Frontal lobe paradox, an often hidden impairment, can leave people silently struggling despite presenting as being unaffected in daily life. Here, Dr Jennifer Tibbles and Warren Bridges, a clinical psychologist and nurse associate from Cygnet Heathers, discuss the importance of getting to the heart of an individuals needs.
Cygnet CEO Dr Tony Romero responds to The King's Fund Mental Health 360 review on mental health care in England. The review aims to provide an understanding of key issues alongside specific areas of practice, including adult inpatient care, and children and young people’s mental health services.
This week is Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW). In our latest blog Dr Caroline Fleming, Regional Lead Psychologist at Cygnet Hospital Ealing, answers some commonly asked questions about Eating Disorders.
Ahead of Mental Health Nurses' Day we spoke to several of the Cygnet Mental Health Nurses who are taking part in today's event to find out about their background and why they love their jobs.
A Registered Nurse for more than 20 years, David Wilmott has worked across a number of services including acute and mental health and is now Director of Nursing at Cygnet Group. David has shared his story of how leaving school with little qualification didn’t hold him back in reaching his nursing ambitions.
In our latest blog Tara shares her journey in inpatient services and how an admission to Cygnet Acer Clinic in 2022 gave her the confidence and skills to move into the community and give her a life she wanted to live.
Time to Talk Day is an annual awareness day held at the beginning of February. It’s a day for us all to start a conversation about mental health. Our Regional Director of Psychology, Matt Gill, shares his insight into how to encourage conversations about mental health and how to best support somebody who is opening up.
Support workers are the backbone of our organisation, providing care for our service users, patients and residents, all year round. Leanne Flint initially joined Cygnet as a support worker in 2008 and in our latest blog she writes about the training and personal development that has helped her progress in her career.
Cygnet's Director of Nursing, David Wilmott, responds to new analysis from the Centre of Mental Health's publication Reaching Out which looks at ways of improving the physical health of people with severe mental illness and highlights how new investment has been used around the country to improve outreach services.
In our latest blog Raf Hamaizia, our Expert Experience Lead, reflects on the continuing expansion and development of Cygnet’s Expert by Experience Programme and the positive impact it has had across the organisation.
For so many, Christmas is a time of cheer, celebration and spending quality time with loved ones. Yet for others, the reality is quite different. It can either bring about feelings of loneliness or exacerbate them. Our Occupational Therapist at Cygnet Hospital Derby, Stacey Chishiri, offers some valuable advice and tips for anybody who may find themselves in that situation.
In our latest blog Dr Triveni Joshi, Medical Director of Cygnet Joyce Parker Hospital, responds to new NHS England figures showing that one-in-five children and young people had a probable mental disorder in 2023.
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