‘Workforce wellbeing’
Last Friday I learned that the Royal College of Psychiatrists was worried that my ideas were “over-valued”. The same day the College shared its full response to the recent General … Continue reading ‘Workforce wellbeing’
Category: suicide
Under-valued ideas
Almost a year ago the Chair of the Scottish Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor John Crichton, phoned me in connection with a wider debate around the media … Continue reading Under-valued ideas
Time to say goodbye
It was interesting to read this month’s guest blog for the Royal College of Psychiatrists by the Chair of RCPsych Scotland, Professor John Crichton. The College has recently celebrated 25 … Continue reading Time to say goodbye
To the Chair of the Scottish Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Friday 15th November 2019. Dear Professor Crichton, Subject: Dr Peter J Gordon, Consultant Psychiatrist for Older Adults (early retirement) As you will be aware I have decided to retire early … Continue reading To the Chair of the Scottish Division of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Observer’s Observation: an Update
By Marion Brown, 25 September 2017. Since writing my ‘Outsiders Observation’ piece ‘Medically Unexplained Symptoms in General Practice’ for GP View at the end of 2016, there seems to have … Continue reading Observer’s Observation: an Update
‘An outsider’s observation’
GP View is no longer extant. This article, by Marion Brown, was published by GP View in December 2016: Marion Brown is the first of our guest mental health experts … Continue reading ‘An outsider’s observation’
September 2016: a request for the immediate retraction of Study 352
The full list of signatories to this letter of September 2016: Jay D. Amsterdam, MD Leemon B. McHenry, PhD Jon N. Jureidini, MB, PhD Bernard J. Carroll, MBBS, PhD, FRCPsych … Continue reading September 2016: a request for the immediate retraction of Study 352
‘Ghostwriting is designed to evade detection’
The full article has been made open-access and can be accessed here along with all references and links.
“Working with the Government”
These ‘100 words’ by Professor Louis Appleby were published in the British Journal of Psychiatry in September 2008.
“toxic masculinity”
In today’s Scotland on Sunday I read Stuart Kelly’s review of a novel called ‘The Topeka School’ by Ben Lerner. The following passages from the review resonated with me. Long … Continue reading “toxic masculinity”
‘I lost a decade of my life to prescription drugs’
In this article, published in the Telegraph Magazine, Miranda Levy, shares her experience of prescription drugs. Have you had similar experience? If you have, did you find both understanding and … Continue reading ‘I lost a decade of my life to prescription drugs’
“Wake-up call for British Psychiatry”
This “Special Article” was published in the British Journal of Psychiatry in July 2008. No other article in the history of the journal has had more responses. A few years … Continue reading “Wake-up call for British Psychiatry”