BJPsych Journals

Hosts Sachin Shah and Hamilton Morrin discuss the editorial for the November 2019 issue, "Stigma in psychiatry seen through the lens of sexuality and gender". They are joined by the author of the editorial, Professor Michael King. What has been psychiatry's historical role in the stigma and harm towards LGBTQ+ communities? How has our profession progressed in this regard? And how can the psychiatr...

Functional cognitive disorders: identification and management Dr Norman Poole speaks with Dr Aastha Sharma on the subject of his recent article published in the November 2019 issue of BJPsych Advances. Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2019.38 Podcast transcripts available: https://bit.ly/3CXSijb Follow us on Twitter @TheBJPsych #BJPAdvances Disclaimer: BJPsych Advances is not res...

Professor Femi Oyebode talks with Dr Aastha Sharma about his recent article on the subject of Body Integrity Identity Disorder, published in the May 2019 issue BJPsych Advances. Read the article here: https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2018.55 Podcast transcripts available: https://bit.ly/3CXSijb Follow us on Twitter @TheBJPsych #BJPAdvances Disclaimer: BJPsych Advances is not responsible for statements...

In this podcast, Dr Howard Ryland, the BJPsych’s Trainee Editor, talks to Dr Daniel Maughan, RCPsych Associate Registrar for Sustainability and Consultant Psychiatrist at Oxford Health and Dr Joe Hayes, MRC Clinical Research Fellow at UCL and RCPsych Choosing Wisely Lead about the Choosing Wisely initiative. Article published in the January 2017 issue of BJPsych Advances Read the article here: Dia...

Boundary violations in therapy: the patient’s experience of harm Dr John Hook and Dr Dawn Devereux speak with Dr Aastha Sharma on the subject of their recent article published in the November 2018 issue of BJPsych Advances. Read the article here: Part one: Boundary violations in therapy: the patient's experience of harm John Hook and Dawn Devereux https://doi.org/10.1192/bja.2018.26 Part two: Sexu...

Dr Howard Ryland in conversation with Dr Derek Tracy and Professor Keith Rix. This, the second of two BJPsych Advances podcasts on Malingering, focuses on the medico legal reporting of malingering. Article published in the March 2017 issue of BJPsych Advances Read the full article here: Malingering mental disorders: Medicolegal reporting Keith J. B. Rix and Derek K. Tracy https://doi.org/10.1192/a...

The first of two linked BJPsych Advances podcasts recorded at the RCPsych International Congress, Dr Howard Ryland is in conversation here with Dr Derek Tracy and Professor Keith Rix on the complex topic of Malingering. Published in the January 2017 issue of BJPsych Advances Read the full article here: Malingering mental disorders: Clinical assessment Derek K. Tracy and Keith J. B. Rix https://doi...

In conversation with Dr Howard Ryland, Professor Patricia Casey, Editor of BJPsych Advances, gives an overview of the importance of the peer review system and provides comprehensive guidance and advice on the process. Article summary: Peer review in scientific journals has existed for over 200 years. This process is currently the accepted way of assessing scientific manuscripts prior to publicatio...

Dr Andy Thompson in conversation with Dr Howard Ryland about his BJPsych Advances paper published in the May 2016 issue of BJPsych Advances. Article summary: The concept of an ‘at-risk mental state’ for psychosis arose from previous work attempting to identify a putative psychosis prodrome. In this article the authors summarise the current criteria used to identify ‘at-risk’ individuals, such as t...

Dr James MacCabe, Reader in the Epidemiology of Psychosis at Kings College, London, discusses his paper on Personalised approaches to pharmacotherapy for schizophrenia. Article published in the March 2016 issue of BJPsych Advances. Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1192/apt.bp.114.013433 Podcast transcripts available: https://bit.ly/3CXSijb Follow us on Twitter @TheBJPsych #BJPAdvance...

Dr Howard Ryland discusses the topic with Dr Annie Swanepoel who, together with her co-authors, Daniela F. Sieff, Graham Music, John Launer, Michael Reiss and Bernadette Wren, has published a paper in January 2016's issue of BJPsych Advances. The traditional disease model, still dominant in psychiatry, is less than ideal for making sense of psychological issues such as the effects of early childho...