Exclusive: Professional bodies call for regulation to boost confidence and protect public from abuse in ‘landmark’ reportMinisters should introduce statutory regulation for counsellors and psychotherapists to protect the public...
Read MorePeople with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect usThe classic checklist for psychopathy was developed in 1980 by...
Read MoreFrom Rose Byrne in If I Had Legs I’d Kick You to Jodie Foster in A Private Life, an onscreen parade of psychoanalysts are unravelling before us, tapping into our worst fearsThere is an old adage that “every therapist needs a...
Read MoreOne minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounterTowards the end of 2024, Dennis...
Read MoreFeel like you don’t belong? Crave emotional independence? Constantly come up with original ideas? Like Frida Kahlo, Franz Kafka and Albert Einstein, you could have a distinct case of otroversion …Name: Otrovert.Age: The...
Read MoreMP hits back after Royal College of Psychiatrists refuses to support bill in its current form before Commons voteUK politics live – latest updatesKim Leadbeater has hit back at criticism from the Royal College of Psychiatrists...
Read MoreCollege says it is neutral on assisted dying, but ‘many, many factors’ need addressing in proposal for England and WalesThe Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPsych) has voiced its opposition to the assisted dying bill in England...
Read MoreExclusive: Concerns raised that wording of law could result in people with eating disorders using it to end their livesMPs will look to close a potential anorexia loophole in the assisted dying bill that psychiatrists fear could...
Read MoreSNP government lambasted by Lib Dem, Labour and Tory MSPs over sums paid to locum emergency psychiatristsScottish opposition leaders have accused ministers of mismanaging the NHS after the “jaw-dropping” costs of hiring...
Read MoreQuarter of posts in adult psychiatry vacant, forcing hospitals to rely on expensive private coverScotland’s health boards have paid up to £837 an hour for locum psychiatrists to help cope with a deepening staff shortage crisis...
Read MoreExclusive: Katie Sidle warns of more avoidable deaths without major changes after inquest found missed chances to save siblingA consultant neurologist whose brother died after a series of failures by an NHS mental health trust...
Read MoreFindings from survey of UK practitioners may explain why many more women than men suffer from a range of conditionsAbuse and violence suffered by women and girls is the main reason they are much more likely than men and boys to...
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