Engaging with young people and their networks to see new pathways to recovery from depression
-
Engagement
Read more: EngagementI have now moved my practice to the Young Person’s Specialist Substance Misuse Treatment Service YPSSMTS in Bristol where I have been since May 2023. Recently I returned from the International Association of Youth Mental Health IAYMH Conference in Vancouver, where I presented a poster about our service and attended the whole day workshop on…
-
More outward bound activities
Read more: More outward bound activitieshttps://amp.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/25/young-people-offered-sur… In this article this week I learnt about Dr Daisy Fancourt’s work in London related to supporting young people with depression and anxiety with social prescribing of activities for then to do when they are on a waiting list prior to being seen for CBT for depression or anxiety. Surfing is one of the…
-
Depression after Anorexia
Read more: Depression after AnorexiaIn the last few weeks I have been thinking about the way Anorexia affects some girl very severely. In our clinic most will recover after one year but a handful develop a chronic course with more preoccupation with anorexic thinking, voice hearing and a more depressive experience. Imagine a teenage girls or young woman in…
-
Physician Health
Read more: Physician HealthIn the last few months I have been involved in teaching medical students because in the next 10 years I would like to give back some my learning through clinical experience back to the next generation of students and doctors. My wife and I are both doctors and we have looked back on our younger…
-
The Nature of Depression. What is happening to our cells?
Read more: The Nature of Depression. What is happening to our cells?https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/oct/22/it-is-a-flaw-in-our-cell… I was reading the above Article by Dr Siddartha Mukherjee, who is an Oncologist at Columbia University Medical Centre. He has been remarkably open about his health issues and the problem of long term depression that does not seen to lift, His friend , Dr Paul Greengard, a Nobel Laureate, was able to think…
Recent blog posts
Recent comments
Helpful links
- Headspace – Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation
- Big White Wall – The support network for emotional health
- Self Help & Therapist Resources
- Living Life to the Full
- The Samaritans
- Youthspace
- The Brain From Top to Bottom
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy Training & Consultation for Therapists
- Depression – Counselling Directory