It was an honour to contribute to this World Psychiatry review under the brilliant leadership of James B. Kirkbride. We provide a roadmap to address the social determinants that cause mental ill health & make the case for greater investment in primary prevention The Institute for Mental Health (IMH) School of Psychology, University of Birmingham

Our PPP Team last week presented a quality improvement project on negative symptoms and group CBTp. This was to the CNWL NHS FT trust-wide newly formed Psychosis Special Interest Group - at our recent second meeting! ☺️ Bring on meeting 3!

Exclusive focus on a single symptom group may provide greater intensity and a granular mapping shows differential trajectories within the symptom cluster.

Acceptability and optimisation of resources to support antidepressant cessation: a qualitative think-aloud study with patients in Australian primary care bjgp.org/content/74/739…

We hope our handbook will help to fill this existing gap for guidance on how to safely stop these medications and to distinguish between withdrawal effects and relapse.

New Research! Our latest paper explores whole-family interventions for families living with parental mental illness, take a look: orlo.uk/loDoO @BMoltrecht

The PPP @ the RPP! (Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology); closing event yesterday of Florence conference. Organised by Profs Matthew Broome & Giovanni Stanghellini Delighted to attend; has inspired us to forge forward in penetrating into the phenomenology of psychosis!

Most useful for The PPP to attend the RPP conf in Florence yest.: Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology - org by @matthewrbroome & Prof Stangelini G. I also warm to the objective of exploring phenomenology thru multi-disciplinary intersectionality & co-operation.

Prevention is at the heart of EISP services and now also ARMS services. We have been centrally on this journey for ca 18years on UK. Have learnt much, more to learn. Patient experience needs to direct understanding of plight; multidisciplinary integrated care delivery essential.

The Biden issue: It's not about age; let's not make that simplistic mistake. It's about cognitive acuity & stamina [#NoToAgism]. How is he now & is he ready for a gruelling further 4 yrs '25/29, surely to be a grave strategic period in global politics w ramifications for us all?

Towards improving risk assessment and risk management within Early Intervention in Psychosis Services. Royal College of Psychiatrists British Psychological Society IEPA

The PPP explores clinical significance and consequences of delusions & hallucinations, from a lived experience perspective. Recent work presented @ annual conferences: EABCT Belfast '21, Barcelona '22, Turkey '23; BABCP London'22. +various publications, see below. IEPA

The shocking Notts case & BBC Panorama tonight underline again why a large slice of the huge pharma research funds needs reallocation to identify psychological causes, risk indicators, & effective treatments. But: The PPP will continue to address as others do Dr John Read

Lumping into the label "paranoid schizophrenia" tends to lose detail needed for personalised psychological management & treatment. More research needed otherwise this type of event will continue to be repeated - unless we just apply high sedation (effectively) and/or high walls!

The tragic and shocking June 2023 Notts case, BBC Panorama tonight, bears out that the under assessment of the phenomenology prevents more tailored preventative care.

Today EABCT in Belgrade, Anna Callahan presented this PPP project. It potentially highlights the silent suffering of many patients whose auditory hallucination features are routinely missed in clinical assessments, & so facilitates development of more specific CBT interventions.

RedHead & Dr David Raune today presented CNWL NHS FT Annual Therapies Conference on the epidemiology of psychosocial consequences of delusions in early course psychosis & how MDT staff's knowledge & attitudes can be improved. (Thanks to Ryan Kemp, Chris Whitely & Ali Modaresi)

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I've observed a concerning trend among some critics of traditional psychiatry: a belief that they've discovered the singular solution to mental health treatment, dismissing any differing perspectives as invalid. It's crucial that we shift away from this divisive mindset. Instead,

PPP paper published in latest edition of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy