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- Mental Health Awareness at BU
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Mental health awareness at BU is now being promoted on YouTube - follow the link below to view a short film about the support available in the University and in the local community http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_xdmOTqG-Y
- Dorset ‘No Health Without Mental Health’ conference
A conference promoting the government’s ‘No Health Without Mental Health’ initiative in Dorset saw a number of local organisations join service users and mh professionals at Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester on 20th Octover. The conference was organised by Dorset County Council in partnership with Bournemouth University, NHS Dorset and Dorset Health Care Foundation Trust, and [...]
- World Mental Health Day – 10th October 2011
BU hosted a series of events to celebrate World Mental Health Day during the week of 10th October. The programme was put together by BU’s Equality and Diversity Service, in partnership with a number of organisations, including the University Department of Mental Health, Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, Dorset County Football Association and Time [...]
- Blogging….
We have re-established the University Department of Mental Health webpage to allow us to post updates that we hope will be of interest to the mental health community in the University, the Trust and the wider community. More to follow….
- Presentations available
We’re in the process of making all of the presentations from the conference available to view or download. Please click the ‘Conference Presentations’ tab for access.
University Department of Mental Health
The University Department of Mental Health is collaboration between Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust (DHUFT) and BU, designed to allow practitioners, academics and people with lived experience of mental health problems to come together and undertake projects that will enhance the services offered to service users and carers.
For more information on the work of UDMH please contact the Director, Professor Sue Clarke, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, DHUFT SUSAN.CLARKE@dhuft.nhs.uk, or the Deputy Director, Dr Andy Mercer, Professional Lead Mental Health at BU amercer@bournemouth.ac.uk.
About Our Research
The UDMH fosters creative partnerships between academics, health professionals, carers, and people with lived experience of mental health problems. The UDMH aims to develop and improve clinical services in this important domain of health care.
The key areas of focus are on increasing clinical standards through collaboration in education, research and practice development; supporting the development of the mental health workforce; fostering interprofessional funded research programmes leading to high quality evidence based practice; and promoting practice development, including practice development unit accreditation.
Conference 2011
Engagement in Life: Promoting Wellbeing in Mental Health, the inaugural conference of the University Department of Mental Health was held on the Friday 10 June 2011. The event celebrated the establishment of the University Department of Mental Health (UDMH) and highlighted our aspirations in research, scholarship and education.
The keynote addresses, by Dr Mike Slade and Professor Tom Lynch reflected wellbeing and engagement in life, and illustrated the high quality UDMH research and education agendas. Conference procedings are available via the tab above.
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