MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'camhs'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:51:38 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4025665&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FIX3XewlkAsU%2F My post about the Dore Programme seems to have sparked off a bit of debate about the merits of prescribing risperidone to children. Fair enough, since it’s something I’m not exactly comfortable with myself. Which is not to say I’m exactly anti-medication either. Given that CAMHS frequently get depicted as a bunch of crazed drug-pushers, gleefully medicating our kids at the behest of Big Pharma, I thought it would be interesting to have a look at the kids on my caseload. I’ve gone through a random sample of 34 kids that I’ve seen in the past month or so, and made notes of what medications they’re on. The results may surprise you. Of the 34 kids, 4 are taking methylphenidate. Most of you will know it better by the brand name Ritalin, though it tends to ge... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4025665 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 22:24:17 +0100 4025665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4013278&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2Fp96zPuhbF2U%2F I’ve been seeing a 10 year old boy with ADHD and Aspergers. He’s a genuinely likeable kid. He’s intelligent, he can be incredibly pleasant, but he’s also hyperactive to the max. He has tortuous rituals that take up large amounts of time and cause him to go berserk if they’re interrupted. If he sees a dog or a cat he flies into a panic. His Mum and Dad love him, but he’s very challenging, and he exhausts them. Methylphenidate has reduced his impulsivity, but hasn’t eliminated it. A quarter of a milligram of risperidone takes the edge off his agitation, but it’s made him gain weight and the consultant is reluctant to give any more than that to somebody so young. His parents use reward charts, but he isn’t good at recognising the value of ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4013278 Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:21:31 +0100 4013278 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3142648&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FpSDu9DUg6ZY%2F Since Militant Medical Nurse decided to revive our Slapheads series, I’ve come up with another that I reckon is worth doing. This time it comes with a CAMHS theme. It’s time to meet the slaphead parents that might help drive a child into the arms of child and adolescent mental health services. Whenever any issue about families or child protection rears its head on places like the BBC Speak You’re Branes website, the resident frothmouths will usually be heard exclaiming, “Why won’t social services/police/the NHS trust the parents? Parents know how to raise their kids, and they don’t need any interfence from the nanny state to do it!” The answer why we don’t always “trust the parents” (apart from the fact that the same frothmouths w... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3142648 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:07:11 +0100 3142648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2894587&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FNy8jDWFusLA%2F I’ll be finishing my secondment on the eating disorders unit soon, and returning to the life of a CPN in CAMHS. Before I say my goodbyes to the unit, I also have to make a farewell on behalf of somebody who’s featured in this blog. You may remember The Kid, who I’ve spent months cajoling into eating her dinner. She’s provoked ethical dilemmas in myself, and philosophical debates on this blog. The Kid is totally in the grip of the anorexia. Her every waking hour is devoted to Ana. She thinks about Ana day and night. Every calorie is to be obsessively counted, every opportunity for exercise to be taken, even if means lying to and manipulating everybody around her. Friends, family, doctors, nurses, these are just walking obstacles to her single-minded pursuit of anorex... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2894587 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:21:11 +0100 2894587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2879461&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FtJpHQC2hNkM%2F [Guest post by Pansy Potter, originally posted to the forum. As this is a reply to a blog post, I've copied and pasted it across to the blog. Z] I have cheekly turned the thread topic around as a corruption on that originally posted by – presumably – a clinical psychologist. Frankly, I was appalled and horrified to learn that certainly in the 10 years since we eventually managed to get the correct diagnosis for our daughter this individual for one does not seem to have changed from the terrible old pre-internet days. I will go through this person’s posting paragraph by paragraph. Your first paragraph is so appalling, so condescending that I refuse to give it credence by responding to it. Your second paragraph : you should know that frequently patients who suffer from an ASD like... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2879461 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:45:58 +0100 2879461 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2712039&cid=t_163472_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F19%2Fnursing-times-2009-vol-105-no-32%2F This article explores ways of engaging with vulnerable young people via a Mental Health Outreach Service. An adolescent mental health team set up an outreach role as a way of engaging vulnerable young people with mental health services and interventions. A print copy of this article is available from Fade Library Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Mental Health; Young People; CAMHS, Outreach (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2712039 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:31:54 +0100 2712039 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1998877&cid=t_163472_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Foh-brave-new-medical-world.html A few days ago, I wrote about the modern, protocol-driven nonsense of forcing the families of newly diagnosed young diabetics to have a psychiatric assessment. This sad state of affairs is one of the