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Evidence has repeatedly demonstrated that when marketing is conflated with medical education the consequences can not just be harmful but also undermine the scientific pursuit of objectivity.
An old post from August 2018. Shortly after this was published to Royal College of Psychiatrists no longer made any Minutes of their meetings open to the public: The Minutes … Continue reading “Dominated by people against psychiatric medication”
An old post written 5 years ago: The January 2019 edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry has, as its theme: Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders. In the Journal a “consensus definition” … Continue reading “A wrong un’ when you see it”
The Royal College of Psychiatrists, a professional organisation which has charitable status, needs to do far better when it comes to openness, honesty, ethics and honouring its own values. Patient … Continue reading The Royal College of Psychiatrists needs to do far better
The following post was written by me exactly 2 years ago. I was reminded of it when peacefully protesting, once again, outside the International Congress of the Royal College of … Continue reading The Royal College of Psychiatrists: Who is wagging the dog’s tail?
To play this short, 50 second film, please click here, or on the image below: Film made by Dr Peter Scott-Gordon. Music credit: ‘Collapsing Time’ by Dexter Britain [free to … Continue reading “What is Cumberlege?”
Tuesday 18th June 2024, International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Edinburgh. This is the third time, over the period of a decade that I have done a one-man, … Continue reading Outside, on the pavement
16th June 2024 To: Dr Lade Smith, CBE, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Copied to: Dr Trudi Seneviratne, Registrar, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor Subodh Dave, Dean, Royal … Continue reading Patient safety: a letter to the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
The above image is adapted from the front page of the current BMJ. The issue of funding in research goes beyond the tobacco industry, and requires continuing examination by the … Continue reading FUNDED RESEARCH