These words are from David Foster Wallace. I don't know if he was speaking about the depression he had or the akathisia that antidepressants can cause. Maybe he didn't know and this contributed to his suicide. This post needs to be read in conjunction with What to do about Sex on RxISK. This post is about structural aspects to the problems not just of sexual dysfunction … [Read more...] about What to do about Suicide
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Spotlight on the Suicides: The Hospital Doctors
This post continues the Spotlight on the Suicides series. There were 8 named people in Stephen O'Neill's medical record, or who made entries in the record between the time of first admission and his death. He appears to have told most of them that in his view the sertraline he had been put on and took two doses of had had a disastrous effect on him. There were likely up to … [Read more...] about Spotlight on the Suicides: The Hospital Doctors
Spotlight on the Suicides: The Family Doctor
Continuing the Spotlight on the Suicides Series I have largely avoided naming names and will continue to avoid putting names in the frame but Stephen's family doctor's name, Dr Brannigan, is already in the public domain, and I've made it clear that the coroner thought highly of him and the whole point behind these posts is to show how even a decent doctor can end up in a … [Read more...] about Spotlight on the Suicides: The Family Doctor
Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Suicide Note
RCPsych President responds to newspaper coverage on antidepressants 24 April 2023 Dr Adrian James, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, has written to national newspapers responding to recent articles erroneously linking antidepressants to suicide. Here is the full text of the letter. “I was disappointed to read your article, which has potential to … [Read more...] about Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Suicide Note
Dos Centavos – Veinte Euros
Five years ago, in a riff on the theme of rape, Dos Centavos tackled drug induced harms and the inability of doctors to see, hear or believe the people they put on a poison who end up poisoned. Dos Centavos was not the only post on this unfolding disaster. Many other posts, like A Call to H*Arms, cover this central element of modern politics, science, and … [Read more...] about Dos Centavos – Veinte Euros
Here We Stand, We Can Do No Other
In 1517, Martin Luther nailed a defiant proclamation to the door of Wittenberg Cathedral. (See RxISK Reformation Day). The issuing of indulgences, offering easier entries to Heaven, in return for money is popularly represented as being at the heart of the storm that followed. A significant part of the storm came from Luther’s stubbornness – his Here I Stand I Can Do No … [Read more...] about Here We Stand, We Can Do No Other
Beware Doctors Bearing Gifts
This post gives the content of a public lecture organized by Dan Johnson and Jennifer Williams - see In Memory of Dexter Johnson. The slides and text are below. There are two video recordings - the official version is by Thomas Paul which is White Coat Storm. A just to be safe second version - Beware Doctors Bearing Gifts - was done given the problems Tom had to juggle … [Read more...] about Beware Doctors Bearing Gifts
Where Does the Misinformation Come From?
This key post in the Politics of Care series stems from an invite from Norman Fenton to give a lecture on December 6 to a group interested in the evidence swirling around vaccines. It is accompanied by The Handmaid's Vaccine on RxISK, which gives a video of the talk, whose text and slides are below. The sound effects in the video are slightly mixed at one or two point and you … [Read more...] about Where Does the Misinformation Come From?
Can Doctors Save their Jobs and the World
This post ideally should be titled - Savoury or Saviour? - as will become clear. Its part of the Politics of Care forum. It follows What You Can do to Save the World in a sequence of posts about what a range of people from us to Politicians and Us can do to turn around the crisis posed by our growing inability to care for others when sick, when treatments go wrong, when they … [Read more...] about Can Doctors Save their Jobs and the World
From Stephen O’Neill to the Crack of Doom
This is the first link to the Politics of Care forum. Comments on this post ideally need to centre on reports of actions - outlines of actions that will make a difference or details of what has resulted from efforts to follow up on the leads here. We need to keep track of what has been done and what, if anything, has made a difference, rather than fool ourselves with nice … [Read more...] about From Stephen O’Neill to the Crack of Doom