being and becoming in the world
The Hydra-headed beast of stigma. Shared here is material related to stigma, including iatrogenic stigma.
I recently submitted a response to a Healthcare Improvement Scotland blog titled “the right words are crucial to empower patients and the public”. Dr Graham Ellis, National Clinical Lead for … Continue reading Frailty and “common misunderstandings”
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has a current campaign to increase recruitment to psychiatry. It has this tag #choosepsychiatry. Stephen Fry, despite having been diagnosed with prostate cancer, gave up … Continue reading #ChoosePsychiatry
In the Scottish Herald on the 1st October 2016:reminded us all that: and suggested that we: Rebecca McQuillan worried, as I do, that: Our treasured NHS and those who educate … Continue reading To learn from and cherish
This is a BMJ response written by me on the 8th June 2011. Four years on and I remain just as concerned about the over-medicalisation of mood disturbance. None of my words take … Continue reading “Bipolarisation”
This image of a boundary fence to a Scottish mental health “Institution” was recently shared with me. As an “Institution” the British Journal of Psychiatry rejected my “editorial” on Iatrogenic Stigma. Fortunately, … Continue reading On the other side of the fence
This post is for Richard Taylor who died on the 25th July 2015. I am not aware of any other who has done more to challenge the mythologies and stigmas of “Alzheimers” … Continue reading “Truly be all you can, and not what the ‘experts’ tell you to be”
“The Art of Losing our Minds“: The Sunday Observer of the 19th August 2015. I have written before on Hole Ousia about how we use language. Whether we are scientists … Continue reading “In a world that has lost its signposts”
Peter J. Gordon, (2012),”Window tax“, Mental Health and Social Inclusion, Vol. 16 Iss: 4 pp. 181 – 187 Purpose of paper: The purpose of this paper is to discuss concerns that, … Continue reading Two to solve in the place of one solved