The new DSN blog
- by Louise Freeman
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- 27 Sept, 2017
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Check out our new blog! A mix of stories about DSN in particular and doctors' health in general.
Why does DSN need a blog?
Our blog page will be a place to collect new stories and articles on our website, which can be linked to social media and elsewhere. Blogs also help to increase recognition of the website by search engines.
What type of story is suitable for the DSN blog?
The blog will contain a mix of stories about DSN's activities and physician health in general.
Can DSN members / friends contribute an article for the blog?
Yes of course. A good blog feature article would be approximately 300 words in length and have a couple of clear (non copyright) photos to illustrate it. If you are not sure whether your idea would fit the DSN blog, then ask us via info@dsn.org.uk. Contributions will be edited to house style and published to fit in with our schedule if the article is deemed to be suitable for DSN.
Our blog page will be a place to collect new stories and articles on our website, which can be linked to social media and elsewhere. Blogs also help to increase recognition of the website by search engines.
What type of story is suitable for the DSN blog?
The blog will contain a mix of stories about DSN's activities and physician health in general.
Can DSN members / friends contribute an article for the blog?
Yes of course. A good blog feature article would be approximately 300 words in length and have a couple of clear (non copyright) photos to illustrate it. If you are not sure whether your idea would fit the DSN blog, then ask us via info@dsn.org.uk. Contributions will be edited to house style and published to fit in with our schedule if the article is deemed to be suitable for DSN.
Dr Louise Freeman addresses barriers to access to work faced by medics with mental ill health needing reasonable adjustments.
Dr Louise Freeman is the co-chair of the Doctors' Support Network. Here, she talks about why prioritising your own health can feel difficult in times of crisis such as the coronavirus pandemic.
Dr Serena Haywood on talking about her experience of mental ill health: 'The fear and isolation ... led me to take the risky decision to start talking about my mental health as much as I could to as many people as would listen. I was advised not to but did it anyway. And my life changed from there.'
Psychologist Caroline Elton discusses the difficult issue of talking about our own mental ill health. 'I don’t want to collude with the fantasy that depression, or any other mental illness, only happens to other people. It has certainly happened to me. '
CLANGERS, keeping well for medics, specialist support and creativity were all on the programme at our recent conference in Bristol.
Dr Cathy Wield discusses how and when to talk about our recovery from mental ill health.
DSN co-chairs, Dr Louise Freeman and Dr Angelika Luehrs, discuss how and why we are talking about our own mental health as doctors, including an explanation of our AndMe anti stigma campaign with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons' Mind Matters Initiative.
Dr Cathy Wield discusses how we often shy away from naming physician mental health by using the term 'physician health'.
BBC Radio Five Live discussion about Prof. Steve Robson's article recounting his experience of attempting suicide as a trainee doctor with comment from his colleague Dr Kate Tree and an interview with Dr Laura McGregor, consultant in emergency medicine
Clare Gerada: ' We can't keep photographing the problem (physician health) - we need to do something about it.'
