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All in the Mind: Psychiatrist shortage, GP helps with mental health, Why boredom could be a good thing

10/05/2016

Psychiatrist shortage, GP helps with mental health, Why boredom could be a good thing

BBC Radio 4 - All in the Mind, Psychiatrist shortage, GP helps with mental health, Why boredom could be a good thing

Psychiatrist shortage, GP helps with mental health, and why boredom might be a good thing.

Why we are facing a shortage of psychiatrists. Plus the GP helping patients with mental health shortlisted for an award, and why boredom might be a good thing.

In the UK there are around a hundred unfilled Consultant Psychiatrist posts. Claudia Hammond discusses with Sir Simon Wessely, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, why there is such a shortage, and the knock on effect for patients. Why does psychiatry seem to be the poor relation when compared with other branches of medicine and what can be done to persuade more trainee doctors to consider psychiatry as a career?

In the next of our series of features on the shortlist for the All in the Mind Awards, Claudia meets a GP who has helped one patient with a range of mental health issues, giving advice to her when she was admitted to hospital - despite not being in the same country at the time - and helping her to manage mental health complications associated with childbirth.

Are you bored? Don't worry it could be good for you. Research into boredom suggests an uncluttered schedule might be a good thing, giving us the chance for a bit of creative thinking. Sandi Mann, Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire talks to Claudia about the benefits of boredom.

With expert comment from Dr Catherine Loveday, Principal Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster.

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