many by-products of dumbing down. A small but significant number of such families will find that their newly diagnosed diabetic child will develop behavioural problems which impact on the whole family. They will benefit from help. For them, psychiatric help is a “good thing” and such help should be available to all who need it. Unfortunately, the lower echelons of our dumbed down health care professionals cannot distinguish between the concept of psychiatric help being available to all on a “needs” basis and psychiatric help being provided for all. If it is “a good thing” then all ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1998877 Sun, 30 Nov 2008 10:42:00 +0100 1998877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1990667&cid=t_163472_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fcrippen-diaries-2008-november-1.html What do you want to do when you grow up...November 2008 (1)I saw Amy this morning. She is 11 years old, and as bright as a button. Six weeks ago she presented looking distinctly pasty with a history of weight loss and urinary frequency. I dipped her urine to find glucose +++ and ketones +++. A BM stick showed a blood sugar well into double figures. A new diagnosis of diabetes in a child is always a shock, more so to the parents than to the child. And even though they had already thought this was going to be the diagnosis, Amy’s parents were still shocked. I sent her into hospital. As is the fashion nowadays she was only kept in for 24 hours or so, stabilised, started on insulin (a dose with each meal, and one at night) and sent home with all the kit. Amy is now doing her own injections b... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1990667 Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:12:00 +0100 1990667 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1770453&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F385271847%2F As I’ve mentioned previously, the drug companies heavily target my CAMHS service with drug lunches, sponsored conferences and freebie handouts, usually for ADHD medications. Just browsing through the NMC Code of Conduct, I notice one of the obligations of a nurse is that: You must refuse any gifts, favours or hospitality that might be interpreted as an attempt to gain preferential treatment Well, I’d say that whenever a drug company provides us with lunch, gives us some free pens or post-it notes, or sponsors a conference, they’re certainly hoping to gain preferential treatment for their medication. They’re certainly not doing it because they think we look hungry or could do with a pen. Therefore, surely that means that all this big pharma schmoozing and gifting is ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1770453 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:29:54 +0100 1770453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1739064&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F377375477%2F Did you all miss me? I decided to wait a couple of days after returning from the Comrade Stalin Expects Productive Diligence Recreational Facility, Scarborough before making any fresh posts. A bit of time to properly unwind from my sunny holiday and to allow the radiation poisoning to fade. Since Mr Ian is suggesting we do some case study vignettes, here’s one from me, on the subject of anger management. I notice from the previous vignette that there’s requests in the comments thread that technical jargon is kept to a minimum. I’ve attempted to do so, but where I’ve been unable to I’ve included a wikipedia link for those who aren’t familiar with some of the terms. Anger management is something that the CMHTs seem keen to give a wide berth (at least rou... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1739064 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:03:00 +0100 1739064 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1660715&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F348741286%2F (Guest post by Luthien) Hi, I’ve only ever posted one comment before although I have been a regular reader for a long time.  I know that this is very short notice as I really need to submit it tonight at some point, but I would be very grateful for any tips/advice that anyone has regarding writing a supporting statement for an application for a band 5 community CAMHS nurse job.  I was fortunate enough to spend almost 6 months on placement at the place I am applying to, but I know that they are receiving a very high number of applications (CAMHS jobs in my area are like gold dust and only come up every couple of years!) and so I’d be incredibly grateful if anyone can suggest anything which could make my application stronger. As I said, I’m aware of the incredibly short ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1660715 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:12:24 +0100 1660715 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1660716&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F348729447%2F The Cockroach Catcher has an interesting post on the amount of money drug companies are spending on marketing ADHD drugs like atomoxetine and methylphenidate. Here’s a little thought from me: Before I came to CAMHS I worked on a rehab ward with people who had enduring mental health problems, and often a whole slew of physical illnesses too. Not only were we handing out antipsychotics, mood stabilisers, antidepressants, hypnotics, anxiolytics like they were smarties, but we were also giving meds for diabetes, epilepsy, hypertension - you name it. Despite this, we never saw a drug rep. Ever. Now I work in CAMHS, which probably prescribes less medication than any other form of healthcare. Despite this, the drug reps for the ADHD medications (Strattera, Equisym, Concerta, Medikinet etc) ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1660716 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:16:37 +0100 1660716 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1502523&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F307552535%2F Seaneen has written an interesting and very thoughtful piece giving her relative views on psychiatrists and mental health nurses. Seaneen prefers the nurses to the doctors, and feels more understood by them. The debate that follows in the comments thread is also quite interesting. Some people agree with Seaneen. Others report the opposite - that they’ve preferred the psychiatrists to the nurses (Mental Patient About Town fits into this latter category - don’t worry, we won’t hold it against you). I think I’ll attempt to join in this debate by adding a few thoughts of my own about the relative roles of doctors and nurses in mental health. Psychiatry is a rather un-doctory form of doctoring, and child and adolescent mental health (where I work) is the least doctory o... