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
Lastly, we will be listening to "Enabling homeless people to access psychological help" from Mr John Conolly the Lead Counsellor at Westminster Homeless Health Counselling Service #RCPsychIC
"A disgrace to a civilised country." @jeremycorbyn labelled the homelessness crisis in the UK, quoted by @philip_timms in his presentation on working with homeless people in a mental health capacity #RCPsychIC
Talking about the difficulties of providing efficient mental health services for homeless people with Dr Philip Timms @philip_timms a Consultant psychiatrist at the National Psychosis Service #RCPsychIC
There is an issue with stereotyping even in a professional category, being homeless is not a lifestyle choice, or due to lifestyle choices, as some mental health professionals may unfortunately think #RCPsychIC
The incredible Dr Philip Timms @philip_timms ends his talk on how mental health professionals can help homelessness. His work mainly covers psychosis but stretches far beyond #RCPsychIC
Dr Peter Cockersell @petercockersell the Chief Executive at Community Housing and Therapy, takes over the discussion to talk about trauma, personality disorder and anxiety disorder #RCPsychIC
'Many people call it "complex" trauma, I prefer the term "compound" trauma,' says Dr Peter Cockersell @petercockersell. Who gives examples of how trauma can be piled on top of trauma, see below: #RCPsychIC
@petercockersell shares a very helpful chart of the different types of mental health needs homeless people may experience #RCPsychIC
People who have experienced repeated abuse in their childhood can often spend teen and adult life in flight or fight mode. This can come across as volatile and challenging behaviour @petercockersell#RCPsychIC
Being punctual, providing a nourishing environment and taking genuine interest helps to create a strong mental health service for people struggling with homelessness @petercockersell#RCPsychIC
Mr John Conolly, the Lead Counsellor at Westminster Homeless Health Counselling Service takes over the discussion to discuss "Enabling homeless people to access psychological help" #RCPsychIC
Explaining the 4 pillars of pre-treatment therapy with John Conolly, this is the template for how he trains his staff to work with homeless people #RCPsychIC
Going over a case study on "How to work with homeless people" at today's talk at Virtual Congress. Mr. X was a young man who found it very triggering to be in a waiting room with other people #RCPsychIC
A psycho-social approach to trauma-based care in working with homeless people. We round off this exceptional talk with a Q & A, happening in the auditorium now #RCPsychIC
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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
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.