xWb2Xs2tS2A

Participants from minority groups highlighted a range of barriers to engaging with research, including the perception of no direct benefit to themselves or their communities. nationalelfservice.net/?p=193508