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    • Choose psychiatry
      • What is psychiatry?
      • How to become a psychiatrist
      • Why choose psychiatry?
      • Career essentials
      • What next?
    • Sixth formers and school students
    • Medical students
      • Becoming a student associate
      • Psychiatry attachments
      • Awards, prizes and bursaries
      • Psychsocs
      • National conference
      • Summer and autumn schools
      • Anti BASH
    • Foundation doctors
      • Foundation doctor associates
      • Making the most of your psychiatry placement
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    • Help us promote psychiatry
      • How can I help?
      • Ideas to inspire you
      • Resources to help you promote psychiatry
      • Our strategy
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      • GMC approved curriculum modules
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      • Specialty guides
    • Your training
      • Psychiatric training committee: supporting you
      • Time out of training
      • Training resources
      • Run-through training
      • Prizes and bursaries for trainees
    • Exams
      • Contact the exams team
      • Can I take an exam?
      • Preparing for exams
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      • Special notices
      • Exam FAQs
      • Examination prizes
    • Neuroscience in training
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      • Who is on the commission?
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    • Information for LETBs
    • Medical training initiative
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      • Psychiatrists Support Service
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    • Your Faculties

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      • Academic psychiatry
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      • Child and adolescent psychiatry
      • Eating disorders psychiatry
      • Forensic Psychiatry Faculty
      • General adult psychiatry
      • Intellectual disability psychiatry faculty
      • Liaison psychiatry faculty
      • Medical psychotherapy faculty
      • Neuropsychiatry faculty
      • Old age psychiatry faculty
      • Perinatal psychiatry faculty
      • Rehabilitation and social psychiatry faculty
    • Devolved Nations

      Devolved Nations

      • RCPsych in Northern Ireland
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    • International members

      International members

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      Special Interest Groups

      • How to join a SIG
      • Adolescent forensic psychiatry
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      • Rainbow special interest group
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    • Your monthly newsletter

      Your monthly newsletter

      • RCPsych eNewsletter September 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter July 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter June 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter May 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter April 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter March 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter February 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter January 2018
    • Posts for members
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    • Supporting you
      • Psychiatrists Support Service
      • New consultants (StartWell)
      • Mentoring and coaching
      • Revalidation
      • Assessing and managing risk of patients causing harm
      • Leadership and management
      • Support for Specialty doctors
    • Submitting your CPD
      • CPD Submissions FAQs
    • CPD Online
    • Membership
      • Members login
      • Receipts
      • Pay Your Subscription
      • Direct Debit
      • Your subscription
      • Grades of membership
      • Benefits of membership
      • Public members list
      • Fellowship and other Honours
    • Your Faculties
      • Academic psychiatry
      • Addictions psychiatry
      • Child and adolescent psychiatry
      • Eating disorders psychiatry
      • Forensic Psychiatry Faculty
      • General adult psychiatry
      • Intellectual disability psychiatry faculty
      • Liaison psychiatry faculty
      • Medical psychotherapy faculty
      • Neuropsychiatry faculty
      • Old age psychiatry faculty
      • Perinatal psychiatry faculty
      • Rehabilitation and social psychiatry faculty
    • Devolved Nations
      • RCPsych in Northern Ireland
      • RCPsych in Scotland
      • RCPsych in Wales
    • English Divisions
      • Eastern
      • London
      • Northern and Yorkshire
      • North West
      • South Eastern
      • Trent
      • West Midlands
      • South West
    • International members
      • International Divisions
      • Volunteering
      • Certificate of eligibility for specialist registration
      • International Advisory Committee
    • Special Interest Groups
      • How to join a SIG
      • Adolescent forensic psychiatry
      • Arts psychiatry
      • Evolutionary psychiatry
      • Forensic psychotherapy
      • History of psychiatry
      • Neurodevelopmental psychiatry
      • Philosophy
      • Private and independent practice
      • Rainbow special interest group
      • Spirituality
      • Sport and exercise
      • Transcultural
      • Volunteering and international
      • Women and mental health
    • Committees of Council
    • RCPsych Insight magazine
    • Publications and books
    • Your monthly newsletter
      • RCPsych eNewsletter September 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter July 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter June 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter May 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter April 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter March 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter February 2018
      • RCPsych eNewsletter January 2018
    • Posts for members
    • Jobs board
  • Events

    Events

    • Conferences and training events

      Conferences and training events

      • International Congress
    • Events held by other organisations
    • Cancellation policy
    • Competing interests

      Competing interests

      • List of speakers' competing interests
      • Declaration of competing interests (CALC)
      • Declaration of competing interests for RCPsych in Northern Ireland
      • Declaration of competing interests for RCPsych in Scotland
      • Declaration of competing interests for RCPsych in Wales
      • Declaration of competing interests for Eastern Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for London Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for Northern and Yorkshire Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for North West Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for South Eastern Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for Trent Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for West Midlands Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for South West Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for International Divisions
    • In house training

      In house training

      • In house training: working with us
    • Conferences and training events
      • International Congress
    • Events held by other organisations
    • Cancellation policy
    • Competing interests
      • List of speakers' competing interests
      • Declaration of competing interests (CALC)
      • Declaration of competing interests for RCPsych in Northern Ireland
      • Declaration of competing interests for RCPsych in Scotland
      • Declaration of competing interests for RCPsych in Wales
      • Declaration of competing interests for Eastern Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for London Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for Northern and Yorkshire Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for North West Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for South Eastern Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for Trent Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for West Midlands Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for South West Division
      • Declaration of competing interests for International Divisions
    • In house training
      • In house training: working with us
  • Improving care

