Samara Linton

How RCPsych’s forthcoming disability guidance, informed by lived experience, sets a blueprint for inclusive mental health workplaces where all sta can reach their potential.

Nail biting, hair pulling, skin picking – if you think these are just bad habits, think again. Here, one writer explains how it feels when your body becomes your battleground.

More and more prominent tech figures are voicing concerns about superintelligent AI and risks to the future of humanity. But as leading AI ethicist Timnit Gebru and researcher Émile P Torres point out, these ideologies have deeply racist foundations.

Times Literary Supplement book review

A Georgia man spent almost a week in jail after Louisiana police wrongly identified him as a fugitive using facial recognition software.

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has upheld the decision to restrict public access to information about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) lie detectors at EU borders. This ruling has sparked concerns among civil rights groups, shedding light on the limitations of the EU’s AI Act in safeguarding the rights of migrants and refugees. The Act is set to become the world’s first comprehensive AI law.

Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) collapse has reignited debates about whether the US government is doing enough to regulate financial institutions – but another debate is brewing.

Dr Geoffrey Hinton, dubbed the ‘godfather of AI’, recently resigned from Google, echoing ethical concerns raised by AI experts like Timnit Gebru.

The 1987 election campaign was the first time the Labour party had fielded so many black and Asian candidates. Yet Diane Abbott got the impression that “the national party thought we were an embarrassment”. Certainly, “they offered no support of any kind” and Labour’s party political broadcasts featured practically no black people.

RCPsych Insight Spring 2023. How co-production turned a research study into Nexus, a film backed by the British Film Insititute, exploring the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns on young people's mental health.

The Association of Black Psychiatrists-UK has been in operation for little more than a year. We reflect on its achievements, including its first annual conference, as well as its future aspirations.

New data reveal the shocking extent to which black and Asian doctors are at a disadvantage when applying for medical jobs. Samara Linton reports

Ivan Beckley is a student doctor, host of The Bias Diagnosis, and co-founder and CEO at Suvera, a digital service helping clinicians follow up their patients virtually. Earlier this month, Google announced that Suvera was one of 30 black-led start-ups selected for their $2 million (£1.5 million) European Black Founders Fund.
I caught up with Ivan a few days after he sat his medical school final exams and asked him where it all began. “I became interested in the start-up scene around the time ...

RCPSYCH INSIGHT MAGAZINE ISSUE 16. Lockdown has dealt an extra blow to many vulnerable children and their carers but, for some, it has allowed greater access to help

...There is no better time to get stuck in to Akala’s Natives, a Radio 4 audiobook that confronts these topics head-on, alongside the acclaimed rapper and activist’s personal story of growing up mixed-race through one of Britain’s most tumultuous periods...