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This opinion piece, which has been peer reviewed, was published in the BMJ 16 March 2022. In the two weeks since it has been published it had had nearly 20 … Continue reading The illusion of evidence based medicine
Published today, in Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology. I consider this to be a seminal paper. The author of this paper is neither a ‘traditional’ academic nor a healthcare professional. The … Continue reading Widely Based Experience [WBE]
In this piece, published in the Scotsman, 16 February 2021, Professor Graham Watt argues why ‘science can only take us so far in medicine’:
Presented with uncertain symptoms the doctor, a diligent scientist, checked every bit of data that had ever been established: evidence-based and randomised controlled. This empathic doctor [a natural worrier] re-checked … Continue reading “Perceived”
EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE can be both evidence and medicine if it includes: s u b j e c t i v i t y – there is no view from … Continue reading EBM
Here are some of the paid opinion leaders in UK psychiatry [I have used information available in the public domain to construct visual summaries of the competing interests of some … Continue reading ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’?
The genial doctor and poet, Femi Oyebode. This is a film that has several layers. It questions whether technology – “the scientific revolution” – may have made us all rush … Continue reading A stolen tortoise
The above Evidence-based guidelines for treating depressive disorders with antidepressants have recently been published. The British Association for Psychopharmacology are an organisation highly regarded by my profession of psychiatry. 12% of their … Continue reading British Association for Psychopharmacology Guidelines (BAP)