National AMHP Day 2023 looking forward to speak at this year event eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-amh…

There’s still time to book for the Unwise Decision? Self neglect and the MCA training on 25th July. Click here: mentalcapacitycat.co.uk/event-details/…

A scoping review of trauma informed approaches in acute, crisis, emergency, and residential mental health care -

just finished writing an article which discusses about the importance of AMHP time to improve service user experience of this potentially disempowering and distressing MHA assessment. look out British journal of Social Work.

After 2 years in peer review my BJSW paper on how using coaching changes social workers identities is finally out in the world! Get it whilst it’s hot: track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=9J…

*New blog* in which Sarah Redmond dives into an area of AMHP practice we haven't really spoken about yet on The Critical AMHP - namely, MHA assessments with children and young people. Remember your responses to any blogs welcome here or by email, thanks. the-critical-amhp.com/blog/call-the-…

Happy 1st Birthday to The Critical AMHP! In this piece we take a look back at how it all started, celebrate our achievements over the past 12 months and look to the future - where do we go from here? Hope you'll join us for the ride! the-critical-amhp.com/blog/the-criti…

it has been so great working with the team Dr Kevin Stone 🕷 Jill Hemmington (Dr) Alan Bristow and Rob on this amazing blog site.

A really important project, which I’m delighted to be working on with such an expert team.

**New blog** John Mitchell is back bringing to life, in his inimitable style, the absurdities, challenges and opportunities inherent in the AMHP role. It is also a rallying cry to AMHP Leads to drive practice&service changes for their staff. A must read. the-critical-amhp.com/blog/amhp-numb…

just was fact-checking suicide reduction in england - this came up - The suicide rate across England and Wales fell sharply from 1998-2010, from 14 to 9.3 deaths per 100,000 population per year. No fall in suicide rate since 2018. . - from community care 11/9/23

Following the sad news about @BUMattSimpson, and reflecting on how to pay tribute, I learned that his new BJSW article was published only this week, below. It's important that his great AMHP work is shared. academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance-a…

I am so sad to lose a valued colleague and lovely person, Matt Simpson. please share.

**New blog** ⁦Daisy v4.0 (she/her)⁩ critically examines the oft-heard phrase ‘not-detainable’, challenging AMHPs to not only see it as a reductionist linguistic shortcut, but also one that is limiting our practice& potentially causing harm to those we serve. the-critical-amhp.com/blog/whatdoesn…

Today Alex Ruck-Keene Alex Ruck Keene reviews a recent study from the island of Ireland by Gavin Davidson and colleagues, which compares mental health and mental capacity law data across international borders nationalelfservice.net/?p=193129 #MentalCapacity #MentalCapacityLaw

very proud as my study gets a mention and listed as collaborative with service users and highest quality rating. good paper as summarises the issues that need to improve.

This is such a timeless quote. Relevant as much today as it was 10 years ago

Deprivation of liberty - are we listening closely enough to the person? mentalcapacitylawandpolicy.org.uk/deprivation-of…

New Study Exposes the Trauma of Involuntary Psychiatric Detention madinamerica.com/2024/07/new-st…

excited that my study is part of this systematic review and proud of being rated highly on being collaborative with people who experienced detention. feel like a proper researcher now! rather than something done on side of social work practice.