We have a couple more sessions to go, so tune into our session: Digital Psychiatry and the service user experience in a pandemic with Dr. Cyrus Abbasian @abbasian, Dr. Mariana Pinto da Costa (from @QMUL) & Millie Smith @milliesmith1979#RCPsychIC
Dr. Cyrus Abbasian @abbasian will be discussing first
Telepsychiatry in the UK: how digital tech transformed mental health provision
We're moving into the 5th industrial revolution. We are in Internet age soon to become cyber.
What the volunteers and patients spoke about in their communications. Some even met up. Some difficulties were that they were busy, or not able to use their smartphones.
have you had any problems with digital inclusion e.g. no access to internet/wifi
Millie: moved online quickly, had to learn quickly, a lot of our patients were excluded as time went on - we recruited people to help with this eg providing kit with people that cant afford it
How many people were involved in the staff survey?
22/30 people responded
Any daily questionnaires how patients are coping day to day/find out their coping strategies more-difficult remotely - no but a good idea, patient feedback is really important
Empathy is really important so sometimes initial face2face consultation is mandatory and then after they are online. Telephone conversations with addictions can miss things out, so in some circumstances face to face is more important Dr. Cyrus Abbasian @abbasian
Join us now in the auditorium of Virtual Congress to see one of our last talks of the day: "How to work with homeless people" #RCPsychIC
The agenda on today's talk is "Making services work for homeless people" with Dr Philip Timms @philip_timms a Consultant psychiatrist at the National Psychosis Service #RCPsychIC
After that, we have "Trauma-focussed practice with homeless people" with Dr Peter Cockersell @petercockersell the Chief Executive at Community Housing and Therapy #RCPsychIC
Our final session of #RCPsychC virtual Congress we are talking about Religious Delusions and Hallucinations: Significance, meaning, and narrative with Dr Alison J Gray @revdraligray, Professor Christopher C.H. Cook @cchcook and Dr Angela Woods @literarti
In one of our final split session talks of #RCPsychIC 2021, we'll be hearing from @RachelUTG, @PsychMarwaha and @sameerjauhar, chaired by Professor Allan Young: Care of Adult Mental Ill-Health: Getting it right from the start.
So -we're nearly at the end of our first virtual #RCPsychIC - but there's one more set of split sessions to go! On this thread you can follow the 57th split session of this amazing event, which is about Dual Diagnosis from the public, clinical + academic perspective.
Our first speaker is Caroline Turiff, who has been diagnosed with a range of conditions inc OCD and PTSD, and is an award winning investigative broadcast journalist. #RCPsychIC
I've read 70% of people with drug dependency who have a dual diagnosis so it is the norm for them, she says. #RCPsychIC
Hope everyone had a good lunch! Now we look at the lessons we can learn from the 'asylum era', chaired by @DianeGoslar, an expert by experience. We'll also hear from @PeterNaxos, @claire_hilton6 and Dr Allan Beveridge. #RCPsychIC
@DianeGoslar@PeterNaxos@claire_hilton6 Change is desperately needed – such as the total dismantling of stigma – but we have evidence change can happen, says @DianeGoslar. One example of change is that Diane, a patient, is chairing this session. #RCPsychIC
@DianeGoslar@PeterNaxos@claire_hilton6 The first story comes from @PeterNaxos, who speaks of Henrietta, a patient in Kingston Asylum, in 1859. She found within herself a resolve she was never aware of, which enabled her to survive a situation which was totally at odds with anything she'd experienced before. #RCPsychIC