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Broaden the discussion of mental health issues
June 11, 2010Last month, five Cif commenters related their personal experiences of mental health problems and recovery. The diversity of their contributions show that, when it comes to treatment of the 1 in 6 people in the UK who live with a mental health problem, there are no definitive answers.
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IAPT London Regional Recruitment Closed
June 8, 2010The IAPT London regional recruitment process closed on the 28th May.
There was an overwhelming response to the process.
Shortlisting is currently being undertaken and should be completed in the next week or two.
Some London PCTs are recruiting locally for IAPT trainees so if you missed out on the regional process please keep an eye on NHS jobs over the coming weeks for further positions.
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Working for Wellbeing
June 2, 2010An article from the British Journal of Wellbeing about the importance of employment to mental health.
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Lack of exercise ‘worse for health than being obese’
May 27, 2010Dr Richard Weiler, a specialist registrar in sport and exercise medicine, said that a lack of fitness was the root cause of more illness than body fat.
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May Edition of Talking Times Released
May 26, 2010Talking Times, Working for Wellness’s quarterly E Bulletin is now available to download.
This edition covers the recent IAPT London recruitment drive, an innovative mental health and employment project and an IAPT launch.
Click on the link below to download.
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Choice of treatments helps the anxious
May 21, 2010People who suffer from anxiety-related mental health problems, such as panic attacks, respond better to treatment when given a choice between drugs and talking therapies, researchers have found.
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How to survive workplace stress in the recession
May 19, 2010Ruth, a company consultant, used to work 16-hour days. “I would get up at 4am and be at my computer by 4.30am,” she says. “I was working six, often seven, days a week. I didn’t see my husband for months. Even when we’d go away for the weekend, I’d take a laptop. Whenever I complained I was told I wasn’t being paid to complain.”
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Millions resign or call in sick as Monday Blues bite in recession
May 18, 2010A study for the mental health charity Mind found that almost 20 per cent of people had claimed they were ill because they could not cope with pressure in the office.
Eight per cent of the population left a job last year due to stress and more than a quarter of people said their weekend was ruined by the thought of returning to work on Monday morning – researchers found.
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Stress link to financial squeeze
May 17, 2010Work pressures during the recession have caused a big rise in mental health problems, the charity says.
A survey for Mind suggests that one in 11 British workers has been to the GP for stress and anxiety from the financial squeeze.
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Working for Wellness Launches London Regional IAPT Recruitment Campaign
May 10, 2010Working for Wellness (WfW) is the London regional implementation team for the national Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme (IAPT). WfW is hosted by Commissioning Support for London (CSL) who support Commissioners to deliver the Healthcare for London strategy.
This is the third year of the programme and to date WfW have helped to successfully establish 15 IAPT sites in London, recruiting nearly 400 trainees and treating nearly 15,000 people.
National funding has helped create a new workforce able to deliver evidence based cognitive behavioral therapy to people with depression, anxiety and/or phobias.
WfW will be recruiting Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners (PWPs) and High Intensity (HI) Therapists on behalf of the 12 PCTs who are looking for practitioners to work in their area.
To apply please go to NHS Jobs and search IAPT, London.
You can download information for applicants here. You MUST read this before applying, failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted.
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Hospital admissions ‘reduced by access to psychological therapies’
May 7, 2010Exclusive: The Government’s Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme is not only reducing rates of depression and anxiety but also driving down hospital admissions for physical illness, new evidence suggests.
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Bipolar disorder: the ’stalking beast’
May 4, 2010When I heard about the mood disorders study I got in touch straight away. I was diagnosed with bipolar in the mid-70s when I was 17. My symptoms first manifested themselves after my father died, when I was just 14. I was fostered at 15, and first sectioned aged 16. From then on I was on the psychiatric merry-go-round – hospitals, therapeutic communities, halfway houses – until I was 28.
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Almost one in three mothers suffers mental health problems
April 30, 2010Almost a third of mothers suffer poor mental health at some point in the first four or five years of their child’s life, according to a study which aims to show what it is like being a child in Scotland today.
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Health@Work says Liverpool workers are suffering mental health illnesses
April 29, 2010A LIVERPOOL charity is warning that mental health illness among employees is on the rise after the sustained recession.
Health@Work has highlighted a new report revealing that 47% of workers are experiencing depressive symptoms during the recession which is five times higher than levels recorded before the slump.
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High rate of mental health issues in London serious case reviews
April 28, 2010Serious case reviews in London identified mental health as a problem affecting the care of children in 60 per cent of families, compared to just 24 per cent nationally, a region-wide study has found.
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