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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 10, 2018February 5, 2023

Antidepressants (Overuse)

On the 9th May 2018 Michelle Ballantyne, MSP, raised the important issue of antidepressant overuse in the Scottish Parliament: This was the first part of the response made by the … Continue reading Antidepressants (Overuse)

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: 9 May 2018, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, An important aspect which should determine the "appropriateness" of prescribing - namely the experience of people who are taking medications -has not been given the weight that it should, antidepressants, Antidepressants (Overuse), Antiquary, As an NHS doctor who has worked as a psychiatrist in Scotland for over 25 years I am not reassured by this response by the Minister for Mental Health, Chief Medical Officer, Dr David Christmas, Dr Peter Gordon, Hole Ousia, Key Information on the use of antidepressants, Marion Brown, Maureen Watt, Minister for Mental Health, MSP, NHS Scotland, PE1651, Peter Gordon, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Principal Medical Officer, Professor John Crichton, Professor John Crichton: 'Good to refresh my memory of this', Psychiatry in Fabula, Realistic Medicine, Realistic Psychiatry, rebel antiquary, response made by the Minister for Mental Health, Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, Social maverick, Submission on PE1651: Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, The Antiquary, The Rebel Antiquary, The Scottish Government [Prescribed harm], there is compelling evidence of benefit for maintenance treatment for antidepressants for at least 3 years, To ask the Scottish Government what its position is on concerns reagrding the over use of antidepressants, Where is the "good evidence" to support the prescribing of antidepressants to 1 in 7 Scots?

By Hole Ousia Posted on January 27, 2018February 2, 2023

Realistic Psychiatry in Scotland: where are we now?

On the 26th January 2018 I attended the Winter Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland. Unfortunately I was only able to stay for the morning session. This … Continue reading Realistic Psychiatry in Scotland: where are we now?

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Narrative medicine, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Psychiatry, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: #followthefellows, Antiquary, Chair of RCPsych in Scotland, crude reduction is always exaggeration, Dr John Mitchell, Dr Peter Gordon, HIS, Hole Ousia, IHI, IHI Fellows, improvement science, January 2018, Mary Midgley, NHS Lothian, PE1493, PE1493 by Peter John Gordon on a Sunshine Act for Scotland. To close the petition, Peter Gordon, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Principal Medical Officer, Psychiatric Advisor to the Scottish Government, Psychiatry in Fabula, QI, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement ;lead, RCPsych, Realistic Medicine, Realistic Psychiatry, Realistic Psychiatry and Quality Improvement, Realistic Psychiatry in Scotland, Realistic Psychiatry in Scotland: where are we now?, rebel antiquary, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Scotland, Social maverick, Submission on PE1651: Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, The Antiquary, the history of reductionism versus holistic approaches to scientific research, the inherent reductionism that is the basis of IHI "improvement science", The Rebel Antiquary, The rest of the morning was given over to Improvement Science, The Scottish Government [Prescribed harm], the Scottish psychiatric community, truly madly deeply, was given less than 3 minutes to talk about Realistic Psychiatry, Winter Meeting, Winter Meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland

By Hole Ousia Posted on April 30, 2017January 30, 2023

May it be granted the older you are

On the 26th of April 2016 I attended the Cross Party Group on Mental Health and Older People, Age and Ageing, held at the Scottish Parliament. The following is an … Continue reading May it be granted the older you are

