Do you support a relative or friend with BPD/EUPD?
Families and Carers Training and Support (FACTS) Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Emotional Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) FACTS is a unique, carer-led training programme, developed with the support of the Anna Freud Centre, for the friends and families of people with BPD/ EUPD. This course for carers will run on Tuesday evenings between 19:00 […]
Illuminate Courses
We are running a range of free online sessions each month to help with developing confidence. Places are open to adults not on work or working limited hours and maybe experience mental ill health. It is important that the person is ready to make change, be open to learning and can commit to the sessions […]
Don’t Tone Alone Carers Courses
As part of DTA’s commitment to unpaid carers and the carers centres that support them, we are delighted to provide another free online exercise class entitled Toning Through Tension. The class is specifically for low-impact exercise and perfect for people with joint pain. Our level 4 instructors will be leading this class and the link […]
Improving motivation in psychotic disorders
Project: People diagnosed with schizophrenia suffer with delusions and hallucinations, but also experience other symptoms, which are more relevant for the long-term functioning, recovery and independence. These so-called negative symptoms (because it refers to function loss) include low motivation (‘apathy’) and decrease in emotional life (‘decrease mimic, gesture and voice expression’). Progress has been […]
Call for Speakers – Covid-19 and mental health
Do you have experience of mental health issues and/or psychiatric service use? Are you conducting research into the effects of Covid-19 on mental health? If you answered yes to one (or both) of these questions, then we’d like you to apply to speak at the Social Power and Mental Health Conference. Social Power and Mental Health is […]
Psychosis Immune Mechanism Stratified Medicine Trial
Title: Psychosis Immune Mechanism Stratified Medicine Trial: The PIMS Trial Project: Psychotic disorders like schizophrenia cause suffering to millions of people and a considerable proportion of people who are treated with antipsychotic drugs do not get better. Research suggests that low-grade inflammation (over-activity of one aspect of the immune system, which can be measured by […]