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1502523 Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:12:02 +0100 1502523 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1477888&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F300803371%2F I’d just like to draw attention to a comment made by Cockroach Catcher in a previous post, in which he says of his background in child psychiatry: At least a third of the children we saw were not the real patients. I’m currently a CPN operating out of an outpatient clinic for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Cockroach Catcher’s comment intrigued me, so I decided to do a bit of a straw poll of 15 kids seen in our clinic over the past couple of weeks. For these 15 kids, I asked myself, “Who’s the real patient?” Of the 15 kids, five of them have no identifiable mental health problem. Bang on Cockroach Catcher’s estimate of a third. Sometimes those in this category are the children of parents who have a mental health problem. They... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1477888 Thu, 29 May 2008 21:32:07 +0100 1477888 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1466025&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F296820837%2F Following on from my earlier post about emo, I think I’ve give a real-world clinical example, dealing with a self-harming emo kid. A quick caveat before I do. Teenage self-harming is not an “emo thing”. We see plenty of cutters in CAMHS, and the bulk of them are not emos. Chavs cut themselves too. In fact, some kids cut themselves despite not being part of any fashion clique at all. It’s almost as if self-harm were a mental health issue rather than a fashion trend. Strange, that. Anyway, let’s bring in our emo. He’s 15 years old, and in honour of My Chemical Romance, we’ll call him Gerard. I’ve been doing a bit of individual counselling and CBT with Gerard following his referral to our service due to low mood, sleep problems and self-cutting... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1466025 Fri, 23 May 2008 20:33:40 +0100 1466025 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1449303&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F291871393%2F Here in our CAMHS clinic, I’ve been having to explain to my colleagues about the differences between chavs, moshers, emos and goths. I’m fairly young (well, early 30s) so they look to me as the expert on what the hip kids are boogieing on down to in groovetown. Of course, I’m always up for increasing my knowledge base, so I thank Mental Patient About Town for pointing out that the Daily Mail has put its finger on the pulse of emo, and has worked it all out. Hannah was a happy 13-year-old until she became an ‘emo’ - part of a sinister teenage craze that romanticises death. Three months later she hanged herself. Here, her devastated mother tells other parents: No child is safe Yes, well done Daily Mail. It was emo wot killed Hannah. Now, I don’t really wa... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1449303 Fri, 16 May 2008 20:18:42 +0100 1449303 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1433735&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F287664179%2F Let’s talk about…borderline personality disorder. Hey, wait, where are you all going? Come back! Utter those three fatal words in mental health services, and all the pejoratives come out. Let’s have a roll-call, shall, we? Let’s see, we’ve got “manipulative”, “demanding”, “drain on resources”, “not really a mental illness”…oh yes, and let’s not forget “untreatable”. Now, let me introduce you to Beth. Beth is 15. She’s been coming to our CAMHS clinic for a year, and over that year has been seeing a nurse therapist (Yeah! Quacktitioner! Quacky quacky quack quack…) once a week. She’d been referred by the GP due to angry outbursts, mood problems, self-cutting and having unpr... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1433735 Sat, 10 May 2008 19:37:20 +0100 1433735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1420418&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F283981453%2F Via Mental Patient About Town, I’ve come across Dumped by a Hallucination, a blog by a young lady describing her experiences with psychosis. It’s slightly different from the other blogs we regularly feature in our weekly round-ups, for one reason. She’s 14. I think I’ll keep reading this one. (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1420418 Mon, 05 May 2008 14:50:59 +0100 1420418 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1370731&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F270199985%2F Danny is a rather troublesome 9 year old, and his parents are convinced he has ADHD. They know this because he won’t behave himself, so that must mean he has ADHD. They come to us, wanting a diagnosis and medication. In clinic, Danny isn’t displaying any signs of hyperkinesis or inattention. We get Danny’s parents to [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1370731 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:32:16 +0100 1370731 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1349497&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F263510144%2F Wow, E’s post on the NurseQuack debate seems to have stirred up a hornet’s nest. One response from NHS Blog Doctor and two from Dr Rant. Personally, I never even thought it was a particularly pro-NurseQuack post. I do wonder though, if there’s a middle ground to the NurseQuack debate that’s being left unexplored by two [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1349497 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:10:50 +0100 1349497 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1349498&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F263476986%2F A very