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By Hole Ousia Posted on November 5, 2019September 21, 2020

Time to say goodbye

It was interesting to read this month’s guest blog for the Royal College of Psychiatrists by the Chair of RCPsych Scotland, Professor John Crichton. The College has recently celebrated 25 … Continue reading Time to say goodbye

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Asylums, Depression, History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical humanities, Narrative medicine, Neuro-genetic determinism, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Schizophrenia, Stigma, suicide, Sunshine Act for Scotland, The Quality and Outcomes Framework, Two culturesTags: #choosepsychiatry, 1 in 5, 25 years, A sense of belonging is vital for doctors, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, antidepressant, antidepressants, ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’, behind closed doors, branding, Bring me a sunshine act, Chair of Scottish Division, Chief Medical Officer, Choose Psychiatry, CMO, College Core values, constructive, core values for psychiatrists, demonisers, Denise Coia, early retirement, ethical psychiatrist, ethics, Ethics rather than rules, fully informed consent, Gathering public views on a register of interests for Scotland, Good debate is respectful and constructive, leaving the profession, medical humanities, medical model, My formal instruction of resignation as a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Narrative Controllers, NHS, NHS Psychiatrist, NHS Scotland, No sunshine for Scotland, Our values underpin everything we do., Paroxetine, Pattern language, Paxil, PE1493, PE1651, pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, philosophy, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Prescribed harm, President, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Principal Medical Officer, Professor John Crichton, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, RCPsych, Realistic Medicine, Realistic Psychiatry, rebranding, recruitment, Registrar of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, respect, respectful and constructive, respectful debate, retirement, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Scotland rejects sunshine legislation, shrink rethink, Shrink rethink: rebranding psychiatry, Soft Power, SSRI, SSRIs, suicide, Sunshine Act, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Sunshine legislation, The BMJ, The Narrative Controllers, The Royal Colleges and Sunshine Legislation, time to say goodbye, Too much Medicine, Transparency, Vice-President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Wake-up call, Wake-up call British Psychiatry, walk the walk, why ethics matters

By Hole Ousia Posted on July 8, 2018July 9, 2018

Exit West

Selected extracts from the novel ‘Exit West‘ by Mohsin Hamed:

Categories: Medical writings, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Stigma, This is Not yesterday, Two culturesTags: branding, doors, Exit West, Jim Crabb, Mohsin Hamed, Psychiatry, shrink rethink, stigma, the other side of the fence, Window tax, windows

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 24, 2018January 25, 2021

‘Rebranding Psychiatry’

I have concerns with this Editorial: My view is that is wrong for psychiatry, which seeks to nurture well being, to follow business models. I worry that it is … Continue reading ‘Rebranding Psychiatry’

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Depression, Medical writings, NHS Scotland, Psychiatry, Stigma, suicideTags: #choosepsychiatry, A S Byatt, authenticity, RCPsych, rebranding psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, shrink rethink

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018

#ChoosePsychiatry

The Royal College of Psychiatrists has a current campaign to increase recruitment to psychiatry. It has this tag #choosepsychiatry. Stephen Fry, despite having been diagnosed with prostate cancer, gave up … Continue reading #ChoosePsychiatry

Categories: Medical Education, Medical humanities, Narrative medicine, Philosophy, Psychiatry, StigmaTags: #choosepsychiatry, Cell Mates, Ian C Reid, INSIGHT, Jim Crabb, RCPsych, rebranding psychiatry, recruitment, shrink rethink, Stephen Fry, The Royal College of Psychiatrists, The secret life of the manic depressive

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