Getting Inspired

There are many inspirational resources to get you thinking about psychiatry.

Personal experiences in Literature

• "Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness", Susannah Cahalan
• "An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness", Kay Redfield Jamison
• "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly", Jean-Dominique Bauby
• The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat", Oliver Sacks
• "How We Got Barb Back", Margaret Hawkins
• "The Reason I Jump", Naoki Higashida
• Temple Grandin
• Jonny Benjamin

Popular Science

• "The Inflamed Mind: A radical new approach to depression", Ed Bullmore

Scientific Papers

• The Mental Elf: National Elf Service 
• History of Psychiatry
• FuturePsych - the Magazine for associate members of the RCPsych

 Neuroscience

• Online Resources recommended by the British Neuroscience Association
• RCPsych Neuroscience Project - Find out how neuroscience is being integrated into training and clinical practice in psychiatry

Films

• dis-sociated: a Feature documentary on Dissociative Disorders
• Louis Theroux (documentaries covering a range of issues including eating disorders, perinatal mental health, alcohol dependence)
• ‘Happy Man – Losing my Best Friend’ BBC iplayer TV series

Gaming

• Hellblade  This game, developed with input from psychiatrists, neuroscientists and people with lived experience, gives a portrayal of the experience of psychosis.

Arts

• Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival

 Podcasts

• "I hear voices": A series on a woman’s experience of having schizophrenia and the way this has impacted her
• ‘Telling it Like it Is – Schizophrenia’:  a woman with schizophrenia talks about her symptoms and experiences
• "Word of Mouth" 30-minute podcasts on communication with people who have conditions, such as, dementia, autism, dyslexia and adults with learning difficulties. By Michael Rosen
• ‘1800 seconds on Autism’ -series of podcasts by autistic hosts Robyn Steward, Jamie Knight and  guests. 
• ‘All in the Mind’ - Radio  4 Episode including a segment on Autism in the Somali culture and the difficulty a Somali mother had with explaining autism to her community
• RCPsych Podcasts

Twitter

• QUB Psychiatry Society
• @EdPsychiatrySoc
• @GUPIGroup
• @DundeePsych
• @UoAPsychSoc