Chatting, recently, to two different friends of his separately, mentioning the possible role of SSRIs or other meds in the Tumbler Ridge shooting, a colleague (C1 - the first of 3 colleagues in this post) got blown away by both of them. Conspiracy theories, they told him. Misinformation - you're being ridiculous. One of them - a decent scientist - sent him a ChatGPT read … [Read more...] about The Prozac Liberation Front
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Can We Avoid Being Eaten
Carney at Davos Like or loathe his politics, unless I am missing something, Mark Carney, Canada’s Prime Minister and Liberal party leader, seems a decent man. As the Canadian standing up to Donald Trump, whether you are pro- or anti-Trump, you are likely interested to see how this contact sport plays out. (Even Curling is close to being a contact sport these days). On … [Read more...] about Can We Avoid Being Eaten
Gaslighting in Healthcare
This post features Letters from Peter Scott-Gordon to Lade Smith - the originals are in the link. Readers outside Britain should assume that the gaslighting here applies to regulators and medical bodies in their country also and should not be fooled by this apparently polite correspondence. 4 February 2026 Dear Dr Lade Smith, PATIENT SAFETY I wanted to write to you … [Read more...] about Gaslighting in Healthcare
Health, Care and Science in Real Life
This post was delivered as a Medicine in Crisis lecture at a Pills and Skills for Depression meeting that David Antonuccio organized in Reno Nevada on October 4. Kim Witczak who features throughout the post was a panellist at the meeting. There was an audience of over 200 primarily University of Nevada students - so the talk is not like a tight academic article, it is … [Read more...] about Health, Care and Science in Real Life
Unsafe Safety
On March 20th, Senators Tina Smith and Ben Lujan, and Representatives Andrea Salinas and Becca Balint, sent a letter to the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F Kennedy, expressing concern about his promotion of disproven and outright false theories about mental health medications. In separate comments, Senator Smith indicated she had been … [Read more...] about Unsafe Safety
An Appleby a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Tangled up in Bureaucracy flagged a Signal for the Goose Signal for the Gander as a sequel. That was before the Gary Bullivant comments on Tangled up in Bureaucracy. If you don't normally read comments on post, the Bullivant-Kingston comments are in this link; they are worth reading. GB's comments fit nicely in with a delicious 2019 correspondence between Dee Doherty and Louis … [Read more...] about An Appleby a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
Aunts, Ants and Regulators
Thanks for this post goes to Annie Bevan who for over a decade has made some amazing contributions to DH and RxISK. None more so than finding a document sitting in front of all of us for two decades that should make regulators blush, squirm and wish the ground would open and swallow them. Thomas Kingston Tom Kingston's unfortunate death earlier this year led to an inquest a … [Read more...] about Aunts, Ants and Regulators
American Veterans Can Save Healthcare
FRIENDLY FIRE Michigan Veterans Harm Reduction Summit David Healy Thanks to Derek Blumke for asking me here today. It's a great pity not to be there in person. There is a fabulous group of speakers. Most of us sense that US Vets, more than any other group in society, may be able to move things forward in a way that can hugely help all of … [Read more...] about American Veterans Can Save Healthcare
Liberty, Equality and Fertility
This post is partnered with a Timeline on Sex, Fertility, France and Serotonin on RxISK MAiD I am on a listserve that includes Trudo Lemmens a vocal opponent of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada. Canada seems to be going about MAiD particularly enthusiastically. Quite apart from Trudo being a long standing friend, I am impressed with the coherence, morality and … [Read more...] about Liberty, Equality and Fertility
Silent Health
This post links to last week's Silencing Safety and Women and Children First and this week's Lonesome Heroines on RxISK. For decades, Jack Noble has been an inspiration for anyone in my and I'm sure other circles, who is concerned about the way medicine is going and the influence of pharma. He's a straight-talking Bostonian, now living in Texas, who can't easily be … [Read more...] about Silent Health