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Dr. David Healy

Psychiatrist. Psychopharmacologist. Scientist. Author.

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Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Suicide Note

April 24, 2023 53 Comments

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

Jen and the Genestalk

March 29, 2023 19 Comments

Mystery in the Moonlight © Nina Otulakowski March 2023 As she was about to leave the house, Jen’s mother asked her if she was on her way to get vaccinated. Mother, she said, that’s like asking me to take the cow to the market.  It’s a bit twentieth century, maybe even nineteenth. You get vaccinia virus from cows. I’m heading off to meet Bri and Suzanna for the latest gene … [Read more...] about Jen and the Genestalk

Dos Centavos – Veinte Euros

March 20, 2023 5 Comments

  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

March 14, 2023 3 Comments

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

Relationship Based Medicine

January 26, 2023 11 Comments

Some months ago I was asked by Paul Rosenfeld, who directs psychiatric training at Mount Sinai Hospital Morningside West, to give a lecture.  This took place on January 18.  There was a Q and A afterwards.  The talk was recorded and the video is here - Relationship Based Medicine. There will be two related talks, which will also feature in posts soon.  Relationship Based … [Read more...] about Relationship Based Medicine

Healy Podcasts

January 23, 2023 1 Comment

In comments after a recent post on RxISK, POGO mentioned that Josef Witt-Doerring has done two interviews with me so far and posted them on his site. The Risks of Antidepressants  and Antidepressants and Mass Shootings/Murder Suicide: Update April 19 - Josef has posted a new cast Guidelines and Clinical Practice IAI TV On the IAI TV site there are a number of … [Read more...] about Healy Podcasts

The Sovereign Individual

November 30, 2022 10 Comments

To the Sounds of a Drum © Nina Otulakowski November 2022 Back in the last Millenium, 1997, a book appeared called The Sovereign Individual, written by James Davidson and William Rees-Mogg (yes - the father of Jacob) about the transition to an information age. No longer would we be Numbers, we would be Free Men - See I Am Not A Number.  There was a chance for Donald Trump's … [Read more...] about The Sovereign Individual

News Flash – Noticia de última Hora 

October 20, 2022 8 Comments

From our South American correspondent For David and Goliath read Augusto Roux and Albert Bourla - Pfizer (who might just be in Trouble) Readers who read earlier posts - Disappeared in Argentina - Fishy Business in the Rio de la Plata - So Long and Thanks for all the Fish - will remember the unsavoury account of Augusto Roux at the hands of Dr Fernando Polack, boss of … [Read more...] about News Flash – Noticia de última Hora 

Yellow and Other Virus and Vaccine Perils

August 8, 2022 18 Comments

Big Friendly Gates On 28 April the NEJM published the interim results of a trial of Prefusion F Protein–Based Respiratory Syncytial Virus Immunization in Pregnancy. This paper contains evidence of a neonatal jaundice hazard in the babies whose mothers had been immunised - but you'd never guess it from the way the paper is written. Prizer's RSVpreF Trial Pfizer’s phase 2 … [Read more...] about Yellow and Other Virus and Vaccine Perils

Military Maneuvers in the Dark

July 20, 2022 30 Comments

This post follows on from If You Wake at Midnight. Military Medicine When the history of modern medicine is laid out - See Shipwreck of the Singular - it is clear that, from Napoleon onwards, the military have been the greatest influence on its development. In Wars before 1900, more soldiers died from disease than from enemy efforts.  There was a pressing need to change this. … [Read more...] about Military Maneuvers in the Dark

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