“wokey-cokey”
In today’s Herald, Neil Mackay offered his opinion on what he described as “anti-woke hysteria”. I welcomed this perspective as I have had difficulty in understanding what ‘woke’ really means, … Continue reading “wokey-cokey”
Tag: nastiness
“flattering and gratifying”
Professor Rob Howard has stated that he finds it “flattering and gratifying” to cause distress to others on social media. The provocative language that Professor Howard chooses to use is … Continue reading “flattering and gratifying”
“Vile on”
This post is from over 2 years ago. I do hope that this sort of mocking behaviour, by some professionals in the mental health field, has stopped. We need to … Continue reading “Vile on”
‘Time to work out what I’m going to say’
In preparing for an invited lecture for ‘The Digital Future: Medical education in psychiatry’ Professor Burn openly shared her title page [above]. How welcome it is, that the most recent … Continue reading ‘Time to work out what I’m going to say’
“the other me”
This passage [which I have edited] by Gabriel García Márquez was written well before the advent of social media, but seems remarkably prescient: From time to time I become aware that … Continue reading “the other me”
“What is the point of all this nastiness?”
In a recent ‘Real Psychiatry’ blog post, Dr George Dawson, MD, provided a helpful summary diagram on aspects of the ‘Professional identity of a Psychiatrist’ which included the above list … Continue reading “What is the point of all this nastiness?”
‘Researching, practising, and debating mental health care’
I welcome this comment by Sarb Bajwa, Niall Boyce and Wendy Burn published recently in the the Lancet Psychiatry. This is a matter that I raised with the Royal College … Continue reading ‘Researching, practising, and debating mental health care’