BNPA stands for British Neuropsychiatry Association. I emailed its officers almost 4 months ago, about their annual meeting coming up in slightly over 4 months time. This post goes hand in hand with Ariadne's Thread on RxISK. From: David Healy Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2026 at 10:29 Subject: BNPA Meeting To: Vaughan Bell, Ingrid Hoeritzauer Dear Drs. Bell and … [Read more...] about Functional, Fashionable or Toxic?
Horrendous Investigations
At the most recent hearing in the Clancy case, Lindsay Clancy's lawyer Kevin Reddington said the following: When you consider the evidence that the government has, you have the exercise bands, you have the woefully deficient DNA, you have the woefully deficient fingerprinting, you have the horrific, ridiculous investigation using the term loosely by the police. There was no … [Read more...] about Horrendous Investigations
Paradise, Eden or Garden of Forking Paths
If you’re as ancient as I am, and as lucky, you will have had children who at some point spent a lot of time keeping Tamagotchis alive. You’ll, even as a parent, probably have also tried your hand at the job and realized how difficult it could be and how attached you could become but without the sheer joy of real children. Ella Baron seems to have created close to the … [Read more...] about Paradise, Eden or Garden of Forking Paths
Zealots in Zealand, Tragedy in Denmark
This post by Peter Selley flags a growing menace. Denmark has a tradition of public trust. Some say it stems from the rapid introduction of Jenner’s smallpox vaccination in the early 1800s. In just seven years, smallpox was eradicated from Copenhagen. Fast forward two centuries, half a million adults are taking part in a trial of Pfizer’s Abrysvo RSV vaccine – DAN-RSV. RSV … [Read more...] about Zealots in Zealand, Tragedy in Denmark
Damnation or Salvation – High Stakes Court Case
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4BKRRE1lhM Someone tuning into the closing arguments in the Clancy case without having seen anything that went before, especially if they came to it thinking trials should hinge on facts rather than waffle or emotions, would likely have been left figuring the prosecution has to win. They dealt in details. Details about her … [Read more...] about Damnation or Salvation – High Stakes Court Case
The Eclipse of Science and of Us
An alternate title for this post could have been something like A Medical Yankee in King Charles' Court or King Donald's Court - your choice of Kings. The recent Eclipse makes this title timely. An Eclipse also features in the original A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court - a take-down of both superstition and science. Homicide on psychotropic drugs has badly … [Read more...] about The Eclipse of Science and of Us
Entranced, Spellbound, Mesmerized
Consent to Waltz, Capacity to Tango, Connect to.. using statin and antihypertensive examples shows how we on one side and our doctors on the other can get blindsided by treatment and end up incapacitated. These difficulties are magnified with psychotropic drugs, where the availability of a mental illness on which everything can be blamed makes it almost too … [Read more...] about Entranced, Spellbound, Mesmerized
Can Stealing be Regulated
This letter was email to Dr Dal Pan today July 29, 2026 - See Stolen Lives and Prescribed Harm Awareness Dr Gerald Dal Pan druginfo@fda.hhs.gov Dear Dr Dal Pan I listened with interest to your recent interview with Dr Celia Williams in a Q & A with FDA series, where you were asked which types of adverse event are important to report. I was struck by: ‘We’re … [Read more...] about Can Stealing be Regulated
Stolen Lives Goes Global
This post is written by Katinka Newman. It links to Prescribed Harm Awareness Day on RxISK. Three years ago, on 29 July, a small group of us gathered together in Hyde Park, London. It was something we set up through Antidepressant Risks, the not-for-profit I founded to improve informed consent around antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs, raise awareness of their … [Read more...] about Stolen Lives Goes Global
You Say Retractable, We Say Intractable
δυνατὰ δὲ οἱ προύχοντες πράσσουσι καὶ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ξυγχωροῦσιν When the Peloponnesian War broke out in Greece 2,500 years ago between Athens and Sparta, the Athenians told the islanders living on Melos 'you are either with us or against us'. Athens had created democracy, had all the famous philosophers, dramatists, politicians and control of the propaganda (Greek history was … [Read more...] about You Say Retractable, We Say Intractable