‘The Truth-Teller’
In the Media section of The British Association for Psychopharmacology [BAP]: By clicking on the link provided by BAP you are taken to ESQUIRE. The Better Men List 2025: Celebrating the … Continue reading ‘The Truth-Teller’
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.
Gaberston boys
Long ago, as an NHS doctor, I used to work in Clackmannanshire and sometimes visited Gaberston House in Alloa. When we last met you were young men, really just boys … Continue reading Gaberston boys
Then, mid-sentence,
In the high hills of Glen Bruar, whilst walking with a friend, I had a sudden seizure and lost consciousness. This happened mid-sentence, on the last day of 2021 by the … Continue reading Then, mid-sentence,
The corridors
I have experienced the corridors of St John’s Hospital, Livingston, from different vantages. This film is an attack on rigid medical determinism. It is an attack on academia and science … Continue reading The corridors
Undisclosed financial COI [US psychiatry]
This BMJ research is open access and can be read in full here.
Chemically imbalanced: when marketing masquerades as science
You can access this book review here.
Are antidepressants overprescribed? Yes.
Recently, Dr Des Spence submitted, after more than a decade, a follow up to his 2013 ‘Head to Head’ debate in the BMJ with Prof Ian C Reid [see here … Continue reading Are antidepressants overprescribed? Yes.
Drug industry payments to groups of influential MPs – “the next great parliamentary scandal?”
I have submitted the following rapid response to the BMJ News article: Drug industry payments to groups of influential MPs – “the next great parliamentary scandal?” I am in agreement … Continue reading Drug industry payments to groups of influential MPs – “the next great parliamentary scandal?”