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This Opinion piece by Sabira Hughes, as published in the BMJ, can be read here. I have submitted this reply [see below]. All the published replies can be read here … Continue reading Doctors should be aware of the professional risks that social media exposes them to
This short film is for Chrys Muirhead who died in 2021: To play this short film please click here. Music credit: a live performance by Skunk Anansie of ‘Lost and … Continue reading hand knitted [Notes lost and found]
The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines state that tapering of the antidepressant Sertraline normally takes between 3 months and 2 years. However, in the ANTLER trial 70% people who had been taking … Continue reading The ANTLER trial
I have been retired for more than 4 years now. On my retirement I received a number of messages which often returned to the importance of ethics in psychiatry. “I … Continue reading Ethical psychiatry
The NEON Yellow Preservation Society is of course fictional. However, this report from today’s Herald is very real:
Oh dear, this is not a good sign. Long and weary I have argued that we need a ‘renaissance’ of ethics, not just in public life, but in humanity and … Continue reading Oh dear, this is not a good sign
“If someone cites ‘first do no harm’ to me as an argument, I immediately know they have thought very little about medical philosophy or ethics at all.” This statement was … Continue reading GODDAMIT!
This statement was recently made on social media by Dr Tyler Black MD, psychiatrist: “If someone cites ‘first do no harm’ to me as an argument, I immediately know they … Continue reading abandoning medical ethics