Strathbogie ward
After taking more than two years out of medicine to study Landscape Architecture with the University of Edinburgh, I returned to Aberdeen as a newly married man. After an interview … Continue reading Strathbogie ward
Tag: Cornhill Hospital
Where many find happiness
This post is about Shiprow Tavern, Aberdeen. I do not recall it. However I do recall this multi-storey carpark: When I was in training in psychiatry, the Consultant I was … Continue reading Where many find happiness
the M O D E M
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Ross clinic provides a new approach to mental illness
The following is an archive of newspaper reports on the Ross Clinic, Aberdeen: 12 April 1945, Press and Journal: 27 June 1959, The Scotsman: 16 July 1959, The Scotsman: 16 … Continue reading Ross clinic provides a new approach to mental illness
Floral corridor
Floral corridor: To play this short film please click here on the image above This is a ‘two culture’ film that seeks to escape corridors. I would like to dedicate … Continue reading Floral corridor
BRITAIN’S SIBERIA
Fifteen years ago the following paper [shared in full below] by Dr Allan Beveridge was published in the Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The paper explores … Continue reading BRITAIN’S SIBERIA
EXIT music
This photograph is of a corridor that led out to a courtyard in the old hospital that I trained in. That hospital was Royal Cornhill in Aberdeen. I used to … Continue reading EXIT music
What duration of treatment with antidepressants is ‘appropriate’?
Very sadly, the lead author of this letter, Professor Ian C Reid, died less than 6 months after it was published. I knew Ian Reid well as we both trained … Continue reading What duration of treatment with antidepressants is ‘appropriate’?