The Mental Elf

Sarah and Amy, Mental Health Nurses, talking to Vanessa Garrity about safety planning as part of the Zero Suicide conference, 2019. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Charlotte Hanlon focusing on differences between Global South and North, and challenges for integrating mental health into primary care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prof Crick Lund talks about the efforts of integrating mental health into primary care in LMICs Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prof Ricardo Araya, director of the Centre for Global Mental Health, a collaboration between the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, introduces the one-day Conference "Road to Global Mental Health", which mark its 10th anniversary, focusing on global mental health research projects, education engagements an...

João Goulão, Director General of SICAD (the Portuguese Service for Addictive Behaviours and Dependencies) tells us about the history of drug decriminalisation in Portugal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prof Michael Farrell talks about the new Drug Use series published in The Lancet, which says that 20th century drug views are no longer fit for purpose, and brings together the best available evidence to inform future policy and practice.https://www.thelancet.com/series/drug-use Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Robert West, Professor of Health Psychology at the UCL Dept of Behavioural Science and Health, talks about tobacco harm reduction, closing the gap between research and practice, and reducing the stigma of addiction. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ruben Van Beek from the Trimbos Institute talks about his research using ecological momentary assessment to gather drug use data from young people via a smartphone app. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meryem Grabski and Jon Waldron from the UCL Clinical Psychopharmacology Unit talking about their survey of drug use in clubbers and festival goers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy O'Donnell from the ATTUNE project talks about her qualitative research working with people who take amphetamine type stimulants. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Paul Griffiths, Scientific Director of the EMCDDA (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) talks about the impact that globalisation and digital technology is having on the drug addiction field. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Interview with Susan Hrisos researcher at university of Newcastle and Alex Elliott  from Operating Theatre company discussing and debating the use of humour and dramatisation in enhancing empathy and influencing behaviour. It’s in the context of people with lived experience being listened to when they raise concerns about their care and treatment in ways that help keep them safe Hosted on Acast. S...

Tom Le Ruez, the Tees Preventing drug related deaths co-ordinator for Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool, Redcar and Cleveland, talks about his work on substance related mortality in the north east. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Claire Smiles, MSc student in social science & health research at Newcastle University, talks about her dissertation on interventions for chemsex. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amy O'Donnell gives an outline of the ATTUNE project into pathways leading to amphetamine use from a range of perspectives, along with some early findings and thoughts about implications for practice and future research. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Richard Price from NHS Health Education England talking at the FutureLearn Healthcare Workshop. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Paul Taylor Pitt, Assistant Director OD at NHS Employers talks about how we can create online healthcare learning systems that retain the kindness, humanity and humility of offline educational courses. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Helen Fuller, the Global Healthcare Lead at FutureLearn, helps us prepare for the Healthcare Workshop taking place in London. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr James Munro reflects on the journey of Care Opinion and the research possibilities of online feedback for improving patient safety and experience, as well as some reflections about the influence of social media in giving voice to people to speak out about their experience of mental health care. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vets Elly Russell and Julie Gibson talk to Vanessa Garrity about learning from health care in terms of patient safety and reflections on what the NHS can learn from vets. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Natasha Hardicre, Senior Research Fellow at the Yorkshire Quality and Safety Research Group, talks to Vanessa Garrity about Technology for Patient Safety: from ideas to solutions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah De Biase, Quality Improvement Associate at the Improvement Academy talks to Vanessa Garrity about Second Victims. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Suzette Woodward, Nurse and Senior Advisor at the Department of Health and Social Care, reflects on the Sign Up to Safety campaign and shares her current thinking on patient safety. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Della Bailey from the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York talks about the SCIMITAR programme, which aimed to help people with severe mental illness stop smoking. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Prof Piran White from the Closing The Gap Network talks about green and blue space and the impact it can have on our mental health. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.