Public Servant re-post: "Health check on Thatcher's legacy"
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The Institute of Mental Health
Public Servant re-post: "Health check on Thatcher's legacy". "The health of the nation has improved since Margaret Thatcher first walked through the door of 10 Downing Street, say Professors Brian Brown and Paul Crawford, but time has thrown up new challenges". See the full post: http://www.publicservice.co.uk/publicservant/article/22632
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David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu ~ How Austerity Kills (New York Times Article)
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The Institute of Mental Health
The following article, How Austerity Kills, by David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu, was originally published in The New York Times on 12 May 2013.  How Austerity KillsBy David Stuckler and Sanjay Basu EARLY last month, a triple suicide was reported in the seaside town of Civitanova Marche, Italy. A married couple, Anna Maria Sopranzi, 68, and Romeo
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Fiona Birkbeck - The Cry for Professional Intimacy: Healing and learning in the 21st century. Changing client/expert relationships in our post-industrial public services.
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The Institute of Mental Health
So, what are you researching? ‘ is the perennial question.‘Public Services,’ is my answer.  ‘Client expert relationships in the NHS and in Education.’In the past, the eyes of my questioner would begin to glaze over.  Maybe, I would reflect sadly, it’s the combination of ‘public’, with its connotations of toilets, and ‘services’ conjuring up a tired
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Ewen Speed and Simon Carter ~ Playing the blame game: political capital and Mid Staffs
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The Institute of Mental Health
In continuing the discussion of the post-Francis Report, the IMH Blog recommends the post published last week on the 'Cost of Living' Blog about the way the report is being used by those with 'vested interests': 'Playing the blame game: political capital and Mid Staffs'By Ewen Speed and Simon CarterOn the political implications of the Francis Repor
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Institute of Mental Health "Research Day" Monday 13 May 2013
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The Institute of Mental Health
From:  Peter Bartlett and Melanie Jordan Re.: IMH Research Day, Monday 13 May 2013  The IMH will be hosting a Research Day to highlight the work of our doctoral candidates, Managed Innovation Networks (MINs), and early-career researchers (including research assistants and research fellows) on Monday 13 May 2013.  We hope yo
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Neoliberalism and Healthcare
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The Institute of Mental Health
There was an article in Time magazine last month, discussing the impact of a neoliberal ideology on the healthcare system in the United States.  Given the direction of the NHS currently, we felt it worth highlighting this article, perhaps to kickstart the debate within the IMH, and beyond. The article is quite long, and as it is not a blog either,
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Centre for Mental Health: "What the Francis report means for mental healthcare"
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The Institute of Mental Health
Centre for Mental Health ~ "What the Francis report means for mental healthcare" Please find below the link to this CMH piece. (Originally posted in the HSJ blog Leadership in Mental Health, 6 February, 2013). "A considered response to Francis should include a full assessment of what it will entail for mental health services". http://blog.centrefor
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Event ~ Professor Nikolas Rose Free Public Lecture, 15 May 2013
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The Institute of Mental Health
A date for the diary!  Professor Nikolas Rose will be giving a public lecture on 15 May 2013 at 4:30pm entitled, 'What is 'Mental Illness Today?  Five Hard Questions'.  This talk is part of the School of Sociology and Social Policy's Seminar Series and will be held in B63 in the Law and Social Sciences Building. Further information about Professor
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Cost of Living blog re-post: "BLACK APRIL – There IS an alternative"
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The Institute of Mental Health
Cost of Living blog re-post: "BLACK APRIL – There IS an alternative" Ewen Speed, Simon Carter, Charlie Davison and Sasha Scambler "On austerity, affordability, ideology and the changes to welfare and the NHS that came into effect on the 1st April". "Right wing politicians throughout Europe and beyond are working desperately hard to establish a new,
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IMH Research Day
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The Institute of Mental Health
May 13th, 2013 ~ IMH Research Day ~ 9am-5pm You are welcome to join us for this free event to learn about the work of the Institute’s doctoral candidates, Managed Innovation Networks, and early-career researchers. Plenary Speakers:  Nick Manning (IMH Director), Mat Kinton (Care Quality Commission), and John Milton (Consultant Forensic Psychiat
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The Independent on 'The Age of Anxiety'
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The Institute of Mental Health
This past Tuesday (23/04/2013), The Independent featured an article on anxiety by Markie Robson-Scott,  'The age of anxiety: a medical condition or just the new normal?'  Robson-Scott questions whether feeling worry is part of being human and whether it's helpful and/or necessary to rely on prescription medication.As the article highlights, anxiety
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The Influencing Machine with author, historian, and curator Mike Jay.
