Coroner questions advice
This News feature was published in the BMJ on the 13 January 2025. It can be read in full below. Several rapid responses to this News feature have been published … Continue reading Coroner questions advice
Category: Psychiatry
As an NHS psychiatrist for over 25 years I have naturally been interested in all issues related to psychiatry. Here, I share this.
Debate on a motion on the performance of the MHRA
16 January 2025, House of Commons Chamber, motion for the debate: The full debate can be watched by clicking here The full transcription of this debate [Hansard] can … Continue reading Debate on a motion on the performance of the MHRA
Inquiry recommendations
It would be reasonable to expect the recommendations of independent Inquiries to be implemented as speedily as possible. The above quote [with my redactions] comes from Scotsman, 8 January 2025. … Continue reading Inquiry recommendations
‘A barrage of hostile X posts’
Extract of a report in the Scotsman, 8 January 2025. This quote is by Keir Starmer, Prime Minister: It seems that I am not alone in having lies and misinformation … Continue reading ‘A barrage of hostile X posts’
Unscientifically easy
My comment on this Mad in America Editorial:
2024 Psychopharmacology Committee of RCPsych: transparency at an all time low.
Over the last decade I have looked at the governance of the Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. My hope was to find improvement in relation to transparency. … Continue reading 2024 Psychopharmacology Committee of RCPsych: transparency at an all time low.
Clarifying deprescribing
A published response by Niall McLaren to an Editorial by Jeffrey CL Looi et al:
Deprescribing antidepressants
A published response by Mark Horowitz and David Taylor to an Editorial by Jeffrey CL Looi et al: Another published response by Niall McLaren to the Editorial by Jeffrey CL … Continue reading Deprescribing antidepressants