@andrewspeaks
Mental health, justice systems, meaning | Editor * Professor | Scotland, London, Cardiff, Latin America https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?hl=en&user=81zO1MAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/forrestera1
Muchas gracias a los organizadores de la conferencia - XVIII Congresso Nacional de la Sociedad Boliviana de Psiquiatría - por invitarme a hablar hoy sobre Salud Mental y Justicia: Construyendo Estándares en Los Sistemas
Estoy muy contento de estar en Bolivia para el congreso nacional de la Sociedad Boliviana de Psiquiatria, en Sucre.
Great to join with colleagues today in the #QNPMHS annual forum. Later today, we’ll be asking - are prison mental health teams fit for purpose? #RCPsych
Mental health challenges of enforced disappearances: a call for research and action
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Great to meet up with colleagues yesterday at the #RCPsych human rights special interest group. Very useful discussions.
Delighted to be leading the #Oxleas first Research and Innovation Conference today with great colleagues
La Estrella, hoy temprano
How do mental disorders affect an individual’s moral responsibility? Do mental illnesses diminish capacity for moral agency, considering factors like rationality, autonomy, and control? Does the insanity defence now need major amendment?
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Magnífico #Guatape, hoy temprano
#Poverty is a significant contributor to mental health issues in children, often intertwined with factors like maltreatment, family discord, and parental mental health. Unless we address poverty, the prevalence of child psychiatric disorders unlikely to decline.
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Más imágenes de #Medellín hoy
Un buen día en la temporada de lluvias en #Medellín
A pilot study testing Trauma Sensitive Yoga with incarcerated women in Latin America - it reduced PTSD and depression symptoms and may be a helpful trauma intervention in prisons. #prisons #mentalhealth #yoga #Latinamerica
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No I don’t think you’re wrong at all. I agree mental illness isn’t a singular disorder. How might we best capture that in language is, I think, a useful question.
Medellín para la semana. Comuna 13, tarde en la noche, buenas conversaciones. Algunos lugares y personas se quedan contigo.
This article calls for a coordinated UK response to chemsex-related harms, especially among #GBMSM. It recommends better training, standardised data collection, and a national network to support professionals across health, justice, and social care.
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“Engage? Disengage? Discharge? Ethical approaches to fraught questions” - practical framework for ethical complexities re patient engagement / disengagement. Structured questions guide decision-making in scenarios where patient care is uncertain or contested.
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Hi Hamid, I’d like to join. Could you add me? Thanks.
Critical realism and #psychiatry - the brain disease vs. disorder debate in psychiatry is too simplistic - instead, a critical realist approach sees mental illness as arising from complex interactions between biological, psychological, and social mechanisms:
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Hasta Medellín
Unos días estupendos en #HRI25 en Bogotá. Entre otros, una sesión muy conmovedora sobre cómo lidiar con el dolor después de la muerte por sobredosis. Para mí, la siguiente parada es Medellín.
A great few days at #HRI25 in Bogota. Amongst others, a very moving session on dealing with grief following death by overdose. For me, next stop Medellin.
Más temas importantes y interesantes hoy @ #hri25 Bogotá
Presentaciones muy interesantes sobre el tema del sexo químico global en #hri25 #Bogota
Algunos talleres de la conferencia #hri25
Es genial estar en la Conferencia Internacional de Reducción de Daños, Bogotá. #hri25 Temas importantes que merecen exploración y reflexión.
Great to be at the Harm Reduction International Conference, Bogota. #hri25 Important topics that deserve exploration and thought.