    Improving care

    • CCQI

      CCQI

      • What we do in the CCQI
      • Quality Networks and Accreditation
      • National Clinical Audits
      • Multi-source feedback
      • Using quality improvement
      • CCQI resources
      • CCQI Who we are
      • Research and evaluation
      • How you can get involved with CCQI
    • Campaigning for better mental health policy

      Campaigning for better mental health policy

      • Campaigning for the mental health workforce of the future
      • Five Year Forward View
      • Sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems
      • Children and young people's mental health Green Paper
      • RCPsych in Parliament
      • College Reports
      • Position statements
      • Process for College publications
    • Planning the psychiatric workforce

      Planning the psychiatric workforce

      • What we do
      • Job planning and recruitment
      • Our workforce census
    • National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

      National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health

      • About the NCCMH
      • Mental health care pathways
      • Mental health quality improvement programmes
      • Other work to improve mental health care
      • What we can offer you
      • Get involved
    • Working sustainably

      Working sustainably

      • Green care
      • Sustainability scholars
      • About sustainability in mental health care
    • Invited Review Service
    • Public Health and its role in mental heath
    • CCQI
      • What we do in the CCQI
      • Quality Networks and Accreditation
      • National Clinical Audits
      • Multi-source feedback
      • Using quality improvement
      • CCQI resources
      • CCQI Who we are
      • Research and evaluation
      • How you can get involved with CCQI
    • Campaigning for better mental health policy
      • Campaigning for the mental health workforce of the future
      • Five Year Forward View
      • Sustainability and transformation partnerships and integrated care systems
      • Children and young people's mental health Green Paper
      • RCPsych in Parliament
      • College Reports
      • Position statements
      • Process for College publications
    • Planning the psychiatric workforce
      • What we do
      • Job planning and recruitment
      • Our workforce census
    • National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health
      • About the NCCMH
      • Mental health care pathways
      • Mental health quality improvement programmes
      • Other work to improve mental health care
      • What we can offer you
      • Get involved
    • Working sustainably
      • Green care
      • Sustainability scholars
      • About sustainability in mental health care
    • Invited Review Service
    • Public Health and its role in mental heath
  • Mental health

    Mental health

    • Problems and disorders

      Problems and disorders

      • ADHD in adults
      • Alcohol and depression
      • Alcohol and older people
      • Anorexia and bulimia
      • Anxiety, panic and phobias
      • Bereavement
      • Bipolar disorder
      • Cannabis
      • Club drugs
      • Coping after a traumatic event
      • Debt and mental health
      • Delirium
      • Dementia and memory problems
      • Depression
      • Depression in older adults
      • Depression and men
      • Eating well and mental health
      • Feeling on the edge
      • Feeling overwhelmed
      • Feeling stressed
      • Hoarding
      • Learning disabilities
      • Medically unexplained symptoms
      • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
      • Perinatal OCD
      • Personality disorder
      • Postnatal depression
      • Physical illness
      • Postpartum psychosis
      • Problem gambling
      • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
      • Schizoaffective disorder
      • Schizophrenia
      • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
      • Self harm
      • Shyness and social phobia
      • Sleeping well
      • Tiredness
    • Support, care and treatment

      Support, care and treatment

      • Alzheimers drug treatments
      • Antipsychotics
      • Being sectioned
      • Benzodiazepines
      • Bipolar medications
      • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
      • Complementary and alternative medicines: herbal remedies
      • Complementary and alternative medicines: physical treatments
      • Depot medication
      • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
      • ECT
      • Electronic health records in mental health services in England
      • Guide to mental health tribunals
      • Liaison psychiatry services
      • Mental capacity and the law
      • Mental health rehabilitation services
      • Mental health services and teams in the community
      • Psychotherapies
      • Spirituality and mental health
      • Talking to your GP
      • What to expect of your psychiatrist in the UK
    • Young people's mental health
    • Mental health FAQs
    • Order mental health leaflets
    • About our mental health information
    • Disclaimer about our mental health information
    • Choosing Wisely - a national campaign
    • Problems and disorders
      • ADHD in adults
      • Alcohol and depression
      • Alcohol and older people
      • Anorexia and bulimia
      • Anxiety, panic and phobias
      • Bereavement
      • Bipolar disorder
      • Cannabis
      • Club drugs
      • Coping after a traumatic event
      • Debt and mental health
      • Delirium
      • Dementia and memory problems
      • Depression
      • Depression in older adults
      • Depression and men
      • Eating well and mental health
      • Feeling on the edge
      • Feeling overwhelmed
      • Feeling stressed
      • Hoarding
      • Learning disabilities
      • Medically unexplained symptoms
      • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
      • Perinatal OCD
      • Personality disorder
      • Postnatal depression
      • Physical illness
      • Postpartum psychosis
      • Problem gambling
      • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
      • Schizoaffective disorder
      • Schizophrenia
      • Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
      • Self harm
      • Shyness and social phobia
      • Sleeping well
      • Tiredness
    • Support, care and treatment
      • Alzheimers drug treatments
      • Antipsychotics
      • Being sectioned
      • Benzodiazepines
      • Bipolar medications
      • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
      • Complementary and alternative medicines: herbal remedies
      • Complementary and alternative medicines: physical treatments
      • Depot medication
      • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
      • ECT
      • Electronic health records in mental health services in England
      • Guide to mental health tribunals
      • Liaison psychiatry services
      • Mental capacity and the law
      • Mental health rehabilitation services
      • Mental health services and teams in the community
      • Psychotherapies
      • Spirituality and mental health
      • Talking to your GP
      • What to expect of your psychiatrist in the UK
    • Young people's mental health
    • Mental health FAQs
    • Order mental health leaflets
    • About our mental health information
    • Disclaimer about our mental health information
    • Choosing Wisely - a national campaign
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