Strathbogie ward
After taking more than two years out of medicine to study Landscape Architecture with the University of Edinburgh, I returned to Aberdeen as a newly married man. After an interview … Continue reading Strathbogie ward
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.
Doctors should be aware of the professional risks that social media exposes them to
This Opinion piece by Sabira Hughes, as published in the BMJ, can be read here. I have submitted this reply [see below]. All the published replies can be read here … Continue reading Doctors should be aware of the professional risks that social media exposes them to
Psychiatry in fabula
Chipped Tooth The administrator now the administered. Pulse-oximeter sirens a frenzied fear, friendly faces pace in busyness managing checklists to the unknown. Man-made epilepsy in-a-box. Temples numbing – signify it … Continue reading Psychiatry in fabula
Thank you Dr Wilson
1986: Peter Gordon, a second year Medical Student, University of Aberdeen. The motto for the university is Initium sapientiae timor Domini [The beginning of wisdom]:
College Values and social media
To: Dr Lade Smith, CBE, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists 14th October 2025 Dear Dr Lade Smith, Thank you for taking the time to reply in response to … Continue reading College Values and social media
SPEEDY [honeythief]
Surely, it is impossible for a forgotten, abandoned, and whacked-out-wreck-of-a-car, to ‘say’ anything meaningful about today’s approach to science and health? SPEEDY [honeythief]: To play this short film please click … Continue reading SPEEDY [honeythief]
Avant Gardener
It was my wife Sian that came across this online event to celebrate what would have been the hundredth year of Ian Hamilton Finlay. As the event closed, I was … Continue reading Avant Gardener
misrepresentation
This is the beginning of a letter that was published in yesterday’s Scotsman. It referred to public discussion relating to a senior parliamentarian. In the increasingly ‘toxic’ world of politics, … Continue reading misrepresentation