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Faculty of General Adult Psychiatry Winter Conference
Date: 25 February 2026
Location: online
Faculty of General Adult Psychiatry Annual Conference 2026
Date: 7-8 October 2026
Location: Edinburgh (in-person only)
Watch this space for more information about both events
Improving the transition from child to adult mental health services
Dr Jeya Balakrishna is a community consultant psychiatrist in Defence Primary Healthcare, an officer on the General Adult Faculty Executive Committee, and was Co-Chair of the Young Adults Working Group (with Elaine Lockhart, previous Chair of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry). His recent article in The Registrar magazine on creating integrated, flexible services to support young people moving from child to adult services is a must read.
Books
- (2nd edition)
Reports
- Models of Care
- Why QI? A guide to quality improvement (PDF)
- Good mental health services for young people (PDF)
- Compassion in care: ten things you can do to make a difference (PDF)
- Improving physical health for people with mental illness: what can be done? (PDF)
- Acute Care Commission: General Adult faculty final response (PDF)
- CR 164 - Parents as patients: Supporting the needs of patients who are parents and their children. (PDF)
Delivering preconception care to women of childbearing age with serious mental illness
This guide for health professionals in primary and secondary care will be of particular relevance to general adult psychiatrists working with women with SMI of childbearing age. It provides the latest evidence to support health care professionals during routine appointments to promote awareness of physical and mental health issues which can contribute to healthy pregnancies and allow women to feel supported and empowered to make reproductive choices, whether or not they are planning a pregnancy.