The Royal College of Psychiatrists Podcast

Whether you’re huddled around the campfire, composing an email to a friend, or sitting down to write a novel, storytelling is fundamental to human nature. But as any writer can tell you, the blank page can be daunting. It’s tough to know where to get started, what details to include in each scene, and how to move from the kernel of an idea to a completed manuscript

Claire Greaves recalls her experiences of the mental health services system, in conversation with Raj Persaud

A History of Lying from the Garden of Eden to the Enlightenment. Author, Dallas G. Denery II, talks about the topic with Raj Persaud

Daniel Maughan, Royal College of Psychiatrists Sustainability Fellow, talks to Toby Pillinger about the work he has done over the past two years to improve the awareness of sustainability amongst psychiatrists and the research he has produced

Discussing her new book with psychiatrist Raj Persaud, Elizabeth Lunbeck explains 'The Americanization of Narcissism' published by Harvard University Press

From delivering programmes of early intervention to navigating the fragmented systems of government institutions, how do we raise Mental Health up the list of public priorities?

Why are professional psychiatric organisations in the rest of the world reluctant to be critical of Russian Psychiatry, when it abuses diagnosis and turns it into a political tool? A new paper in the academic journal 'International Psychiatry' published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists explores the issue: 'Is there a resumption of political psychiatry in the former Soviet Union?' by Robert van Voren.

Michael Schmidt is editor of a new book entitled: 'The Novel: A Biography'. Here, he discusses the book with Raj Persaud

- Matthew Kneale discusses his book with Raj Persaud

Scott Samuelson, author of The Deepest Human Life, talks philosophy with Raj Persaud