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An old post from August 2018. Shortly after this was published to Royal College of Psychiatrists no longer made any Minutes of their meetings open to the public: The Minutes … Continue reading “Dominated by people against psychiatric medication”
Each summer the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has a Summer Meeting that provides accredited continuing medical education [CME] for psychiatrists and academics. It is hugely popular. A colleague of mine … Continue reading “BAPFEST”
The following episode on PANORAMA aired last night [please click on the image to go to i-player]: If you would like to complete an ANONYMOUS SURVEY in response to this … Continue reading A timeline following a letter in the Times
On the 25 February 2018 the following letter by Professor Wendy Burn, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists [RCPsych] and Professor David Baldwin, Chairman of the RCPsych Psychopharmacology Committee, … Continue reading Depression: pills and dependence [a timeline following a letter in the Times]
In a previous post I shared this paper: The declarations of interest were given as follows: I have written the following open letter to the lead author: Sent: 22 May … Continue reading “uncritical partisan narrative”
This perspective has just been published in the Journal of Psychopharmacology. My brief response to one of the authors can be read here, alongside further details of the competing interests of … Continue reading “Antidepressants, withdrawal and addiction: where are we now?”
A letter to the TIMES: Following this, I had my own letter published in The TIMES: Today, this letter was published in the BMJ. Letters not of me. I have … Continue reading How many letters?
Professor David Baldwin took chairmanship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Psychopharmacology Committee when Professor Allan Young had completed his tenure as chair. Based on available evidence, and this is … Continue reading The Psychopharmacology Committee [Chaired by Paid Opinion Leaders]