Are neurotransmitters passé in psychiatry?

This is one of the educational seminars to be held at the RCPsych International Congress in Edinburgh, in June of this year: [spelling mistakes as per conference programme] Our family … Continue reading Are neurotransmitters passé in psychiatry?

“Promulgating therapeutic recommendations”

The following letter, written by Dr Philip Cowen and Dr Chris Thompson, was published in the BMJ in October 1994 [this, as it happens, being mid-way through the ‘Defeat Depression … Continue reading “Promulgating therapeutic recommendations”

‘At least 500 million years of nervous system evolution’

The British Journal of Psychiatry has a series called “100 words”. The above was a submission by Professor Philip J. Cowen published in 2013: 500 million years reduced to 100 … Continue reading ‘At least 500 million years of nervous system evolution’

“Bipolarisation”

This is a BMJ response written by me on the 8th June 2011. Four years on and I remain just as concerned about the over-medicalisation of mood disturbance. None of my words take … Continue reading “Bipolarisation”