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This film presents missed opportunities, in particular the potential role of prescribed medications as risk factors for suicide . This film presents a timeline from 2002 to 2019 in relation … Continue reading Suicide prevention: a timeline of missed opportunities
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July 2020. CR229: a ‘Position Statement’ by the Royal College of Psychiatrists has been published: The Final report of the Patient Safety Group on Self-Harm and Suicide in Adults. CR229: makes … Continue reading Something is amiss with CR229
I was reminded of this BMJ blog when I tried to introduce myself to Professor Appleby outside the International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists [July 2023]. I had … Continue reading Reflections on social media need to be considered not just in one direction
Millie Kieve: “I have been communicating with Professor Appleby for 10 years, to try to have the well recorded risk of suicidal feelings due to prescribed drugs or withdrawal effects, … Continue reading Ten years of communication with Professor Appleby
The above newspaper headline is from a report in the Kerryman newspaper, 27th November 2003. The report describes a “new training programme aimed at helping health service professionals to improve … Continue reading “Programme will help identify potential suicide victims”
On the 25 February 2018 the following letter by Professor Wendy Burn, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists [RCPsych] and Professor David Baldwin, Chairman of the RCPsych Psychopharmacology Committee, … Continue reading Depression: pills and dependence [a timeline following a letter in the Times]
Last summer, Professor Louis Appleby contributed this opinion to the BMJ as a guest writer: “It’s common to see academics dropping off social media to escape abuse. It starts with … Continue reading “hostility”