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Mental Health and Sustainability

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7 Sep 2015
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Ingeborg Steinbach
A PsychSusnet member Toby Pillinger interviews Daniel Maughan about his work on spreading awareness about sustainability across mental health services throughout his time as the RCPsych Sustainability…
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Young People with Dementia (YPWD) - My day with the charity

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15 Aug 2015
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Michael Pearce
Nervously en-route to the morning'sactivity of choir singing my head was ringing with painful memories of standing at the back of church warbling tunelessly along to obscurehymns. Little did I know…
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Lancet Commission Podcast about the health effects of our unsustainable ways of living

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27 Jul 2015
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Far-reaching changes to the structure and function of the Earth's natural systems represent a growing threat to human health. By unsustainably exploiting nature's resources, human civilisation has…
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Video for the 2015 Lancet commission on health and climate change

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24 Jun 2015
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This is a must watchvideoabout the 2015Lancet commission on health and climate change.The 2015LancetCommission on Health and Climate Change maps out the impacts of climate change, and the necessary…
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The Hidden Mental Health Impacts Of Climate Change

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23 Jun 2015
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Judith Anderson
The authors of a new landmarkreportinthe Lancetdescribed mental health disorders as among the most dangerous of the “indirect” health effects of global warming.“It will get very bad,’’ predicts…
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Mind games – why do we continue to ignore climate change?

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11 May 2015
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Why is it that doctors, whose aim it is to improve health are, with the emissions associated with delivering healthcare, adding significantly to the health threat posed by climate change? One reason…
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Open letter to Shell's Ben van Beurden from John Ashton

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31 Mar 2015
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Judith Anderson
The UK’s former top climate change diplomat urges the head of the oil company to become part of the solution to climate changeJohn Ashton's letter to Shell is a winner'Talk to us about how you will…
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New Sustainability in Psychiatry Occasional Paper launched on NHS Sustainability Day March 26th 2015

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26 Mar 2015
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Members of Psych SusNet, with the support from the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare have written anOccasional Paperfor the Royal College of Psychiatriststitled:Sustainability in Psychiatry.It is…
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TOP TEN FOR WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE YOUR CLINICAL PRACTICE SUSTAINABLE!

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19 Feb 2015
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Sonia Sangha
Dear all,Efforts are being made to produce a list of practical suggestions on Psych Susnet to help encourage members to get involved and start being proactive to help our service be more sustainable.…