worried-looking mother brings her 8 year old daughter to us. She’s convinced there’s something mentally wrong with the daughter, and wants to know if she has ADHD. The daughter, however, doesn’t come across as remotely hyperkinetic in the clinic. In fact she seems very well-behaved. We send for a school report just in case [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1349498 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:55:53 +0100 1349498 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1274829&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F244934955%2F I make no apology for the pun, because quite frankly, this has got to be a joke, right? Two special education students at the controversial Judge Rotenberg Educational Center in Canton were wrongfully delivered dozens of punishing electrical shocks in August based on a prank phone call from a former student posing as a supervisor, a [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1274829 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:21:20 +0100 1274829 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1270540&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F243912052%2F A referral letter comes to CAMHS from the GP. A child is experiencing distress as a result of being bullied at school, and the GP wants us to see the child. At the team meeting, the consultant wonders whether this is really a psychiatric issue or more of a school issue. The letter is handed [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1270540 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 15:43:26 +0100 1270540 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1251740&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F239904284%2F As those of you who have been following the news will know, there’s been a spate of suicides in Bridgend, South Wales. 17 young people have committed suicide, all by hanging. Nearly all of them were not known to mental health services prior to killing themselves. The media seems to be blaming the internet. The [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1251740 Sat, 23 Feb 2008 11:57:48 +0100 1251740 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1217916&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F231722941%2F One of the “pleasures” (if you can call it that) of child and adolescent mental health is that we get to see the next generation of mental health users growing up. Its a truism of child psychiatry that attachment disorders grow up to become borderline personality disorders, conduct disorders grow up to become antisocial personality [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1217916 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:54:42 +0100 1217916 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1192819&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F226815162%2F If you ever want a really depressing and upsetting read I suggest a copy of the Victoria Climbie Report. It’s the harrowing and utterly tragic story of how a young girl was slowly tortured to death over a period of months, and how social services, health services and the police could have but did not [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1192819 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 21:57:06 +0100 1192819 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1176066&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F222538093%2F Since there’s currently a lively debate going on about ADHD over on NHS Blog Doctor, I think I’ll do a post of my own giving my personal tuppence worth. Diagnosing ADHD, as the slightly scary Scientology guy who keeps spamming my inbox will tell you, is a pretty controversial business. One thing that’s particularly striking is [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1176066 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:11:31 +0100 1176066 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1166364&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F220594412%2F Here’s an unusual research paper from the British Medical Journal (PDF file) entitled, Prevalence of deliberate self harm and attempted suicide within contemporary Goth youth subculture: longitudinal cohort study. Yes, it’s a research study undertaken to find out whether or not goths really do cut themselves and attempt suicide more than the rest of us. And the [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1166364 Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:49:00 +0100 1166364 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1149663&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F216509783%2F Ok, I don’t mean this is “goodbye”. An article in the Telegraph today caught my eye reporting on suicide in kids. The first thing that I notice, probably displaying my unfortunate mental health cynicism was the expert opinion of; Dr Dylan Griffiths, an adolescent psychiatrist at the Priory Ticehurst House Hospital, explains that it is often down [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1149663 Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:12:02 +0100 1149663 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1142381&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F214597002%2F Kyle is 14 years old with anger problems and query ADHD. This morning, he informs me that he was arrested by the police last week. Naturally, I ask him what he was arrested for. “Well,” he says, “Me and my friends decided to go camping. So, we went out, set up our campsite, lit the camp [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1142381 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:20:56 +0100 1142381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1136818&cid=t_163472_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F213314708%2F I’ve hinted about this in previous posts. With the New Year comes a new job. As of this week your correspondent Zarathustra has left the world of adult psychiatry to join the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Awaiting me is a caseload of ADHD, autism, eating disorders, mood disorders, conduct problems, phobias and…most challenging [...] (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1136818 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 17:44:41 +0100 1136818