Reprinted with permission from Openmind © Mind (National Association for Mental Health) POST-PSYCHIATRY Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas The sweeping changes in mental health services introduced by Mr. Dobson will continue to affect people’s lives long after his footfalls have ceased to echo around the Palace of Westminster. Care in the community, he declared, has

Reprinted with permission from Openmind 98 (July/August 1999) © 1999 Mind (National Association for Mental Health) POST-PSYCHIATRY Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas The Macpherson report into the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence has echoes in every corner of our lives. As the report says, “It is incumbent upon every institution to examine their

Reprinted with permission from Openmind 92 (July/August 1998) © 1998 Mind (National Association for Mental Health) POST-PSYCHIATRY Opening a closed book Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas The ‘buzz’ word in medical education these days is continuous professional development (CPD). In 1991, the Royal College of Psychiatrists introduced a CPD policy in response to increasing expectations