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By Hole Ousia Posted on October 11, 2020March 5, 2023

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

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By Hole Ousia Posted on June 29, 2019February 18, 2023

d i a g n o s i s

Categories: History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Scotland, Stigma, Two culturesTags: 'And the material doesn't stain' the salesgirl says, 'Doesn't stain?', 'Specially treated. Won't mark.', Antiquary, Biogenetic explanations and public acceptance of mental illness: systematic review of population studies, biomedical determinism, BIOTEX, but the caption is wrong, chemical imbalance, Diagnosis, Dr Peter Gordon, Dr Peter J Gordon, Driver's seat, From Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark, Goffman, Hole Ousia, I mistook myself for a scientific label, Iatrogenic stigma, it's all a matter of chemistry, mark, Muriel Spark, Neurogenetic determinism, nominative determinism, notes on the management of spoiled identity, On the Other side of the fence, Peter Gordon, Peter what is it like out there culturally?", rebel antiquary, reductionism, Scheff's labelling theory, Social maverick, spoiled identity, stain, stigma, Stigma and psychiatry: Window Tax, The Antiquary, The British Journal of Psychiatry rejected "On the other side of the fence", The caption is wrong, The Rebel Antiquary, What is in a name? that which we call a rose. By any other word would smell as sweet, What is in name, Window tax

By Hole Ousia Posted on March 18, 2013January 25, 2021

Hold hands among the atoms

A reply by Peter J. Gordon to the Editorial: Erving Goffman’s Asylums 50 years on. The British Journal of Psychiatry (2011) 198.http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/198/1/1.long It so happened that as I opened up … Continue reading Hold hands among the atoms

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