Working with Psychiatry, being part of MDT's, History of Mental Health & Practically Managing Risk with Prof Graeme Yorston

Show Notes for The Aspiring Psychologist Podcast Episode: 18 Thank you for listening to the Aspiring Psychologist Podcast. Today is a guest interview with Professor Graeme Yorston, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist. I first met Graeme when I was an Aspiring Psychologist myself.  We discuss ways to practically manage and reduce risk, the history of mental health, being an integral part of the MDT and reducing burnout.   The Highlights: ·     Welcome & request for audio testimonials. ·       01:36: Why is working in an MDT important ·       03:48: Intro to Prof Yorston: ·       Being part of the MDT: 04:28: ·       Physically Managing & Reducing Risk:  05:00: ·       Setting up the room: 08:20: ·       Random skill I learned as an Aspiring Psychologist: 10:16: ·       What Prof Y learned: 11:32: ·       Positioning yourself in a new MDT: 12:28: ·       The growing workload for an aspiring psychologist: 17:29: ·       Reducing burnout: 20:13: ·       Managing during the pandemic lockdowns: 21:29: ·       Toxic Teams: 22:24: ·    Being part of research: 25:34 ·       The history of mental health: 28:02: ·       Diagnosis in mental health: 34:24: ·       Summary and Thanks: 37:58: ·       Connecting with Professor Yorston: 39:21: ·       Veronika: 40:46: ·       Connect with Marianne & Compassionate Q&A: 42:35: Links: ·       To watch, like and subscribe to Professor Yorston: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGextEIemQgyDI3QsCXGkRQ To check out The Clinical Psychologist Collective Book: https://amzn.to/3jOplx0 To check out The Grief collective Book: https://amzn.to/3pmbz5t To check out The Our Tricky Brain Kit: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/tricky-brain To register for the upcoming free 5-day challenge: www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/aspire  Connect on Socials: LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/dr-marianne-trent-psychology Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodThinkingPsychologicalServices Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmariannetrent/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoodThinkingPs1 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@drmariannetrent?lang=en YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GoodThinkingPsychologicalServices   Like, Comment, Subscribe & get involved: If you enjoy the podcast, please do subscribe and rate and review episodes. If you'd like to learn how to record and submit your own audio testimonial to be included in future shows head to: https://www.goodthinkingpsychology.co.uk/podcast and click the blue request info button at the top of the page. Mentioned in this episode: Sponsored by WriteUpp Tap to Pay This episode is sponsored by WriteUpp. Their Tap to Pay app turns your smartphone into a card reader, helping private practitioners take secure payments without additional hardware. Use code MARIANNE30 for a free 30-day trial and 30% off your first 6 months at this link: https://writeupp.com/?refid=142336