A joint message from Medical Lead: Andy Montgomery, Founder: Jon Chanter, Chief Operations Officer: Smaira Rana, and our Designated Members. The awful, unlawful, drawn out killing of George Floyd by an American policeman - looking into a camera with blank [...]
Many of you will have spent your pre-pandemic life battling the rush hour, to an office when you spent the next eight hours, to then trawl through the same traffic to get home. Finding yourself forced so suddenly into working [...]
This is not one of those Mental Health day posts that sings and dances about the wonderful service we provide. We do enough of that on #feedbackfriday*. We are a remote business. There is no commute to work, with flexible [...]
At the end of June, various members of the team met up for a weekend of strategy, well being and relaxation. You see, here at Psychiatry-UK, we can't stand the corporate retreat clichés of uncool hotel boardrooms and mandatory team [...]
On Monday the first of August 1977, between six and seven in the morning, I popped out into the world. I was a month early. This, it turns out, was one of the few times I’ve ever been early for [...]
We’re all used to going to talk to our GPs about even the most embarrassing of physical conditions, but if you’ve never talked to your GP about your mental health, having that initial conversation can be pretty daunting. Don’t delay, [...]
This week marks the launch of Mental Health Awareness Week 2017. The stigma attached to mental illnesses is often the reason why people suffer in silence. This week is aimed at raising awareness of mental health related issues. In support [...]
What is anxiety? Anxiety problems are the commonest mental health disorders, with some surveys showing that a third of people suffer with anxiety at some point in their lives. Anxiety is a feeling of fear and distress. It is a [...]
Unfortunately, even though we are talking more about mental health, the stigma still remains. This is particularly true in the workplace. One confidential survey showed that 56% of companies said they would not hire someone with depression, even if they [...]
How happiness has been viewed is constantly changing. Go back to ancient Greece and it was very simple: happiness was luck. There was nothing you could do about it. In fact, in every European language, the root of the word [...]
In the month of Ramadan and in particular these last 10 nights, Muslims spend a lot of time reflecting on their lives. It is our time for introspection, when we both take stock of things past and plan ahead to [...]
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