“I am the most unfortunate doctor”
This is a passage from Don Quoxite was written by Miguel De Cervantes over 400 years ago: [please note: the above portrait is of Miguel De Cervantes and not the … Continue reading “I am the most unfortunate doctor”
Tag: paid opinion leaders
Kindness, attention and respect
Many years ago, one of my patients who had lost a child to suicide, wrote to me to say: Some years later I read this: I have previously shared considerations … Continue reading Kindness, attention and respect
‘Partisan’
This post shares e-mails that I have previously sent to Prof Rob Howard, Old Age Psychiatrist and Dementia Researcher, University College London. I have not included any e-mails from Professor … Continue reading ‘Partisan’
‘Patients miss out on the whole picture’
One of the sub-headlines of a ‘special investigation’ by John Naish was this: “Patients Miss Out On The Whole Picture”. In Scotland I have campaigned for Sunshine legislation for much … Continue reading ‘Patients miss out on the whole picture’
“It’s high time . . .”
This Special Investigation by John Naish is from today’s Daily Mail:
“doctors pushing new drugs . . .”
This Special Investigation by John Naish is from today’s Daily Mail:
Orwell’s proposed Preface to Animal Farm
an edit by Peter:
‘Animal Farm’
A few selected passages:
The Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
Almost a year has passed since I last considered the Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This committee has ten members including the Chair. Here is a summary … Continue reading The Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
After the Defeat Depression Campaign
The Defeat Depression Campaign of the 1990s , entirely funded by the pharmaceutical industry, was an “educational campaign” organised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in association with the Royal … Continue reading After the Defeat Depression Campaign
Soft Power [and telling stories]
This Feature Article made the cover of the BMJ: One of the contributors described an approach to influencing healthcare policy as follows: Telling stories is a well established approach taken … Continue reading Soft Power [and telling stories]
“P R O M I S C U O U S”
29 January 2016, Glasgow, the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland Winter Meeting: “You are either abstinent or promiscuous when it comes to industry (financial links with pharmaceutical companies). Well … Continue reading “P R O M I S C U O U S”