Author Archives: Rob Waller

E-Learning in Social Care

By Rob Waller | Published: April 23, 2013

A range of modules in social care covering topics like:   Adult safeguarding A resource looking at what adult safeguarding means and considering how safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. (2013) Sexual, reproductive and mental health Looks at the key aspects of sexual and reproductive health in the context of mental illness. 8 modules (2011) Parental substance […]

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: May 28, 2013

Mental Health of Older People

By Rob Waller | Published: April 23, 2013

These elearning resources aim to raise awareness of key issues, research, messages, policies and approaches relating to the mental health of older people and, in so doing, positively impact on practice. From the Social Care Institute of Excellence.

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: April 23, 2013

Overdose in Accident and Emergency

By Rob Waller | Published: April 15, 2013

This online ‘labyrinth’ [or maze] will test your management of someone who has taken an overdose, presenting to a local hospital Accident and Emergency Department [Casualty]

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: April 15, 2013

Scottish Mental Health Act

By Rob Waller | Published: October 19, 2012

Each country has their own Act. Scotland’s is regarded as one of the most comprehensive, patient-centred and useful, with a range of Orders and core underlying principles [the Millan Principles]. As well as the Act, learners should be aware of the Code of Practice [which tells you how it works in non-legal language], the Mental […]

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: October 19, 2012

Newcastle Mental State Examination Videos

By Rob Waller | Published: October 19, 2012

This site is aimed at providing teaching materials to Newcastle University medical students. It is a very good collection of videos of different aspects of the Mental State Examination. See more from the team. Whilst aimed at medical students it is being used by a range of health professionals, other groups who come into contact […]

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: October 19, 2012

Classification in psychiatry

By Rob Waller | Published: October 19, 2012

In this interview Professor Sir David Goldberg [one of the key figures behind the development of ICD-10] talks to Dr Mark Salter about classification in psychiatry. Part of a series of podcasts from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: October 19, 2012

Mental State Examination in Ghana

By Rob Waller | Published: October 19, 2012

These videos using psychiatrist and medical students as simulated patients and interviewers were prepared by Dr. Celice McDermott, MSc BSc MB ChB MRCPsych, then Visiting Lecturer, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Three patients are interviewed with a range of psychiatric conditions in a typical West African context.

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: October 22, 2012

Royal College of Psychiatrists Reports

By Rob Waller | Published: October 10, 2012

Reports produced by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and made available for general distribution fall into one of three categories: College Reports (formerly ‘Council Reports’) Position Statements Occasional Papers College Reports (previously known as Council Reports) constitute official College policy.킠 Position statements are concise statements of College policy. Occasional Papers are produced by Departments or […]

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: October 16, 2012

British Association of Psychopharmacology Consensus Statements

By Rob Waller | Published: October 10, 2012

This independent body based in London draws from experts across the UK to produce evidence based guidelines for core psycho-pharmacology topics. Much of the evidence is at the level of expert opinion or single trials, but this is taken into account.

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: October 16, 2012

SIGN Guidelines in Psychiatry

By Rob Waller | Published: October 10, 2012

Scotland has developed a different approach to NICE, preferring to produce reviews only on the clinical evidence and not on cost-effectiveness or economic data. The reviews are also more tailored to the scottish environment. This also enables Scotland to focus on topis it believes to be important. The reviews themselves are high quality systematic reviews […]

Posted By:   Rob Waller
Last Edited: October 16, 2012

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