The last post The Greatest Failure of What Used to be called Medicine provoked a lot of comment - or at least the photographic images in it did. There was little discussion about the content of the post and what to do about the spectre of bureaucrats in the guideline and the regulatory apparatus hanging together when it comes to something like children hanging after … [Read more...] about The Spectre of Dissent
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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…
From the Grassy Knoll
Editorial Note: The image is of Science Media Centre funding from their website. This post links to Whats Going on Here, Honey I Shrunk the Shrinks, and to the two Prescription for Murder Posts on RxISK. When AF's email came in first, it seemed far from private as he now claims. The choice of people seemed anything but accidental - especially SW. It seemed likely SW would … [Read more...] about From the Grassy Knoll
What’s going on Here?
Editorial Note: This arrived out of the blue. The list of those copied in makes it look like its anything but spontaneous. Simon Wessely is recently vacated president of Royal College of Psychiatrists, and one of the Trustees of the Science Media Centre. Paul Summergrad and Jeff Lieberman are former presidents of APA. JL offered views on the Holmes case. There is no … [Read more...] about What’s going on Here?
Honey I Shrunk the Shrinks
Editorial Note: Prior to the Panorama program Prescription for Murder tonight, a flurry of experts denounced the scaremongering. This didn't just happen by accident. The denunciation effort was also more intense than the pressure brought to bear on the original Panorama programs in 2002-2004. The change is in part down to the fact that Sense about Science, which … [Read more...] about Honey I Shrunk the Shrinks
Tweeting While Psychiatry Burns
Editorial Note: This is part 1 of a lecture given at a British Neuropsychiatric Association meeting in London on February 22 under the heading of Psychopharmacology: 1952 - 2017. The lecture will feature here in 3 posts of which this is the first. Slides 1 -11 can be found HERE. The Birth This picture is taken from a newspaper in 1952. It features Jean Delay wearing navy … [Read more...] about Tweeting While Psychiatry Burns
Club 329: Part 3
Editorial Note: This post by Leonie Fennel carries on from parts 1 and 2 in this series. There will be one more post. I dreamt I met my son Shane last night - in a jewelry shop, of all places. I was admiring the beautiful costume jewelry, when I overturned the dainty display and went clambering to pick up all the pieces. It seems I don’t escape my klutziness in the land of my … [Read more...] about Club 329: Part 3
The Troubled Life of Study 329: Consequences of Failure to Retract
If someone were to ask the surviving authors of Study 329 the question: "Knowing what you know now, if you had to do it over, would you agree to participate in that study again?", many would probably say no. The real title of Study 329 was “Efficacy of Paroxetine in the Treatment of Adolescent Major Depression, A Randomized Controlled Trial”. It was published in the Journal of … [Read more...] about The Troubled Life of Study 329: Consequences of Failure to Retract
Curriculum Vitae
Prepared March 2015 DAVID HEALY, MD FRCPsych North Wales Department of Psychological Medicine Hergest Unit, Ysbyty Gwynedd, BANGOR, Gwynedd LL57 2PW, Wales (UK) Tel: (1248) 384452 Fax: (1248) 371397 E-Mail: David.Healy54@googlemail.com Citzenship: Republic of Ireland Country of Residence: UK APPOINTMENTS January 2014 — Professor of Psychiatry, Bangor … [Read more...] about Curriculum Vitae