The January 2019 edition of the British Journal of Psychiatry has, as its theme: Treatment-Resistant Mood Disorders. In the Journal a “consensus definition” of “treatment resistance” was provided by a … Continue reading “A wrong un’ when you see it”
The above is a quote from Roy Porter a historian specialising in the history of medicine. It is an old quote as sadly Roy Porter died at a young age … Continue reading ‘Even in today’s enlightened age . . .’
Last night we went to the Glen Pavilion, Dunfermline to hear Big Country and Skids. My wee sister had gifted us tickets. It was a great concert and the old … Continue reading Big Country and Skids
My wee sister bought tickets for Sian and myself for the Big Country concert in Dunfermline on the 29th December 2018. What a lovely birthday present this is! When I … Continue reading Big Country
Our son Andrew phoned today to say that he has been successful in a job interview. Hale Bopp comet was in the night sky when our son was born. The … Continue reading Comet sweeps by earth
The 2018 conference of psychART recently took place and had Stephen Fry deliver the keynote address. I do wish that I could have got a ticket as the programme was … Continue reading ‘Art is a disruption’
On 11am on the 11th of November 2001 Rachel Fiona Gordon fell down the stairs and broke her arm. Rachel was 1 year old. Alexander Stevenson, from my mother’s family, … Continue reading ‘Armistice signed at 5 o’clock this morning’
The annual Royal College of Psychiatrists Awards are to “mark the highest level of achievement in psychiatry.” Last week Professor Andrea Cipriani won the Academic Researcher of the Year award at … Continue reading Award culture and ‘realistic psychiatry’
Peter and Sian visited the Rembrandt exhibition in Edinburgh, on Saturday 13th October 2018. Music credit to: Choriosum ‘Borrowed words’: Edwin Morgan, Dylan Thomas, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Julian Barnes, Deborah levy, … Continue reading Silent as light
My contribution along with Alastair Campbell to a BBC Radio Scotland call-in show on World Mental Health Day 2018. The conversation considers stigma, antidepressant prescribing in Scotland, realistic medicine and … Continue reading [I M] B A L A N C E
This is a family film from summer 2018. I disagree with those who may argue that to be a professional, academic or scientist that it is better for us to … Continue reading Beautiful summer
Yesterday we visited the exhibition of “The Lost Words” as housed in old Inverleith House, Edinburgh. The artwork was by Jackie Morris and the words were those of Robert Macfarlane: