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Posted 26.03.2025

National Clinical Audit of Psychosis: State of the Nation Report 2024

The Royal College of Psychiatrists published the National Clinical Audit of Psychosis State of the Nation Report 2024 in February 2025. The National Clinical Audit of Psychosis is commissioned by the Healthcare Quality Improvement...

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Posted 14.03.2025

BFT session for Core Psychiatry Training

On Thursday 27th February 2025, the Meriden Programme delivered a teaching session to Medics on the West Midlands (Birmingham) Year 3 core training (CT3) programme for 2024/2025.  The course is for core training doctors...

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Posted 11.02.2025

1 Day BFT Supervisors Course 21.05.2025

Wednesday 21st May 2025 via MS Teams Are you trained in BFT and working with families? Would you like to be able to supervise others in the delivery of BFT? This course is for...

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Posted 07.02.2025

Peter Woodhams – Outstanding Contribution to the Sector, Mental Health Awards 2024

In October 2024 Peter Woodhams, Carer Consultant with Meriden Family Programme for over 20 years received the Outstanding Contribution to the Sector award at the Mental Health Awards 2024. Peter is a hugely valued...

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Posted 07.02.2025

Young Carers Films

Tees, Esk & Wear Valley NHS Foundation Trust have produced an excellent series of four short films from the perspective of young carers. The films feature young carers talking about their lives, themselves, their...

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Posted 07.02.2025

Exploring clinicians’ experience of using Behavioural Family Therapy within an older adult community mental health service

Jayne Westwood and colleagues have published their research into the experiences of using BFT in an older adult community mental health service. The paper presents findings of a service evaluation in which staff were...

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Posted 05.07.2024

Give it a go: Reflection on BFT training | Radha Yagnik

If there is one thing I would suggest it is, give it a go. The course was easy to follow with ample opportunities to practice what we had been taught. As an Assistant Psychologist...

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Posted 28.06.2024

Evaluating Family Interventions for Depression

Research is underway in Italy to evaluate the use of psychoeducational family intervention (PFI) for depression. PFI is based on Ian Falloon’s work and is similar to behavioural family therapy. You can read more...

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Posted 18.06.2024

23rd ISPS International Conference, Helsinki, Finland

Earlier in June 2024, 3 members of the Meriden team represented us at the 23rd ISPS International Conference ‘Need Adapted Care for Psychosis – the Power of Human Interaction’ – a title inspired by...

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