The Lariam Tab
The Lariam Tab. On 29 August army veteran Andrew Marriott will begin a long-distance walk from the Scottish Borders to the Cenotaph in London. The 420-mile hike is in memory … Continue reading The Lariam Tab
Category: Medical Education
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.
outside the circle of listeners
In relation to the potential for psychiatric drugs to cause harm, the psychiatric establishment has kept itself outside the circle of listeners. This, my latest short film, is an artistic … Continue reading outside the circle of listeners
Over-certainty and over-confidence
An unedited paragraph from the Newcastle Journal, Wednesday 25 April 1990. The Cumberlege Review of 2020, concluded that, in terms of patient safety, this matter cannot be ignored.
A consummate human being – wise, thoughtful, irrepressibly good-natured
l was sorry to read in the Scotsman of the recent death of Kenneth Calman. I was fortunate to meet Ken. This was when he was giving a talk in … Continue reading A consummate human being – wise, thoughtful, irrepressibly good-natured
INNER COMPASS
Earlier this year I was interviewed by Cooper Davis for the Inner Compass Initiative. This interview can be watched here. A few weeks ago, an American who had watched the … Continue reading INNER COMPASS
Déjà vu
The recent publication in JAMA Psychiatry: Incidence and Nature of Antidepressant Discontinuation Symptoms: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis made me feel that I had been here before. Once again, a … Continue reading Déjà vu
‘and Depression Disappeared’
An advert for PHOSFERINE, Perthshire Advertiser,7 September 1929
“We urge you to read it”
Full link here. Introduction: This document is the annotated transcript of a “witness seminar” which addressed the theme of psychiatric hospitals in the UK in the 1960s. The seminar was … Continue reading “We urge you to read it”