being and becoming in the world
In preparing for an invited lecture for ‘The Digital Future: Medical education in psychiatry’ Professor Burn openly shared her title page [above]. How welcome it is, that the most recent … Continue reading ‘Time to work out what I’m going to say’
This passage [which I have edited] by Gabriel García Márquez was written well before the advent of social media, but seems remarkably prescient: From time to time I become aware that … Continue reading “the other me”
In my previous post I shared a few brief extracts from the novel TRIO by William Boyd. One of the characters in this book is described in these terms: Have … Continue reading – provocative
The above is an edit of a headline and strapline from the front page of last Sunday’s Observer. I have always erred on speaking up when I come across harm. … Continue reading harm
Dr Samei Huda [11 January 2020]: “The reason the complaints have not been successful is because they are baseless. Any decent reflective professional would reflect that means their own idea … Continue reading Dr Samei Huda on professional behaviour
In a recent ‘Real Psychiatry’ blog post, Dr George Dawson, MD, provided a helpful summary diagram on aspects of the ‘Professional identity of a Psychiatrist’ which included the above list … Continue reading “What is the point of all this nastiness?”
I welcome this comment by Sarb Bajwa, Niall Boyce and Wendy Burn published recently in the the Lancet Psychiatry. This is a matter that I raised with the Royal College … Continue reading ‘Researching, practising, and debating mental health care’