Not a true picture.

I recently received a message that included this sentence: I replied to the sender: There is a need to correct this view. The truth is that UK psychiatry is enmeshed … Continue reading Not a true picture.

The Psychopharmacology Committee [2023]

Over the last decade I have looked at the governance of the Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. My hope was to find improvement in relation to transparency. … Continue reading The Psychopharmacology Committee [2023]

“Promulgating therapeutic recommendations”

The following letter, written by Dr Philip Cowen and Dr Chris Thompson, was published in the BMJ in October 1994 [this, as it happens, being mid-way through the ‘Defeat Depression … Continue reading “Promulgating therapeutic recommendations”

“Not a trustworthy source of info on me”

There are a number of high profile psychiatrists on social media. Many years ago one of them was described on Twitter as ‘The Poster Boy for British Psychiatry’.  A further … Continue reading “Not a trustworthy source of info on me”