Categories: Ageing, Antidepressant prescribing, British Medical Journal, Classification of mental illness, Dementia, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Medical writings, Narrative medicine, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Stigma, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Two culturesTags: . Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, 26 April 2017, A letter to Professor Jason Leitch, a paper by Mr Hunter Watson entitled "Psychoactive Medications", ABPI, Action in Mind, Advanced Interventions service, Age and Ageing, an account of my experience of this meeting and some reflections on conversations that have followed it, And may God concede that you grow old either never or late, Antiquary, ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’, Ballatt and Campling, Barack Obama told students that they should engage in debate with those who share different beliefs, biases, Biomedical deteminism, BMJ, BPSD, British Association for Psychopharmacology, British Journal of Psychiatry, British Medical Journal, Change Page: “Don’t use antipsychotics routinely to treat agitation and aggression in people with dementia, Change paper, CME, comprehensive delirium pathway, comprehensive delirium pathway as developed by SDA and HIS includes use of prescribed Haloperidol, Concedatque Deus, Concedatque Deus (Mavisbank), Conflict of interest in psychiatry, conflicts of interest, Consultant Psychiatrist, Continuing Medical Education, CPD, Cross Party Group, Cross Party Group on Mental Health and Older People, Cumberlege Review, Delirium Screening, Dementia, Dementia: the “epidemic” of metaphors, Dementia: who is in the “driving seat, Depression in older age: do we care enough - Dr David Christmas, depression is under-recognised across all age groups, Dignity and Respect: dementia continuing care visits, Do we care enough about consent?, Doing damage in delirium, Doing damage in delirium the hazards of antipsychotic treatment in elderly people, Dr Christmas stated that “depression is under-recognised across all age groups” and that “maintenance treatment has a good risk-benefit ratio.”, Dr David Christmas, Dr Margaret McCartney, Dr Peter Gordon, Dundee, first do no harm, focusing on what is measured rather than the outcomes intended, fully informed consent, Fully informed consent: NHS Scotland, Good Medical Practice, Haloperidol in Scotland, Haloperidol prescribing in NHS Scotland, harm-benefit, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, HEAT target 4, Hole Ousia, Hospital prescribing of Haloperidol in your NHS Health Board area, How Guidelines can fail us, how guidelines fail us, How we regard and make use of this windfall of elders will define the world in which we live, Human Rights, I'm still Me, incentivised target for the early diagnosis of dementia, increased stigma associated with ageing, Industry's interest in diagnosing dementia, informed consent, Infusion of worldwide teas, institutional discrimination, intelligent kindness, Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare, Inverse care, kept in the dark, Key Information on the use of antidepressants, Key Opinion Leader, Lilly sold drug for dementia knowing it didn't help, maintenance treatment has a good risk-benefit ratio, Management of Patients with Dementia, Management of Schizophrenia, mandatory delirium screening, Mavisbank, May it be granted the older you are, Mental Health and Older People, Mental health prescriptions hit ten-year high, Mental Health Strategy 2017-227, Mental Welfare Commision, MSP, MWC, My concerns over prescribing of antipsychotic drugs like Haloperidol in a frail elderly population led me to raise a petition for a Sunshine Act with the Scottish Government, Narrative Controllers, NHS Scotland, Older people's mental health, opposing views are invaluable not least because they help to clarify and refine arguments, Owen Jones, paid opinion leaders, paid opinion leaders are a blot on medicine’s integrity and we should make them a thing of the past, PE1493, PE1493 by Peter John Gordon on a Sunshine Act for Scotland. To close the petition, Peter Gordon, Pharmaceutical Industry, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Prescribed harm, Principal Medical Officer, Principal Medical Officer for Scotland, Psychiatric Advisor, Psychiatric Advisor to the Scottish Government, Psychoactive Medications, Psychopharmacology Committee, Public Consultation, Qualitative, quantitative, Realistic Medicine, rebel antiquary, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Scotland's approach to dementia diagnosis, Scotland's National Dementia Strategy, Scottish Government, Scottish Parliament, SIGN, SIGN 86 Guideline, Social maverick, Submission on PE1651: Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Sunshine Act, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Sunshine legislation, target-driven activities, target-driven medicine, Ten Year Vision, Ten Year Vision for mental health, The Ageing Stone, The Antiquary, The comprehensive BPSD document was produced by Pharma, The contributions of those “retired” often prove invaluable, The Establishment, The faltering unfaltering steps, The Law of the Few, The medical untouchables, The Mental Health Strategy 2017-2027 - its application to older people, The Narrative Controllers, The Rebel Antiquary, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, The Royal College of Psychiatrists on sunshine legislation, The Scotsman had as its front-page headline “Prescriptions for mental health drugs at 10-year high”, The Scottish Government has missed an opportunity, The Scottish Government has no plans to introduce a sunshine act, The Scottish Government [Prescribed harm], The wrong drugs in nursing homes. Too many antipsychotics, there is compelling evidence of benefit for maintenance treatment for antidepressants for at least 3 years, those with chronic mental health disorders die 15-20 years earlier than those who do not., timely diagnosis, Transparency at the Top, we have applied a bit of HEAT to the system, we have been careful to take out saboteurs, We must be wary of faltering steps into a world of inverse-care, William H. Thomas said this in 2004 in his book “What are Old People For?”, windfall of elders, wrong drugs in nursing homes. Too many antipsychotics

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