The Mental Health Podcast

Welcome to episode 52 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 9 June 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday spoke with guests Katie Atmore, Dr Clare Dolman and Chris McCree about parenting and mental health. Katie completed a research M.Sc in Neuroscience at the University of Cape Town, studying the neurochemical impact of social isolation, before turning her interests to...

Welcome to episode 51 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 2 June 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday spoke with guests Georgie Cox and Sheila Sobrany about hair racism. Georgie Cox is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Middlesex University. She is recently elected to the role of UCU Equalities officer for the Middlesex Branch. During her career she has demonstrated a c...

Welcome to episode 50 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 19 May 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. This week we were due to speak to Emma Wadey about the Professional Nurse Advocate programme, which she is leading on. We had to postpone that session and in the space left, Nicky Lambert took the opportunity to interview Dave Munday about politics and nursing. Dave is lead professional officer (mental hea...

Welcome to episode 49 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 12 May 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. In this episode of #mhTV​​​​​, Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday were joined by guests Kris Deering and Jane Matonhodze to talk about the PhD journey for nurses. Kris has 15 years of mental health nursing experience, including senior practitioner for a crisis team, specialist in adolescent psychosis, and pract...

Welcome to episode 48 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 5 May 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​​. In this episode of #mhTV​​​​​, Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday speak with guests Simon Arday and Dan Brown about learning from the other side. Simon is a registered mental health nurse who has spent most of his working life providing mental health care in a number of different settings. He has a background in...

Welcome to episode 47 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 21 April 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​​. In this episode of #mhTV​​​​, Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday are speaking with guests Cherie Carlton & Edward Carter to talk about mental health and social work. Cherie is a Senior lecturer (in practice) Social Work at Middlesex University. She has twenty years’ experience of social work practice having wo...

Welcome to episode 46 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 14 April 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​​. In this episode of #mhTV​​​, Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday spoke with guests Jolie Goodman, Prof Trish Hafford-Letchfield and Dr Jeff Hanna about suicide in later life. PLEASE NOTE - We discuss issues during the episode that some people might find upsetting. If it's not the right time to listen to this epi...

Welcome to episode 45 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 7 April 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​. In this episode of #mhTV​​, Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday were supposed to speak with guest Jane Anderson, the winner of the 2021 BJN Mental Health Nurse of the Year Award. Due to internet problems, instead Nicky and Dave had a conversation about a number of current issues. We hope to get Jane on a future ep...

Welcome to episode 44 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 31 March 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​​​. In this episode of #mhTV​​, Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday were joined by guest Sam Dorney-Smith to talk about people who are experiencing homelessness. Sam is an Adult Registered Nurse, Specialist Practitioner (Practice Nursing), and Nurse Prescriber. Having started her career in General Medicine and A&E sh...

Welcome to episode 43 [originally broadcast on Thursday 25 March 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. In this extra episode of #mhTV, Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday were joined by guests from Equally Well UK and NHS England/NHS Improvement to discuss the COVID-19 vaccination and severe mental illness. People can join in the discussion by commenting on the Facebook Live chat or by tweeting and including the hash...

Welcome to episode 42 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 24 March 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​​​. Presenter Nicky Lambert was joined by guest Prof Harry Sumnall to talk about psychedelics. Harry Sumnall is Professor in Substance Use at the Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University. His research interests cover all aspects of substance use, particularly young people’s health issues. Harry’s...

Welcome to episode 41 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 17 March 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​​. Presenters Vanessa Gilmartin Garrity and Nicky Lambert are joined by guest Lucy Schonegevel from Rethink. Lucy Schonegevel is Associate Director for Policy and Practice at Rethink Mental Illness – the national charity that improves the lives of people severely affected by mental illness through local groups and...

Welcome to episode 40 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 10 March 2021] of #mhTV​​​​​. PresentersNicky Lambert and Dave Munday are joined by guest Matt Graham to discuss humour and mental health. Matt is a registered social worker who has been an academic in social work since 2007. Matt has extensive experience of working in local authority mental health services and academia. He has a passion for...

