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Mental Health News
'Making Sense of the Symptoms and Behaviour of Survivors of Child Abuse who suffer from Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and borderline traits' is a clinical workshop being held by Dr de Zulueta at the Tavistock Centre on March 3, 2012. In th...
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Carers News
It’s that time of year again ... CHRISTMAS ... and instead of looking forward to it with great joy, friends and family of those with a personality disorder often dread it and find it an unhappy and stressful occasion. If you recognise this then you are ...
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Mental Health News
Participation OfficerPart time (14 hours per week)
Salary: £33,792 to £38,778 FTE per annum, according to experience
Contract: 12 months in the first instance
The Anna Freud Centre (AFC) supports distressed children and their families th...
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Carers News
RD reports on an amazing weekend exploring personality disorder:
"I am a member of the Emergence London carer’s support group and have been to two conferences organised by OFAFE.
"The Complex Needs Service in Oxfordshire set up a group for family and ...
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Arts & Creativity News
The staged reading of Sharon Pollock's Blood Relations - one of four events taking place during Emergence's fundraising month - is receiving the most amazing testimonials. We thought we would share a few with you here:
Resurgence's staged reading o...
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Mental Health News
We will be screening some extraordinary short films - Voices from Both Sides of the Fence - made by service users on secure units, shown alongside films made by contemporary artists including those affected by personality disorder (PD), on November 10 i...
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Emergence News
Ian C reviews the first Open the Parachute fundraising concert:
"Jumping out of a plane may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the Open the Parachute fundraising concert for Emergence had something to captivate everyone. In the wonderfully atmospheric i...
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Emergence News
After weeks of planning, rehearsing and huge amounts of work put in by all the performers, the Emergence admin and publicity team, our first fundraising event took place on Sunday 9 October at the Soho Theatre Downstairs in London.
The two hour show was ...
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Arts & Creativity News
'Art from within' is an exhibition of work made by Mental Health Service users from HM Pentonville Prison. It includes a variety of media from the Creative Therapies programme provided through the Prison’s Day Care Centre.
The Centre addresses the r...
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Arts & Creativity News
Julie Bagwash is the new coordinator for Creative Personalities (Yorks & Humber) - she replaces Ray Middleton (Community Links) who stepped down earlier this year.
Announcing her appointment, Julie said: “These are exciting times as we regroup and ...
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Personality Disorder News
Congratulations to Bobby Baker, a performance artist diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, for winning the 2011 Mind Book of the Year Award for ‘Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me’. Bobby was presented with the award on Monday 12 Septembe...
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Emergence News
Back in August Kayla Kavanagh, musician and mental health advocate, put out the following plea via our website:"Please help me record my second album and in the process raise money for Emergence!"
Keen to thank everyone individually, Kayla has written th...
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Emergence News
Emergence is looking to recruit up to three people for a London-based Service User Facilitator (Complex Cases Forums) position at the organisation's HQ. Please follow the links to the recruitment pack and the application form more information and ...
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Mental Health News
Emergence is delighted to be supporting Birmingham and Solihul Mental Health NHS Trust to recruit the right person for the position of Service User Network Co-ordinator for Personality Disorder.
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Emergence News
Please help Kayla Kavanagh record her second album and in the process raise money for Emergence - but please hurry if you want to get involved as the deadline is 30 August!
Kayla Kavanagh is a musician and mental health advocate, working to help raise p...
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Arts & Creativity News
On August 23 we are holding an Arts & Social Network Participation Day at the Tate Modern - it is an opportunity for everyone who has attended an ASN meeting to get together and explore what the network means to you and as a result we hope to enhance ...
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Arts & Creativity News
After the fabulous success of the Norfolk Postcard Competition, Emergence is pleased to announce a new national competition open to all people affected by personality disorder.
The Emergence National Postcard Competition will run twice a year with winner...
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Emergence News
Emergence¹ is delighted to announce the Winner and Runners Up in its first Norfolk Postcard Competition.
The national service user-led organisation, which supports everyone affected by personality disorders (PD), presented the winners with their framed ...
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Emergence News
Emergence's First Open Day was bursting at the seams on Friday July 8 - and all 150 delegates unanimously declared it a resounding success.
"Today has the same amazing buzz as the Personality Disorder Congress back in 2009 - but this time I know Emerg...
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Mental Health News
Dr Rex Haigh, Emergence deputy chair, is this week in Kabul, Afghanistan, working with Dr Yousuf Rahimi to help him set up training programmes based on therapeutic community principles.
Dr Yousuf Rahimi, also a Berkshire psychiatrist, has received a 1....
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