Andrew Forrester
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Mental health, justice systems, meaning | Editor * Professor | Scotland, London, Cardiff, Latin America
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Muchas gracias a los organizadores de la conferencia - XVIII Congresso Nacional de la Sociedad Boliviana de Psiquiatría - por invitarme a hablar hoy sobre Salud Mental y Justicia: Construyendo Estándares en Los Sistemas
September 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Muchas gracias a los organizadores de la conferencia - XVIII Congresso Nacional de la Sociedad Boliviana de Psiquiatría - por invitarme a hablar hoy sobre Salud Mental y Justicia: Construyendo Estándares en Los Sistemas
Estoy muy contento de estar en Bolivia para el congreso nacional de la Sociedad Boliviana de Psiquiatria, en Sucre.
September 10, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Estoy muy contento de estar en Bolivia para el congreso nacional de la Sociedad Boliviana de Psiquiatria, en Sucre.
Mental health challenges of enforced disappearances: a call for research and action
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June 10, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Mental health challenges of enforced disappearances: a call for research and action
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La Estrella, hoy temprano
May 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
La Estrella, hoy temprano
How do mental disorders affect an individual’s moral responsibility? Do mental illnesses diminish capacity for moral agency, considering factors like rationality, autonomy, and control? Does the insanity defence now need major amendment?
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May 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
How do mental disorders affect an individual’s moral responsibility? Do mental illnesses diminish capacity for moral agency, considering factors like rationality, autonomy, and control? Does the insanity defence now need major amendment?
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#Poverty is a significant contributor to mental health issues in children, often intertwined with factors like maltreatment, family discord, and parental mental health. Unless we address poverty, the prevalence of child psychiatric disorders unlikely to decline.
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Child mental health problems and poverty | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core
Child mental health problems and poverty
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May 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#Poverty is a significant contributor to mental health issues in children, often intertwined with factors like maltreatment, family discord, and parental mental health. Unless we address poverty, the prevalence of child psychiatric disorders unlikely to decline.
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A pilot study testing Trauma Sensitive Yoga with incarcerated women in Latin America - it reduced PTSD and depression symptoms and may be a helpful trauma intervention in prisons. #prisons #mentalhealth #yoga #Latinamerica
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May 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
A pilot study testing Trauma Sensitive Yoga with incarcerated women in Latin America - it reduced PTSD and depression symptoms and may be a helpful trauma intervention in prisons. #prisons #mentalhealth #yoga #Latinamerica
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Medellín para la semana. Comuna 13, tarde en la noche, buenas conversaciones. Algunos lugares y personas se quedan contigo.
May 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Medellín para la semana. Comuna 13, tarde en la noche, buenas conversaciones. Algunos lugares y personas se quedan contigo.
This article calls for a coordinated UK response to chemsex-related harms, especially among #GBMSM. It recommends better training, standardised data collection, and a national network to support professionals across health, justice, and social care.
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Developing a coordinated response to chemsex across health, justice and social care settings: expert consensus statement | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core
Developing a coordinated response to chemsex across health, justice and social care settings: expert consensus statement - Volume 48 Issue 5
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May 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This article calls for a coordinated UK response to chemsex-related harms, especially among #GBMSM. It recommends better training, standardised data collection, and a national network to support professionals across health, justice, and social care.
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“Engage? Disengage? Discharge? Ethical approaches to fraught questions” - practical framework for ethical complexities re patient engagement / disengagement. Structured questions guide decision-making in scenarios where patient care is uncertain or contested.
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Engage? Disengage? Discharge? Ethical approaches to fraught questions | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core
Engage? Disengage? Discharge? Ethical approaches to fraught questions
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May 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
“Engage? Disengage? Discharge? Ethical approaches to fraught questions” - practical framework for ethical complexities re patient engagement / disengagement. Structured questions guide decision-making in scenarios where patient care is uncertain or contested.
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Critical realism and #psychiatry - the brain disease vs. disorder debate in psychiatry is too simplistic - instead, a critical realist approach sees mental illness as arising from complex interactions between biological, psychological, and social mechanisms:
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Transcending the brain disease versus disorder dichotomy: a critical realist perspective on psychiatric disorders | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core
Transcending the brain disease versus disorder dichotomy: a critical realist perspective on psychiatric disorders
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May 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Critical realism and #psychiatry - the brain disease vs. disorder debate in psychiatry is too simplistic - instead, a critical realist approach sees mental illness as arising from complex interactions between biological, psychological, and social mechanisms:
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Unos días estupendos en #HRI25 en Bogotá. Entre otros, una sesión muy conmovedora sobre cómo lidiar con el dolor después de la muerte por sobredosis. Para mí, la siguiente parada es Medellín.
April 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Unos días estupendos en #HRI25 en Bogotá. Entre otros, una sesión muy conmovedora sobre cómo lidiar con el dolor después de la muerte por sobredosis. Para mí, la siguiente parada es Medellín.
A great few days at #HRI25 in Bogota. Amongst others, a very moving session on dealing with grief following death by overdose. For me, next stop Medellin.
April 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
A great few days at #HRI25 in Bogota. Amongst others, a very moving session on dealing with grief following death by overdose. For me, next stop Medellin.
April 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Es genial estar en la Conferencia Internacional de Reducción de Daños, Bogotá. #hri25 Temas importantes que merecen exploración y reflexión.
April 29, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Es genial estar en la Conferencia Internacional de Reducción de Daños, Bogotá. #hri25 Temas importantes que merecen exploración y reflexión.