Welcome to episode 39 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 3 March 2021] of #mhTV​​​​. Presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity were joined by guests Dr Jill Anderson, Dr Helen Spandler and Tamsin Walker to discuss Radical Mental Health Zines: From 35 years of Asylum Magazine to the Madzines project. Dr. Jill Anderson is Senior Research Fellow on the MadZines project. She is also on the editoria...

Welcome to episode 38 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 24 February 2021] of #mhTV​​​. Presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity were joined by guests Grant King & Dr Mike Ramsay to discuss “Empathy is an intervention” - key values & qualities in mental health nursing. Grant King is an award winning lecturer in mental health nursing and the academic lead for learning disability at the Universi...

Welcome to episode 37 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 17 February 2021] of #mhTV​​. Presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity were joined by Tony Deane, an AMHP based in England. On the episode we talked about the role of the approved mental health professional. Also, with the recent publication of the government's response to the Review of the Mental Health Act we talked about the current A...

Welcome to episode 36 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 10 February 2021] of #mhTV​​. Presenters Nicky Lambert and Vanessa Garrity were joined by Natasha Devon MBE. Natasha is a writer, activist and LBC (radio) presenter. She tours schools, colleges, universities and events throughout the world, delivering talks as well as conducting research on mental health, body image, gender and social equali...

Welcome to episode 35 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 3 February 2021] of #mhTV. Presenters Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday were joined by guests Robin Barker and Chris Kerr to discuss children and young people in crisis. Robin co-founded We Can Talk (@WeCanTalkCYPMH) in 2017 while working as a senior nurse in children and young peoples mental health services. He has worked with children, young p...

Welcome to episode 34 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 27 January 2021] of #mhTV. Presenters Vanessa Garrity and Nicky Lambert were joined by guests Fiona Bastow and Dr Alex Mermikides to talk about arts, performance and the emotional aspects of nursing. Fiona is a nurse and lecturer in adult nursing at Edinburgh Napier University. Before embarking on her nursing career, Fiona studied for an art...

Welcome to episode 33 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 20 January 2021] of #mhTV. Presenters Vanessa Garrity and Nicky Lambert were joined by guest Dr Joey Weber. Joey is a mindfulness and equanimity researcher with a PhD in barriers to equanimity. He works as a university lecturer at Bolton University. He has just published a new book, 'Why mindfulness is not enough: Unlocking compassion with e...

Welcome to episode 32 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 19 January 2021] of #mhTV. Presenters Nicky Lambert and Dave Munday were joined by guest Professor Mark Radford. Mark is the chief nurse at Health Education England and a deputy chief nurse at NHS England & NHS Improvement. Last week the NMC re-introduced emergency standards that impacted on student nurses. On this episode we discussed what...

Welcome to episode 31 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 13 January 2021] of #mhTV. Presenters Vanessa Garrity and Nicky Lambert were joined by guestAndrea Sutcliffe CBE chief executive and registrar at the Nursing & Midwifery Council. Andrea has over 30 years’ experience in health and social care, joining the NMC from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) where she was the Chief Inspector of Adult So...

Welcome to episode 30 [originally broadcast on Wednesday 6 January 2021] of #mhTV. Presenters Vanessa Garrity and Nicky Lambert was joined by guests Lyndsay Khan. Lyndsay has been a Mental Health Nurse for over 20 years, serving 14 years in Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service before joining Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. She has led on several important projects, raisin...

Welcome to episode 29 [originally broadcast on Thursday 17 December 2020] of #mhTV. Presenters Vanessa Garrity, Nicky Lambert and Dave munday were joined by some special guests to talk about #mhTV in 2020 and or #NYWish4MH. Some Twitter links to follow are: VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH NL - https://twitter.com/niadla DM - https://twitter.com/davidamunday Mark Brown - https://twitter.com/Ma...

Welcome to episode 28 [originally broadcast on Thursday 10 December 2020] of #mhTV. Presenters Vanessa Garrity and Nicky Lambert are joined by Alison Elliott, Sue Ellis and Dr Gary Lamph to talk about controversies and care - personality disorder. Some Twitter links to follow are: GL - https://twitter.com/gazlamph VG - https://twitter.com/VanessaRNMH NL - https://twitter.com/niadla Credits: Presen...