The next Forum meeting will be on the 2nd of April at 5:30 - 7pm in the Lounge of Scott Road Community Centre. Be great to see you there.

Ketamine - a new treatment for deprression

 

 

New ketamine-related drug could be ‘watershed’ in treating depression

‘Rapid acting’ esketamine was approved by the FDA to treat people who don’t respond to traditional psychiatric drugs

Jessica Glenza in New York

 @JessicaGlenza

Fri 8 Mar 2019 06.00 GMTLast modified on Fri 8 Mar 2019 06.03 GMT

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 Spravato was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for patients with hard-to-treat depression. Photograph: AP

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/mar/08/new-ketamine-related-drug-could-be-watershed-in-treating-depression

 

Compassionate Mental Health event

Compassionate Mental Health event  Safe Spaces for Suffering & Joy is a one-day gathering on Monday 1 April 2019 at Kingsley Hall, Bromley-by-Bow, London.  Compassionate Mental Health will be bringing together a wide cross section of people with a shared interest in transforming the way we live and work with mental health crises and distress. Join a community of peers, mental health professionals, family members and policy makers, who all want to work together to restore a sense of trust, belonging and connection. Speakers and facilitators: Will Hall - mental health advocate, counsellor, writer, and trainer. Will is recognised internationally as an innovator in the treatment and social response to psychosis. He is especially know for his work around trauma, and a harm reduction approach to medications.  Akiko Hart - chair of  the International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis UK , Hearing Voices Project Manager at Mind in Camden, and former Director of Mental Health Europe. Akiko is passionate about peer support in statutory services promoting real change. See the full list of speakers (more to be announced soon). Registration has opened and you can book now using this  Registration Form. Attendance costs range from £65 to £125. There are reduced fees for those with lived experience, small charities, students and NHS staff below Band 6 and LA equivalent.  There are limited bursary places for people with personal experience – either of living with mental distress or supporting someone who does - who couldn’t otherwise afford to come. If you know anyone who might benefit from this then please ask them to send an email to ask@compassionatementalhealth.co.uk saying why they are applying and what they hope to gain from the event.

A Disorder for Everyone!

'A Disorder for Everyone!' comes to York  'A Disorder for Everyone!' - Challenging the culture of psychiatric diagnosis and exploring trauma informed alternatives. This day is for anyone who is interested in and concerned about the current debates in 'mental health.' It provides a space to explore the critical questions of the day around the biomedical model and the narrative of 'diagnosis and disorder'. Date: 03 May Time: 09:00am - 05:30pm Venue: Priory Street Centre, 15 Priory Street, York YO1 6ET To book your place please click here

The Women's Mental Health Network invites you to Turn Up The Volume - Important survey!

The Women's Mental Health Network invites you to Turn Up The Volume - Important survey! 

The Women’s Mental Health Network (WMHN) is the latest project from Wish, a women’s user-led mental health charity.

A partnership of voluntary organisations (including NSUN) working across sectors, the WMHN aims to provide a user-led, campaigning platform to give women with mental health needs a voice, and drive forward change.

The network’s focus is to improve women’s experience of using statutory services in a range of settings, such as hospitals, prisons, drugs and alcohol, housing, social services, by influencing them to become more gender-specific.

WMHN is currently consulting with women who have experience of the mental health and/or criminal justice system, to find out what changes in service provision they would like to see.

You can complete the survey here.

March 2019 meeting of SDMHF

Come along to the next meeting of the Selby District Mental Health Forum on the 5th of March 2019 from 5:30 - 7pm in the Lounge of Scott Road Community Centre.

Be great to see you there!

Share your experience: having a baby and the effects on your mental health

Share your experience: having a baby and the effects on your mental health 

Having a baby is one of the biggest life choices you can make. This can affect both the person who is giving birth and their partner's mental health.

Healthwatch England want to know more about people's experiences of mental health support when planning to get pregnant, during pregnancy, at the birth of their child and afterwards.

To share your experience anonymously, please take the survey here