By most accounts Jose Mario Bergolio is a remarkable person. It came as a shock to his fans then a few months ago when he visiting Chile he came out against victims of child abuse. The issue centered on one bishop whom survivors of abuse fingered as complicit with what had happened. JMB obviously liked the man and took the position he was innocent until proven guilty. When … [Read more...] about The Horrific Effects of Not Being Believed
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Recovery from Psychosis
Last week's post - 18 percent - raised questions about company sponsorship and seeming patient empowerment websites. A comment by Johanna Ryan afterwards kicked off this follow-up post. Johnson & Johnson gave NAMI $340,000 last year, and $540,000 in … [Read more...] about Recovery from Psychosis
18 percent
From: Zach Schleien <zach.s@18percent.org> Date: 19 March 2018 at 04:00 Subject: I Started a Slack Group for Mental Illness To: David Healy Hi David, Here’s a story I think would be perfect for David Healy: When one of my closest friends took his own life after his battle with schizophrenia, I resolved to do something constructive for people living with … [Read more...] about 18 percent
If I find you ten just doctors…
It's doubtful there was much that was unusual going on in Sodom and Gomorrah. Natural disasters and plagues were taken as signs that communities had sinned. But there is drama to the idea of Abraham asking God to spare the cities if he can find 50 just men, and then 40, and then 20 and then 10 - to no avail. It feels a bit the same with the RxISK Map. The … [Read more...] about If I find you ten just doctors…
Listen doctor and you shall hear
Listen my doctor and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere.... You know the rest. In the books you have read How the British regulars fired and fled, — How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farmyard-wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And … [Read more...] about Listen doctor and you shall hear
Being the Right Peer
Having previously completed a Masters in Psychology degree, a Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and worked in the addiction fields for 8 years in the UK and Ireland, Martin worked as a ‘Peer Support Specialist’ for a year while in New Zealand. Due to his criticism of approaches in mental health and the damage he saw being inflicted on people, he left this position … [Read more...] about Being the Right Peer
Quinism Foundation
Editorial Note: We have run previous posts on mefloquine (Lariam) - the The Strange History of Lariam and Lariam Hell and quinoline anti-microbial, as well as on a different group of anti-microbials - the fluoroquinolones - but a lot of their problems overlap. More to the point, those with Mefloquine problems have faced difficulties from Roche that so many others taking … [Read more...] about Quinism Foundation
Reds Under the Bed: the New McCarthyism
Editorial Note: Its an Irish custom to offer one for the road. Having finished the trilogy on Outsourcing Fascism, here's one for the road. A little over two years ago I wrote two posts - Little Red Riding Hood and Little Red Stethoscope that give me pleasure today - but also make me worry about Alzheimer's figuring that I've rarely hit those heights since. My warm … [Read more...] about Reds Under the Bed: the New McCarthyism
Celebrity Science
Editorial Note: This is part three in a sequence of posts that began with Outsourcing Fascism and continued last week with Not Our Nomination. Our Nomination The RxISK nomination for the SAS JM Prize is Lisa Rosenbaum from the Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston. Dr Rosenbaum has courageously stood up for the mainstream of science on a range of fronts including moral … [Read more...] about Celebrity Science
Not the 2018 Sense about Science JM Prize Nominee
Editorial Note: This post continues from Outsourcing Fascism. For more on James Coyne, see Rolf Harris to James Coyne. Coyne was the perfect candidate for a Sense about Science JM Prize until a few years ago. He was the first to wade in and rubbish anyone who might have thought there was something wrong with a medication. His dark past had not come to light. But … [Read more...] about Not the 2018 Sense about Science JM Prize Nominee