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The Institute of Mental Health
Nottingham Contemporary Forthcoming event ~ May 7th The Influencing Machine with author, historian, and curator Mike Jay. Mike Jay will discuss the case of James Tilly Matthews, an “incurable lunatic” confined to Bedlam in 1797. Matthews insisted his mind was being controlled by a machine. He is regarded as the first person to present clear symptom
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Event ~ Inside Out of Mind, June 2013
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The Institute of Mental Health
Inside Out of Mind (as highlighted in the IMH Newsletter): An innovative project, which has brought together ethnographic researchers with theatre practitioners to tackle the challenge of dementia care, has led to the development of a play, soon to run at the Lakeside Arts Theatre. The play, Inside Out of Mind, brilliantly illustrates the multiple
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The IMH Research Day (Held May 13th): A Reflection
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The Institute of Mental Health
The IMH held a strongly supported inaugural Research Day this month – and such was its success that a follow-up event will be held next year. The event showcased and celebrated the work of IMH-related early-career researchers (including research assistants and research fellows), doctoral students and the IMH Managed Innovation Networks, attracting
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Prof. Ian Shaw ~ It's starting...
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The Institute of Mental Health
It was only 3 short years ago that the White Paper was published aiming to establish a National Care service, free to service users. That was at a time when the recession had started and the Coalition Government had been formed. Now it looks like a completely different world with not a free service, but a cap to social care costs to be established
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Jenelle Clarke ~ The Good, the 'Mad' and the Ugly: Guns and Mental Health in the US
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The Institute of Mental Health
"The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun"Wayne LaPierre, NRA's executive vice president, 21 December 2012 The year 2012 saw some of the worst gun violence in American history. Unsurprisingly, this has prompted many discussions and debates about America's gun laws.  Topics currently include the interpretation of the S
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Event ~ Professor Nikolas Rose Free Public Lecture, 15 May 2013
The Institute of Mental Health
The Institute of Mental Health
Professor Nikolas Rose will be giving a public lecture on 15 May 2013 at 4:30pm entitled, 'What is 'Mental Illness Today? Five Hard Questions'.  This talk is part of the School of Sociology and Social Policy's Seminar Series and will be held in B63 in the Law and Social Sciences Building, University of  Nottingham Main Campus. Further information a
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Sean Duggan - The new NHS can transform mental health care
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The Institute of Mental Health
One of this week's blogs is a repost from the wonderful Centre for Mental Health.  The original blog was here, on the CMH's own blog, by Chief Executive Sean Duggan.  His post examines the current changes taking place in the NHS, and the potential positive impact on mental health services.As clinical commissioning groups and NHS England t
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Chris Beeley - The Patient Feedback Challenge
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The Institute of Mental Health
Well, it finally launched, the patient feedback website that we created as part of the Patient Feedback Challenge. The evaluation section was part of a partnership with the Involvement Centre of Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust and the web design agency Numiko to build a website which can help us to collect feedback data, summarise and report o
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Dr Rex Haigh ~ The World Psychiatric Association International Congress 2012 Conference
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The Institute of Mental Health
Whilst attending the World Psychiatric Association International Congress 2012 Conference (held 17-21 October), Rex Haigh, an NHS consultant psychiatrist, wrote a blog post for every day of the conference.   With a packed conference schedule of activities from 6:30am to 11pm, Rex reported on the variety of presentations, themes and discussions that
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