Great article on the new Gambling Commission prevalence survey. Important to note the increase from 0.3% to 2.5% of people deemed to be problematic gamblers in England. Many more found to be experiencing significant harms and deemed to be ‘at risk’ Well done Emily Dugan and Pippa Crerar

Well, what can I say… the ⁦RoySocMed⁩ really does do things in style! Here we are with our newly elected Honorary Fellows. What an array of colours ⁦Imperial Medicine⁩ ⁦Cambridge University⁩ ⁦University of Oxford⁩

With the launch of the Gambling Survey for Great Britain, our Gambling Research Glasgow experts have created guidance to encourage less stigmatising reporting on #gambling. ‘Words Matter’ was developed with journalists, policymakers and people with lived experience. tinyurl.com/4368s27r

The Royal Humane Society awards medals and certificates to recognise acts of bravery by civilians or the police in saving the lives of others in any circumstances. Click the link to see the full list of nominees and cast your vote ⬇️ 🔓 Free to read thetimes.com/uk/society/art…

van der Maas M et al (2024) Gambling as a precipitating factor in deaths by suicide in the National Violent Death Reporting System [in the US]: The rate of #gambling-related cases in Nevada was approx. nine times greater than the rate in the overall sample sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Our letter in ⁦The Times and The Sunday Times⁩ today highlighting the importance of evidence base in psychiatry when treating mental illness Glad to see ⁦Prof Miranda Wolpert⁩ also responded. ⁦Professor Tamsin Ford 💙⁩ ⁦Wendy Burn CBE (She/her)⁩

Bravo to colleagues for writing in The The Times and The Sunday Times today . Some correction of the gross misrepresentation of mental illness, following the dreadful article they published earlier this week. Not dreadful because I disagreed with it but dreadful because it was plain misleading.

Suicide rates among doctors have declined over time, but are still significantly higher for female doctors compared with the general population, finds an analysis of evidence from 20 countries Eva Schernhammer bmj.com/content/386/bm…

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Exciting opportunity to shape the future of our flagship event A key role Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress please spread the word Subodh Dave ☘️🌻🌞 Humanising Medicine Lade Smith CBE Trudi Seneviratne 🌠 John Crichton rcpsych.ac.uk/members/posts-…

🚨SMF at Labour Party Conference 2024 🎲Bad money: the economics of gambling harm Hear gambling minister Baroness Fiona Twycross, Sarah Coombes for West Bromwich, Dr Heather Wardle, SMF's Dr James Noyes, Prof Adrian Pabst & Will Hutton exploring the relationship between gambling and the economy.

In the UK suicide prevention combines mental health care & public health. But in many countries this is not the case. Excellent series in The Lancet Public Health, published this week on #WorldSuicidePreventionDay2024

Great conference #WIMIN24 by WIMIN - Women In Medicine International Network. Starting with Henrietta Bowden-Jones talking about the huge harms of #Gambling Disorder and #Gaming Disorder.

Risk factors for mental illness outlined today by ⁦Lade Smith CBE⁩ at the wonderful ⁦WIMIN - Women In Medicine International Network⁩ conference in Cambridge this morning #WIMIN24 Great lecture Lade!!

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A great honour to have Chaired today’s Roundtable on Online Violence Against Women and Girls. Much to be done here in the UK. Incredible to have had the iconic ⁦Laila Mickelwait⁩ with us in person for the past two days!

For too long, a network of enablers have been profiting off the 'immortalisation' of women and girls trauma. Together, we must stop this 🙅‍♀️ Thank you to all our speakers for their contribution to an insightful and productive discussion on what needs to be done to #endonlinevawg.

We are carrying out the first psychological autopsy study in the United Kingdom to ascertain the socio-ecological antecedents of gambling-related suicide ⁦Amanda Roberts⁩ ⁦Steve Sharman⁩ ⁦Gambling with Lives⁩ ⁦⁦Addiction Journal⁩ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ad…

Congratulation all 3teams that have been shortlisted for Royal College of Psychiatrists #digital #mentalhealth team of the year CNWL NHS FT & East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) NHS Maudsley #rcpsychawards Henrietta Bowden-Jones CAMHS Digital Lab Barbara Arroyo 🌈 David Bradley Claire Murdoch Owen Bowden-Jones Subodh Dave ☘️🌻🌞 Humanising Medicine Paul Bradley Amar Shah

Delighted 2b judging again this year for Royal College of Psychiatrists #digitalmh team of the year. Another set of brilliant nominations - congrats2 CAMHS Digital Lab ELFT Quality Assurance NHS Maudsley #rcpsychawards #digital Henrietta Bowden-Jones Doug Stewart Dr Bruce Clark Ranjeet Kaile Claire Murdoch Ranga Rao Waleed Fawzi