This brief post is inform followers of this network that the CMHNN have asked to be included as signatories to an open letter, written to the BBC by clinical psychologist Peter Kinderman. The Story so far... The BBC has been running as series of programmes about mental health in recent weeks. These have included a... Continue Reading →
12 Questions about Record-Keeping
Kris Deering is a lecturer in mental health nursing at the University of the West of England in Bristol. He has 15 years experience working in practice over various sectors, including as a senior practitioner within an intensive team and specialising in care for adolescents experiencing psychosis in an Early Intervention team. A key area of interest is the various effects of neoliberalism on... Continue Reading →
Changing Mental Health Policy and Practice for Changing Times, by Peter Beresford
This post is one we are particularly delighted to share. We have said right from the start of the Network that ‘the critical is political’ and this is a highly political piece. It is a talk given by Professor Peter Beresford at the Mersey Care conference in Liverpool last Friday. The conference was called Service User's... Continue Reading →
Best wishes from the CMHNN to the 7th World Hearing Voices Congress
Dear 7th Hearing Voices World Congress, Warmest greetings from the Critical Mental Health Nurses' Network as you embark on the 7th World Hearing Voices Congress in Madrid. The 6th Congress in Thessaloniki produced a declaration which we hold in the highest regard and re-publish below. We eagerly anticipate all that you may teach us about your experiences... Continue Reading →
Critical Perspectives in Mental Health Nurse Education
This is the 3rd of the workshop reports from our recent conference. Here, Jim Chapman and Anne Felton summarise and reflect on the discussions that they facilitated in a workshop designed to help people think about MH nurse education. There were other parts of the day in which people considered education too, and as the... Continue Reading →
The Recovery Star meets the UnRecovery Star
The following post was contributed by Jonathan Gadsby. The Mental Health Recovery Star (below) is a widely used tool which aims to provide a map of a multifaceted mental health recovery and a measurement of progress. It was designed by Triangle Consulting Social Enterprise in 2007, a group based in the world of outcome measurement... Continue Reading →
The future of mental health nursing: are we barking up the wrong tree?
Dear CMHNN, Those of you who attended the conference in Birmingham may have met Mick McKeown, who has been a supporter of the Network since its early days (that's right, several months ago!). He has a new co-written article (reference and PDF below) published in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing which we know will... Continue Reading →
Legalised discrimination? Is the Mental Health Act a fundamental impediment to developing better ways of responding to human suffering?
This is the second of the write-ups of the conference workshops from Birmingham in Sept 2015. We are very grateful to Gary Sidley for his continued support of the Network and for the strong leadership he has provided to think about the Mental Health Act. His session was very well attended. Please feel free to comment, ask... Continue Reading →
Next Steps
Dear Critical Mental Health Nurses' Network, Thank you very much for making yesterday so special. Thank you to everyone who travelled such large distances. Over the next few days you can expect: Summaries of the presentations and workshop discussions. A digest of the feedback you gave. Details of the document we made together in the... Continue Reading →
THE BIRMINGHAM EVENT: WORKING TOGETHER TO RECLAIM MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Dear Friends, We have been doing a lot of work to pull together a conference we feel very excited about attending. The 9th of September will be a day to meet others and turn critical thinking into important initiatives and action. The programme is going to include many of the themes which have been emerging through... Continue Reading →
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