Skip to content

being and becoming in the world

About me
being and becoming
in the world
Mind The Gap
where time passes (listen)

Search for:

Search for:

Tag: Unquiet Mind

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 19, 2019February 19, 2023

“Excessive claims by drug firms”

You may read this title and wonder who said it? If you have come across my blog before it would be reasonable to consider that it was said by me! … Continue reading “Excessive claims by drug firms”

Categories: Antidepressant prescribing, Depression, History of medicine, Medical Education, Medical writings, Narrative medicine, NHS Hospitality Registers, NHS Scotland, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: "Excessive claims by drug firms" You may read this title and wonder who said it?, a headline of the 7th October 1960 and featured in many of the British newspapers of the day, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, antidepressant, antidepressants, Antidepressants (Overuse), Antiquary, Battle for the Mind, British Psychiatry: Marketing as 'Education', Defeat Depression Campaign, Dr Christmas stated that “depression is under-recognised across all age groups” and that “maintenance treatment has a good risk-benefit ratio.”, Dr Peter Gordon, Dr William Sargant, Eliot Slater, excessive claims, excessive claims by drug firms, Hole Ousia, I find myself wondering what the percentage increase in antidepressant prescribing has been over my lifetime?, If you have come across my blog before it would be reasonable to consider that it was said by me!, It is interesting that nearly 60 years ago that Dr Sargant was concerned about "excessive claims" made by the pharmaceutical industry, It is possible that such a figure might bring Dr Sargant back from his grave, Key Information on the use of antidepressants, Marion Brown, mass prescribing, NHS, PE1493, PE1493 by Peter John Gordon on a Sunshine Act for Scotland. To close the petition, PE1651, PE1651: Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, Physical treatments, Porsolt, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, Prescribed harm, Professor John Crichton: 'Good to refresh my memory of this', psychiatrist, Psychiatry, Psychiatry in Fabula, rats, Realistic Psychiatry, rebel antiquary, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Social maverick, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Sunshine legislation, The Antiquary, The defeat depression campaign, The Expert told Parliament that there is “compelling evidence” for long-term treatment with antidepressants, The headline is based on the concerns of Dr William Sargant, The Rebel Antiquary, The Scottish Government [Prescribed harm], There is a conflation between marketing and education by this professional Association. Evidence has established that this approach can lead to unrealistic medicine and patient harm, Too much Medicine, unpicked by an Expert, Unquiet Mind, william Sargant

By Hole Ousia Posted on June 18, 2019February 19, 2023

‘Battle for the Mind’

Dr William Sargant (1907-1988) was a British psychiatrist who is remembered for the evangelical zeal with which he promoted physical methods of treatments in psychiatry. The text book he co-wrote … Continue reading ‘Battle for the Mind’

Categories: History of medicine, Poems, Psychiatry, StigmaTags: "Arrogance of course may mask a sense of insecurity and thoughtful psychiatrists are never guilty of it", "it is moral cowardice not to go along with my superior accurate facts", Aberdeen Press and Journal, Antiquary, Attached to the rat’s foot was this label “Anti-Sargant 01984”, Battle for the Mind, Battle for the mind: a physiology of conversion and brainwashing, British psychiatrist who is remembered for the evangelical zeal with which he promoted physical methods of treatments in psychiatry, British psychiatry, Dr Peter Gordon, Dr Sargant as Commander insists that Vivendo discimus is nothing more than “propaganda” in his Defence of War., Dr Sargant has issued a command to be learned by heart before entering his laboratory-treatment room, Dr William Sargant, Dr William Sargant (1907-1988), Eliot Slater, Hilarity over the rot in a textbook, Hole Ousia, I have written this poem about Dr Sargant, In Defence of War, Peter Gordon, Peter J Gordon, Peter's poems, Physical treatments, poem, poet, poetry, Porsolt, psychiatrist, Psychiatry, rats, rebel antiquary, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Sargant and Slater, Scottish Poetry Library, Social maverick, The Antiquary, The Mind Possessed, the over-certain doctor insists, The Rebel Antiquary, The text book he co-wrote with Dr Eliot Slater ran for many editions and "informed" generations of British Psychiatrists, The unquiet Mind, These doctrines are often bizarrely over-confident and over-simple, This “rule of science” is hollered., Two feature length documentaries about Dr William Sargant were shown in 1987, Unquiet Mind, Vivendo Discimus, william Sargant, William Sargant 'stoutly defends his theories', Zembla 894; Hilarity over the rot in a textbook - compiled by Prof C - psychiatrist and literary expert!

Recent Posts

1-202-555-1212

peter@holeousia.com

Pages

About me
being and becoming
in the world
Mind The Gap
where time passes (listen)

Powered by WordPress.com.

Loading Comments...

Write a Comment...

Email (Required)

Name (Required)

Website