New evidence this month on a social model for madness and distress, social media and schizophrenia, exercise and severe mental illness, and the side-effects of antipsychotic medication.
Alison Faulkner on a new Shaping Our Lives report, which addresses service user and survivor views about ways of understanding madness and distress, but in particular about the potential of a social model. [read the full story...]
Jonny Benjamin shares his personal story of using social media to manage his own mental health. The award-winning mental health campaigner has been an inspiration to many, through his frank and hugely informative YouTube channel. His films cover everything from recovery to poetry. [read the full story...]
Joanne Wallace considers a recent systematic review of exercise in severe mental illness, which focuses on the factors that motivate people to exercise, and the barriers that can prevent physical activity. [read the full story...]
A live blog published at the 22nd International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research conference in Nottingham. Written by John Baker, Lucy Brazener, Wendy Cross, Vanessa Garrity, Andrew Grundy, Cher Hallett, Ben Hannigan, Elaine Hanzak and Alan Simpson. [read the full story...]
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