Welcome

The British Psychological Society, Division of Clinical Psychology.

http://www.bps.org.uk/networks-and-communities/member-microsite/division-clinical-psychology

Clinpsy.org – this is a site aimed at anyone with an interest in clinical psychology.

http://www.clinpsy.org.uk/

The British Psychological Society, information on careers in clinical psychology.

http://www.bps.org.uk/careers-in-psychology

NHS career information on clinical psychology.

http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/explore-by-career/psychological-therapies/careers-in-psychological-therapies/psychologist/clinical-psychologist/

American Psychological Society – different approaches to psychotherapy.

http://www.apa.org/topics/therapy/psychotherapy-approaches.aspx

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy – explanation of theoretical approaches used in therapies.

http://www.bacp.co.uk/seeking_therapist/theoretical_approaches.php

The Wellness Recovery Action Plan®, or WRAP®, is an evidence-based practice that is used world-wide by people who are dealing with mental health challenges as well as medical conditions.

www.mentalhealthrecovery.com

Information from the UK government on Payment by Results for healthcare providers.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/payment-by-results-pbr-in-the-nhs

The Hearing Voices Network – for people who hear voices, see visions or have other unusual perceptions.

www.hearing-voices.org

Here are some links to websites that provide helpful information about children’s and young people’s mental health.

Young Minds is a charity that has been set up to provide a variety of information for parents and young people about emotional distress.

http://www.youngminds.org.uk/

The Royal College of Psychiatry website provides information for professionals and the public regarding metal health issues across the life course. There is a variety of publications and video clips available.

http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/expertadvice/youthinfo.aspx

The Mental Health Foundation is another charitable organisation undertaking mental health research, policy and service improvement.

http://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/help-information/mental-health-a-z/C/children-young-people/

An all-party Health Select Committee video clip on the challenges of providing mental health services.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/health-committee/news/14-11-04-camhs-report-substantive/

The UK Parliament Health Committee’s Third Report on children’s and adolescents’ mental health and CAMHS.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmhealth/342/34202.htm

An e-booklet on goal-based measures.

http://issuu.com/camhs-ebpu/docs/gbos_booklet/40?e=3061097/4829437

A YouTube clip from Yale University providing an introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for childhood anxiety disorders.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyanIgSJuw

Web page and YouTube clip about Pesky Gnats, a computerised CBT programme for children.

http://www.juvenilementalhealthmatters.com/CBT_Computer_Game.html

An interview with a woman with depression.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YhpWZCdiZc

A video about the major causes of depression.

http://mental.healthguru.com/video/causes-of-major-depression

Signs, symptoms and causes of depression.

http://www.patient.co.uk/health/depression-leaflet

NIMH info on signs, symptoms and treatment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlNCavst2EU

NHS website on treating depression – includes a video on talking therapies.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Depression/Pages/Treatment.aspx

A BBC documentary with personal accounts of mental health problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5YubjEqbZ8

Living with the black dog (WHO video).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VRRx7Mtep8

A TED talk by Kevin Breel on depression.

http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_breel_confessions_of_a_depressed_comic

Diagnostic interviews/interviews generally

The Beck Institute has a variety of videoed interviews with Dr Beck, the founder of cognitive therapy, about anxiety and its treatment, e.g. ‘Specific Phobia Versus Panic Disorder in CBT’ and ‘CBT for Phobias’.
https://www.youtube.com/user/BeckInstitute/videos

This video features an interview with a man who developed PTSD after learning his wife had been raped. His therapist assesses and diagnoses his PTSD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-8UwiqcksI

Descriptions of symptoms and causes

Moodzone: An NHS resource for patients who have problems with anxiety or depression.
http://www.nhs.uk/Video/Pages/anxiety-podcast.aspx

Paul Salkovskis describes the difference between generalised phobias, e.g. social phobia and agoraphobia, versus specific phobias, e.g. spider phobia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TW_d3g0unTw

Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Trust: a website with audio visual resources for a range of disorders. This audio file describes some of the typical thoughts that people with PTSD might have.
http://www.ntw.nhs.uk/pic/selfhelp/

Treatments

A therapist plans a behavioural experiment with a patient with social anxiety.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zBdyHyj0bA

Dr Beck talks about CBT exposure techniques for anxiety disorders.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2gJWtdPesc&index=5&list=UUZ8MAM1oUKyuTQArFrVTFZA

