The Mystery of Murder - Horizon Guide with Dr Michael Moseley shown 12/3/15 now available on watch again

There are about 600 murders each year in the UK. So, what drives people to kill? Are some people born to kill or are they driven to it by circumstances?
In this programme, Michael Mosley delves into the BBC archives to chart scientists' progress as they probed the mind of the murderer to try to understand why people kill, and to find out whether by understanding murder we can prevent it.

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Watch Being Bipolar at 10.00pm on Channel 4 Tonight 4 March

Psychotherapist Phippa Grey explores the sudden rise in bipolar disorder diagnoses. What's causing it? Is it hereditary or is it life experience? The documentary also focuses on real case studies of people who are dealing with the disorder and explores some of the issues surrounding it.

Impact of Suicide Reporting in Media - need for more considered reporting to prevent copycat behaviour

Studies have shown that certain media portrayals of suicide are associated with copycat behaviour, resulting in further suicidal behaviour and completed suicides (Sisask & Varnik, 2012). Although the majority of reportings carry no such ‘copycat’ effects, there is evidence that some types of reporting are more likely to than others (such as celebrity suicides) (Stack, 2005). 

 SOURCE: Caroline Tomes in the Mental Elf  22 Jan 2015

Empowering Service Users with Psychotic Disorders

Shared decision-making through joint crisis plans show service users, given the opportunity to be involved in their care, would make specific and reasonable requests regarding treatments currently available in standard care in England. Furthermore, this paper gathered a large number of crisis plans from four geographical locations in England, suggesting that the findings are generalisable.
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Source: Raphael Underwood in the Mental Elf 12 Dec 2014