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Professor Perlis, in a paper titled “Anxiety about Antidepressants” , considered “the cognitive and affective biases that may prevent effective treatment“. In this paper Professor Perlis referred to the recent … Continue reading “Objectivity” does not come in a title
British Psychiatry still teaches young doctors to divide the subjective from the objective. I am of the view that this is not just unrealistic but that it is harmful to … Continue reading Let science always have open gates
My NHS e-mail regularly receives invites to the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress. It is a congress that I have never attended as I remain concerned that we still … Continue reading Delve into brilliant minds
2000 years have passed since Cicero said that: “experience is the best teacher” [Usus magister est optimus] This is the current dictionary definition of experience: As a doctor, scientist, and artist I … Continue reading Experience is the best teacher
Below is my published response to Dr Derek Summerfield’s open question: NHS antidepressant prescribing: what do we get for £266m a year? Putting caring conversations into practice [html fomat]: I … Continue reading Putting caring conversations into practice
I have submitted the following to the BMJ in response to this research news: Large meta-analysis ends doubts about efficacy of antidepressants Not uncommonly, as part of the scientific community, … Continue reading Words and numbers should be used with equal care
I have submitted the following to the BMJ in response to this research news: Large meta-analysis ends doubts about efficacy of antidepressants In Scotland, it is estimated that 1 in … Continue reading Antidepressant prescribing and informed consent
The above meta-analysis was published in the Lancet today and I woke up to read headlines like this: The lead author, Andrea Cipriani, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, was … Continue reading Antidepressant prescribing: still much to learn