| Level | File |
| Ref No | BPS/001/11/03/01/34/06 |
| Title | BPS Press Releases June 2016 |
| Date | 2016 |
| Description | 6 June 2016: Doctors urged to help stop ‘Chemical Restraint’ as leading health professionals sign joint pledge. New guidance launched today will support prescribing healthcare professionals to review inappropriate prescriptions for people under their care who have a learning disability and/or autism...The Stopping Over-Medication of People with a Learning Disability (STOMPLD) pledge has been signed by the Royal Colleges of Nursing, Psychiatrists and GPs, as well as the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the British Psychological Society and NHS England at a summit in London today.
8 June 2016: New mothers’ lives can be transformed when specialist psychologists treat their mental health problems
14 June 2016: Which prisoners get involved in the illicit economy in prisons? That is the finding of research to be presented by Alan Hammill from the University of Surrey to the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Forensic Psychology in Brighton, today.
15 June 2016: Soft-core pornography viewers are unlikely to hold positive attitudes towards women.
21 June 2016: Action to improve the psychological health of NHS psychologists.
23 June 2016: Award for University of Lincoln psychology programme.
30 June 2016: Statement on expert witnesses. A British Psychological Society spokesperson said:
“The society has previously raised concerns that the title of ‘Psychologist’ is not protected by HCPC. |
| Format | Digital |
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