being and becoming in the world
In relation to the potential for psychiatric drugs to cause harm, the psychiatric establishment has kept itself outside the circle of listeners. This, my latest short film, is an artistic … Continue reading outside the circle of listeners
It was Roy Porter who first used the term “diagnostic creep”. Since his untimely death this “diagnostic creep” has become unstoppable. This short film is an artistic expression of my … Continue reading OUR UNSTOPPABLE PROGRESS
A short artistic film that questions how healthy it is for us to pathologise so much of life: Risk to make nonsense: To play this short film please click here … Continue reading Risk to make nonsense
This is a post about the mental health debate held at the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 6th January 2015. Alexander McCall Smith recently recommended to me this book (appreciating that … Continue reading Not fitting the pattern
This is the transcript of a short film I made in late May 2011 called ‘AWOKEN‘: It forms the summarised reply by me to Wake-up call for British Psychiatry written … Continue reading Left wide awake
At the time of making this film, nearly 1 in 5 Scots are taking antidepressants. Many are taking them indefinitely. The Scottish Pharmacist: To play this short film please click … Continue reading The Scottish Pharmacist
A short artistic film that questions how healthy it is for us to pathologise so much of life: Risk to make nonsense: To play this short film please click here … Continue reading Risk to make nonsense