“Chemical Imbalance”
When I was started on an SSRI antidepressant in 1998 for anxiety I was told by my doctor that this would correct a “chemical imbalance” in my brain. As a … Continue reading “Chemical Imbalance”
Tag: Powerful Embrace
As an artist perhaps I am merely a way for ‘memory’ to get out into the world
I have a memory that tends to rely on the visual. Last week I was gifted a book of old architectural photographs. One photograph in particular arrested me: The Franco-Scots- … Continue reading As an artist perhaps I am merely a way for ‘memory’ to get out into the world
Sylvia
Sylvia: To play this short film please click here or on the image above. I have read ‘The Bell Jar’ by Sylvia Plath and a fair bit of Ted Hughes … Continue reading Sylvia
Speak, Memory
This film is about iatrogenic harm (illness caused by medical treatment). Speak, memory [prescribed harm]: To play this short film please click here or on the image above Vladimir Nabokov … Continue reading Speak, Memory
Paroxetine tablets [Film-Coated]
This film begins with Professor Ian C Reid asking, in 2010: “why antidepressants might upset people so much, and why are they so demonised?” This film shares some of my … Continue reading Paroxetine tablets [Film-Coated]
Message in a Bottle
poison
Gilbert Farie Re-visited
Reply to the Editorial: Has psychopharmacology got a future? The British Journal of Psychiatry (2011) 198: 333-335. Film version of ‘Gilbert Farie Re-visited‘: Yes, psychopharmacology has a future.[1] I do … Continue reading Gilbert Farie Re-visited