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Children’s Mental Health Conference, 16 May 2012, Glasgow

aland — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:56:15 +0000

Wednesday 16 May 2012

Information on the 2012 children’s mental health conference being held in Glasgow on 16 May 2012. The conference will aim to refresh and enhance your knowledge on a variety of key topics and current developments in the field of children’s mental health, show examples of good practice and most importantly provide you with practical information which you can apply.

Please click on the following link for information on the conference and booking details – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Mental-Heath-Troubled-Times.pdf

LGBT Self Help Group Meeting

aland — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:13:22 +0000

The LGBT bipolar self help group will meet on Tuesday 7 February 2012, 7pm – 9pm, at the Terence Higgins Trust, Rothesay House (3rd floor), 134 Douglas Street, Glasgow, G2 4HF.

The meeting is open to anyone who is lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender and who experience bipolar disorder. Partners, family, friends and carers are also welcome.

Irvine Self Help Group Meeting

aland — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:04:26 +0000

The Irvine group meet on Tuesday 7 February 2012, 7pm – 9pm, Woodlands Centre, Kilwinning Road, Irvine, KA12 8RU.

The group is open to anyone affected by bipolar disorder. For further information please contact the Bipolar Scotland office on 0141 560 2050.

Article on Brain Cell Research

aland — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:35:05 +0000

Bipolar Scotland’s Chief Medical Adviser, Prof Andrew McIntosh is involved in conjunction with the Edinburgh Centre for Regenerative Medicine, in a groundbreaking research project that looks to grow brain cells from skin samples taken from people with a bipolar disorder diagnosis. To read more about this research please click on the following link www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jan/29/brain-cloning-breakthrough-mental-illness

‘More for Less? , Independent Advocacy – More demand, less funding’

aland — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:35:50 +0000

The Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance have published a report,”More for Less? , Independent Advocacy – More demand, less funding”. To read the report please click on the following link – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/SIAA-Report.pdf

Perinatal Mental Health Conference – Monday 23 April 2012

aland — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:25:09 +0000

Monday 23 April 2012

The Scottish Perinatal Mental Health Forum are holding a one day conference on the management of perinatal mental health disorders. The conference is being held on Monday 23 April 2012, 09.30am – 4pm, Marriott Hotel, 500 Argyle Street, Glasgow, G3 8RR.

For further information on the conference please click on the following link – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Conference-flyer.pdf

To book a place, please click on the following link – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Conference-information-and-Booking-form.pdf

New treatment for patients with bipolar I disorder

aland — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:12:11 +0000

Lundbeck have launched a new medication, Sycrest for the treatment of moderate to severe manic episodes associated with bipolar 1. For further information please click on the followinmg link – http://www.bipolarscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Sycrest-consumer-press-release.pdf

Bipolar & Pregnancy – Sunday Mail

aland — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:34:03 +0000

The Sunday Mail have published an article about the very positive experience of a woman with bipolar disorder and her pregnancy. It covers the practical help/support that she was given by her local perinatal mental health services.

To read the article in full please click on the following link http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/real-life/2012/01/08/trainee-nurse-s-shock-bipolar-diagnosis-saved-her-own-life-86908-23689029/

Employees’ Experience of Mental Well-Being at Work – Survey

aland — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:34:56 +0000

Researchers from Heriot-Watt University in conjunction with SAMH (Scottish Association for Mental Health), are conducting an independent survey to understand employees’ experiences of psychological well-being at work and broader attitudes to mental health and employment.

All information gathered in this questionnaire will remain confidential. Your employer will not be fed back any of your individual information and will not be able to have any knowledge of your responses to these questions. Any information that you provide will be completely anonymised. Even the research team will not be able to identify you as an individual. If there are any questions that you do not wish to answer then please feel free to miss them out and move onto the next question or the next set of questions.

This questionnaire should take no more than fifteen minutes to complete and all participants, both individuals and organisations, will have access to a general anonymised report that will provide a summary of the findings. No individual or company will be identifiable from this report.

If you need any help or want any more information about the survey, please contact a member of the research team, Abigail Marks (a.marks@hw.ac.uk), James Richards (j.richards@hw.ac.uk) or Wendy Loretto (wendy.loretto@ed.ac.uk).

To take part in the survey go to the link https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YL7JN53

Renfrewshire Carers Mental Health Forum

aland — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:27:50 +0000

The Renfrewshire Carers Mental Health Forum, will be holding a “come and have your say” meeting on Thursday 2 February 2012, 9.30am – 11.30am, at the Renfrewshire Carers Centre, Unit 55, Embroidery Mill, Abbey Mill Business Centre, Paisley, PA1 1TJ.

For further information please phone 0141 887 3643 or e-mail elle@renfrewshirecarers.co.uk