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Full link here. Introduction: This document is the annotated transcript of a “witness seminar” which addressed the theme of psychiatric hospitals in the UK in the 1960s. The seminar was … Continue reading “We urge you to read it”
A dinner plate [an Explanation and Evaluation] The tatties are MASHED – an the NEEP said: yer a’ MINCE!
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This, from the Birmingham Daily Post, Wednesday 4th May 1955, is one of the first UK reports of Serotonin ‘imbalance’ causing/leading to mental health disorders. It was written by “a … Continue reading ‘MENTAL CURES BY USE OF DRUGS’
A dinner plate [an Explanation and Evaluation] The tatties are MASHED – the NEEP said: yer a’ MINCE!
The author of “The Medical Model in Mental Health” has stated [a number of times] that his book “provides evidence that psychiatry is among least influenced by industry of medical … Continue reading “Psychiatry is among least influenced by industry . . .”
On the 15th August 2019, Wendy Burn, the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists shared her view of a newly published textbook: “It is a wonderful mixture of medicine, … Continue reading “It is a wonderful mixture of medicine, history and philosophy”
It was interesting to read this month’s guest blog for the Royal College of Psychiatrists by the Chair of RCPsych Scotland, Professor John Crichton. The College has recently celebrated 25 … Continue reading “It is all too fashionable for psychiatry to be dismissed along with the medical model”