A patient is treated for a phobia of baked beans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Y8VKs3__cA

Personal accounts of mental health problems

Colin’s account of suffering from the anxiety disorder monophobia.
http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Panic-disorder/Pages/Colins-story.aspx

Short account of anorexia nervosa from a recovered woman.

http://www.nhs.uk/video/pages/Anorexiacasestudy.aspx

A man talks about his experience of developing anorexia nervosa and his process of recovery.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kMYCe0S72w

Professor Janet Treasure, SLAM, talking about anorexia nervosa.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Anorexia-nervosa/Pages/Introduction.aspx

A woman talking about her bulimia nervosa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um2vbpZa0_I

Brief video of experts underlining that parents do not cause eating disorders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE3fyQV_chI

TED talk on maintenance of anorexia nervosa.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEysOExcwrE

An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3MCJZ7OGRk

BBC news channel: 7 July bombings.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/uk/05/london_blasts/what_happened/html/

The Expanding Empire of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder – Medscape (McNally, April 10, 2006).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1785189/

Getting Past Your Past:YouTube film byFrancine Shapiro

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nylajeG6uFY

YouTube film: CPT and PTSD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx3KdKDZOS8&list=PLuEO9Uf2A6CXs9J5G1qwvtB8JzZ_Uk1aP

A series of videos made by people with intellectual disabilities, challenging the viewer to look beyond the label.

https://www.mencap.org.uk/beyondthelabel

Video and website of the Improving Health and Lives Learning Disabilities Observatory.

https://www.improvinghealthandlives.org.uk/

Patient voices

Learning disability; stigma when accessing healthcare. 

http://www.healthtalk.org/peoples-experiences/disability-impairment/andy

Living with Disfigurement

Changing Faces; facial disfigurement and social situations (HD). A film by the Wellcome Trust.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5YgCmaEJxA

Health and life stage

Lifespan issues: chronic illness and children.

http://www.healthtalk.org/young-peoples-experiences/long-term-health-conditions/dealing-feelings-and-emotions

Theoretical models of how the body and mind interface 

Coping With Stress – The Truth About Psycho Neuro Immunology. Margaret Kemeney, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, University of California Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, San Francisco.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R9mD-iJZIg

Diagnostic issues

Explore this website for regularly updated material relevant to the Somatic Symptom Disorder (SSD) debate.

http://www.dxrevisionwatch.com

Peter Dunlop shares his experience of being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Disease, as part of the 2013 G8 summit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLzc_UjplsM

Trevor Jarvis was awarded an honorary degree for his passion and tireless campaigning on behalf of people with dementia and for the improvement of public awareness of dementia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KGDrfj0xQ0

Professor Sube Banerjee talks about dementia, including treatment and research in Sussex.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJmyDe6vQhE&list=PLXsH500aLPOWJViNzBpipHfm2whTEeuHw

An insider’s perspective on what you can do to help a person with dementia – with Christine Bryden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E49cK17qs0

This video portrays the lives of five people who have dementia and shows how person-centred care helps them live meaningful lives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5R3idi0e1eg

British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre.

http://hopc.bps.org.uk/

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme.

http://www.iapt.nhs.uk/

Centre for Workforce Intelligence report on clinical psychology.

http://www.cfwi.org.uk/publications/applied-psychologists-workforce-risks-and-opportunities-2013-education-commissioning-risks-summary-from-2012

British Psychological Society Division of Clinical Psychology.

http://www.bps.org.uk/networks-and-communities/member-microsite/division-clinical-psychology

British Psychological Society careers page on clinical psychology.

http://careers.bps.org.uk/area/clinical

NHS careers page on clinical psychology.

http://www.nhscareers.nhs.uk/explore-by-career/psychological-therapies/careers-in-psychological-therapies/psychologist/clinical-psychologist/

British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies.

http://www.babcp.com/Default.aspx

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

http://www.bacp.co.uk/

Clearing House for Postgraduate Courses in Clinical Psychology.

https://www.leeds.ac.uk/chpccp/

The Alternative Handbook for Postgraduate Training Courses in Clinical Psychology.

http://shop.bps.org.uk/publications/the-alternative-handbook-for-postgraduate-training-courses-in-clinical-psychology-2015-entry.html