there were warning signs
A double page advert in last weekend’s Guardian for a Netflix series on the Grenfell Tower disaster. Warning signs can be ignored. Institutions seem to be adept in this.
Tag: key information on the use of Antidepressants
Now over ONE MILLION
Earlier this week the Daily Mail reported that: I am not a reader of the Daily Mail. However the use of the adjective “staggering” is appropriate. Scottish Government figures confirm … Continue reading Now over ONE MILLION
The tide
The following analysis by Helen McArdle was published in yesterday’s Herald: Here is a selection of material relevant to the prescribing of antidepressants in Scotland over recent years:
“What is it about antidepressants that upsets them so much . . . “
Edinburgh, 2010, and I was in the audience when Professor Ian C Reid began with this question: “What is it about antidepressants that upsets them so much . . . … Continue reading “What is it about antidepressants that upsets them so much . . . “
ALLIANCE
This is a poem written by myself as a ‘human of Scotland’. I am also a retired NHS doctor who worked for over 25 years in Scottish hospitals. As a … Continue reading ALLIANCE
A Scottish Perspective
This perspective by Jennifer McBain featured in the Herald, 8 May 2021. Jennifer McBain begins by saying that Scotland’s Mental health system “is failing us all”. I share this conclusion. … Continue reading A Scottish Perspective
Psychiatry in Fabula
Vital note: DO NOT STOP a prescribed drug without CONSULTING your doctor. To play this short film please click here or on the image above Credits: [1] White Stripes cover … Continue reading Psychiatry in Fabula
Thoughts of a senior Scottish Psychiatrist
Every October, as one of the promised actions of the Scottish Government’s Mental Health Strategy a report is published by ISD Scotland on the prescribing of ‘Medicines used in the mental … Continue reading Thoughts of a senior Scottish Psychiatrist