being and becoming in the world
What follows is a selection of a selection of a selection of printed media reports on the so-called “chemical imbalance theory”. Almost without exception the word “theory” was not included: … Continue reading The “Chemical imbalance” theory
This is a passage from ‘A room with a view’ by E M Forster. It returned my thoughts to an approach to life taken by my profession, psychiatry. My thoughts … Continue reading ‘live in fragments no longer’
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’
There is often polarisation in scientific debate. My view is that we need to do better at exploring the world in-between.
I have found this quote by William Edwards Deming to be widely shared by “improvement scientists” involved in healthcare: My concerns about this aphorism are on a number of levels: Implicitly it reduces … Continue reading Mattering and measurement
This is the title of an Editorial in the October 2017 BJPsych Bulletin. It is a personal view by Dr Philip Timms a retired Consultant Psychiatrist. Dr Timms gave two … Continue reading A Devil’s Dictionary