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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.…
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Navigo – a model of social sustainability

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18 Nov 2014
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On the 17th November I visited Navigo, which really is a remarkable organisation. It is an NHS funded social enterprise that provides mental health care across north Lincolnshire. They have three…
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RCPsych Sustainability Award 2014 goes to.....

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11 Nov 2014
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The Growing Better Lives Project.Growing Better Lives is a social enterprise based in a yurt at an environmental centre near Uxbridge. Weekly therapy groups are based on principles of modified…