This is for any post, of any sort, that might help us understand the Hydra-headed beast of stigma. Help Hole Ousia chop off some heads. Let us hope they do not re-grow.

“How should psychiatry respond to its critics?”

The Key Note Lecture for the 2023 International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists is to be given by Sir Robin Murray. The Congress programme gives this outline of … Continue reading “How should psychiatry respond to its critics?”

“Programme will help identify potential suicide victims”

The above newspaper headline is from a report in the Kerryman newspaper, 27th November 2003. The report describes a “new training programme aimed at helping health service professionals to improve … Continue reading “Programme will help identify potential suicide victims”

“The Defeat Depression Campaign is not a useful exercise”

The following letter by R P Snaith was published in the Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 18 , Issue 7 , July 1994 , pp. 432: Professor Robin Priest, one of … Continue reading “The Defeat Depression Campaign is not a useful exercise”

“Glossy Campaign”

The following correspondence was published in the Psychiatric Bulletin in the early years of the Defeat Depression Campaign. This correspondence highlights concerns that this educational campaign was based on a … Continue reading “Glossy Campaign”