Medical gaslighting
I was interested to read the above rapid response as published online in the BMJ. I have faced gas-lighting and bullying. In many instances this has been from senior psychiatrists … Continue reading Medical gaslighting
Category: Stigma
The Hydra-headed beast of stigma. Shared here is material related to stigma, including iatrogenic stigma.
Doctor and Patient
The above perspective by Cathy Wield can be read in full here. What follows is my comment [as posted]: Dear Cathy, Thank you for writing what I consider to be … Continue reading Doctor and Patient
Screaming mouth
This short film is based on an edit of ‘The Media Show‘, BBC Radio 4, 27 September 2023. To play this short film please click here or on the image … Continue reading Screaming mouth
The other me
This passage [which I have edited] by Gabriel García Márquez was written well before the advent of social media, but seems remarkably prescient: From time to time I become aware that … Continue reading The other me
“We strive to uphold everyday”
I am a number of years retired as a psychiatrist. The above screenshot was shared with me [I am not on social media]. I have no idea of what this … Continue reading “We strive to uphold everyday”
The promotion of a hashtag by RCPsych
I worked as an NHS psychiatrist for quarter of a century and when I prescribed medications I tried to do so as carefully and appropriately as I could. In doing … Continue reading The promotion of a hashtag by RCPsych
‘A generation in crisis’
The following article featured in the Scottish Sunday Mail, 4 December 2022: The article continues: The pandemic also had a profound effect on youngsters who were forced to spend almost … Continue reading ‘A generation in crisis’
No sense of [no sense, nonsense]
me mysel’ I Music credit: Emma Howett cover of Me myself I – by Joan Armatrading