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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 6, 2022June 6, 2022

ASK the EXPERTS.

Categories: Medical Education, Medical humanities, NHS Hospitality Registers, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Stigma, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: 'Highly validating', 10 Downing Street, 1984, 1984 George Orwell, a blot a stain or perhaps something worse, A Profile of Mad in the UK, A S Byatt, Across the country, across the country many who had backed the Neon Preservation Society were now raising concerns, aggressive use of nuance, Albert Camus, Andrew O' Hagan, Animal Farm, anti-NEON, Antidepressed, Antony Schofield, Are you ready for your next diagnosis, artificial light, artificial lighting, Ask the EXPERTS, biological determinism, BIOTEX, BJPsych, blindingly artificial light, Boris Johnson, branding, British Journal of Psychiatry, Bugle Boy, But words shall never hurt me, by truly listening to its patients, By yellow lights tormented, C.P. Snow, Candia McWilliam, certainty, children's rhyme, Chimamonda Nggozi Adichie, Claire Fox, Collapsing Time, core values, core values for psychiatrists, Core values of the Society, Covid-19, Covid19, Cumberlege Review, Cumberlege Review: what is the position of RCPsych?, Deborah Levy, defensiveness, Dexter Britain, difficult-to-remove stain, dogmatism, doubt, E M Forster, Edmund gosse, Edwin Morgan, Eley Williams, Eliot Slater, Evelyn Waugh, eye-numbing, fair and decent people, fictional, fluorescence, Futurama signs, Gabriel García Márquez, George Orwell, George Saunders, Glow all the way, GlowNeon, harm, Hilary Mantel, Hole Ousia, honesty, Howard Jacobson, Hydra, Iain Crichton Smith, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Iatrogenic stigma, informed consent, institutional behaviouir, institutions, Integrity, intelligent kindness, It is hoped that this paper stimulates further discussion particularly within the psychiatric profession about our approach to tackling stigma, it's a funny kind of yellowness, J M Barrie, Janice Galloway, Jessie Burton, John Berger, John Lanchester, Julian Barnes, Kathleen Jamie, kindness, Labelling, laboratory, Lifetime achievement award, Lifetime Achievement Awards, Living in yellow, Mad in America, Mad in the UK, Mental health and social inclusion, Mental illness, misinformation, name calling, NBE, neon, Neon and fluorescent signs, Neon Based Evidence, NEON light, Neons are everywhere, NEONscience, NEONspeak, not real, oh that stain, Omphalos, Omphalos films, On the Other side of the fence, on the values of trust and kindness, other side of the fence, our family of brands, our values which underlie everything we do, Outsider art, over-certain, over-certainty, Owen Jones, Partygate, Peter J Gordon, Piranesi, Prime Minister, Psychiatry, R L Stevenson, RCPsych, rebel antiquary, rebranding, rebranding psychiatry, regulations, removes ground-in dirt and grime, Researching practising and debating mental health care, Richard Holloway, Roy Porter, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Rupi Kaur, shrink rethink, Shrink rethink: rebranding psychiatry, Social maverick, sodium light, sodium street lamps, stain, stain removing powder, sticks and stones, Sticks and stones may break my bones, stigma, Stigma and psychiatry: Window Tax, street lights, suicide, Susanna Clarke, Sylvia Plath, The Antiquary, The Council of Neon, The Hate had started, The Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, The Neon yellow preservation society, the other side of the fence, the over-certain doctor insists, The Porter's Bell, the power of kindness, The Rebel Antiquary, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, the sun and her flowers, The window tax was abolished in 1851 we have no reason then to exclude the light., Thomas Mann, Tomasi di Lampedusa, trust, trust and kindness, Two Girls Singing, Umberto Eco, Under the, Valdimir Nabokov, values, verbal bullying, Vol. 16 Iss: 4 pp. 181 - 187, wavelengh, wavelengths, we lead with values, when NEON lighting is switched off, Why all this nastiness, Window tax, yellow, [Preservers of Ham]

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 1, 2022June 1, 2022

“OH, THAT STAIN”

This cartoon of Prime Minister Boris Johnson featured in The Times, 29 May 2022. It relates to what has become to be ‘known’ as #partygate. Not so long ago, the … Continue reading “OH, THAT STAIN”

Categories: Medical humanities, Philosophy, Psychiatry, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: 10 Downing Street, a blot a stain or perhaps something worse, biological determinism, BIOTEX, Boris Johnson, core values for psychiatrists, Covid-19, Covid19, difficult-to-remove stain, Hole Ousia, honesty, Iatrogenic stigma, Integrity, oh that stain, On the Other side of the fence, Partygate, Prime Minister, removes ground-in dirt and grime, stain, stain removing powder, stigma, suicide, The Neon yellow preservation society, the other side of the fence, values, we lead with values, Window tax

By Hole Ousia Posted on September 11, 2019September 17, 2020

BIOTEX

Recently, on social media, the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists offered advice to somebody who had a blood-stained garment. The President said “Soak in cold water overnight. BIOTEX … Continue reading BIOTEX

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Depression, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Neuro-genetic determinism, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Stigma, suicide, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: #pillshaming, a blot a stain or perhaps something worse, akathisia, biological determinism, Biological Psychiatry, BIOTEX, Changing Minds, core values for psychiatrists, Dr Peter J Gordon, Hole Ousia, Iatrogenic stigma, On the Other side of the fence, Paid Opinion Leader, PE1493, PE1651, Prescribed harm, RCPsych, removes ground-in dirt and grime, Royal College of Psychiatrists, See Me, stain, stain removing powder, stigma, suicide, the other side of the fence, Time to Change, Window tax

By Hole Ousia Posted on August 28, 2015January 22, 2023

“Fine in every last detail”

Mavisbank House has survived against all the odds. Today its future remains in doubt. Peter’s short films about Mavisbank House [please click on each image to play a different film] … Continue reading “Fine in every last detail”

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