When we started the RCPsych Sustainability Scholars programme this time last year, we weren’t quite sure how it would all take shape.
We had recruited four enthusiastic and talented psychiatry…
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare welcomes a study, reported in the journal “Preventative Medicine”, which has calculated that the public purse benefits to the tune of £2.2 billion each year, from…
Mind has launched a new Wellbeing Index help employers to promote and support positive mental health among their staff.
The index aims to help organisations find out where they are doing well and…
This new report has found that if the U.S. healthcare sector were ranked as a nation, it would be the world's 13th-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, more than all of the UK!!! The study estimates…
Last week saw the 40thCOT Annual Conference in Harrogateand as always it was a great conference, making people excited by what occupational therapy has to offer, and with lots of sustainability…
A Public Health Approach to Mental Health Improvement
The UK’s Faculty of Public Health (FPH) has produced a report: ‘Better Mental Health for All; A public health approach to mental health…
Here's a poem I came up with about sustainability, with a little help from Frances, who prefers to call it a rap!
Just what is sustainable mental health?!
Working in mental health is a difficult…
Did anyone catch this programme on Radio 4 yesterday on "The Science of Resilience":http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cvhrs ? (28 mins)
Discusses mental health resilience asrecovering better than…