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Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland podcasts

Professor Houston has recently been appointed as historical advisor to the Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland on the occassion of their 60th Anniversary. As part of the Anniversary programme, he… Read more »

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Archives and Research Association Vlog

Professor Houston was recently interviewed by the ARA Learning section of the Archives and Records Association about his ‘Prisoners or Patients‘ exhibition, held in collaboration with the National Records of… Read more »

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Devolved psychiatries

On June 17th 20201, Professor Houston delivered a presentation entitled ‘Devolved Psychiatries: 180 years of development within the UK’ to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.  To accompany his presentation, Professor… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts: Forensic Psychiatry – Professor John Crichton

Prof John Crichton – Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist and Chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland. What is a forensic psychiatrist? Far from the media stereotypes forensic psychiatrists are… Read more »

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Prisoners or Patients? Listen online.

This is a 50 minute audio file of a talk I delivered at the National Records of Scotland on 7 August 2019, in connection with my hugely successful exhibition that… Read more »

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Patients or Prisoners? – Edinburgh fringe event at New Register House, Edinburgh. 7th August 2019, 1.30pm

7 August 2019, 1.30 – 2.30pm, New Register House Prisoners or Patients? Criminal Insanity in Victorian Scotland Professor Rab Houston, University of St Andrews Book Online via Eventbrite As part… Read more »

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‘Prisoners or Patients Criminal? Insanity in Victorian Scotland’ exhibition at the National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh

Prisoners or Patients? Criminal Insanity in Victorian Scotland General Register House, Matheson Dome https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/exhibitions – 30 August 2019, 10.00-16.30 The stories of prisoner-patients held in the Criminal Lunatic Department in… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts: Suicide – Professor Rory O’Connor

Professor Rory O’Connor, Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, University of Glasgow Background: Suicide and self-harm are major public health concerns with complex aetiologies which encompass a multifaceted array of risk and… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) – Professor Chris Williams

In the podcast this week, Professor Chris Williams, a researcher and teacher in the area of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) introduces CBT as a self-help form of therapy. It gives… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts: Police, policing, and mental health in the UK – Chief Inspector Michael Brown OBE

Police services all over the world are essential as a de facto mental health service, especially around crisis care. All have struggled with untoward incidents involving the use of force,… Read more »

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Cell Block Science

Last week I had a long but rewarding day at HMYOI Polmont, delivering a 2-hour lecture/seminar to separate groups of male and female learners, one in the morning, the other… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts – Learning Disabilities, Dr Fionnuala Williams

People with learning disability were understood and treated very differently in the past from the present. While attempts were always made to help them, this was against a background of… Read more »

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Bang goes the Borders

I exhibited part of the Face to Face exhibition at Bang Goes the Borders on Saturday. This long-running and successful science fair is aimed at children aged 5-13, but it… Read more »

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Face to Face at the Scottish Parliament

Last week Scotland’s First Minister made a major policy speech in which mental health provision featured prominently. To coincide with this announcement, I exhibited ‘Face to Face: Stories from the… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts – Social workers and care in the community, Dr Ruth Allen

Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts – Social workers and care in the community, Dr Ruth Allen Social workers have a crucial part to play in improving mental health services… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts – Schizophrenia, Prof Chris Frith

In this podcast I talk about my research on the biological basis of schizophrenia using brain imaging and my attempts to understand symptoms such as hallucinations in terms of brain… Read more »

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Face to Face: Exhibition News

Face to Face: Stories from the Asylum is another strand in our Promoting Mental Health through the Lessons of History Project. Like the podcast series, the exhibition aims to engage… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts – Prof Uta Frith

Autism is a neuro-developmental disorder with a prevalence of about one in 100 births. Although we assume that this disorder has always been with us, and Rab Houston and I… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts – Prof Douglas Blackwood

Symptoms of schizophrenia develop in more than 1:200 people, in all cultures, while 2- 4% of the population may experience major depression at some time in their life. Mild and… Read more »

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Understanding Mental Health: conditions, caring, and contexts – Prof Nancy A. Pachana

People in both the developed and the developing world are living longer, and in better health, than in any prior point in history. However, mental health professionals, especially psychologists, need… Read more »

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