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What lies beneath?

1st April 20196th October 20191 Comment on What lies beneath?

My teeth have been bothering me quite a lot recently. This isn’t unusual, and I’m never sure whether it falls within the realms of the neurotic, the slightly disconnected from reality or (most likely) the sadly realistic. I can hardly believe I’m eating chocolate buttons as I write this – rather than creating dissonance, it…

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You or me?

25th March 20196th October 2019Leave a Comment on You or me?

Evidence-based practice matters, and rigorous research is not only a thing of beauty but also necessary to find and validate further and better treatments, especially in psychiatry. But real people exist in a less ordered world, where things are often unclear. Diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, outcome – these are all islands, navigated by many, in boats…

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Diagnoses?

17th March 20196th October 20192 Comments on Diagnoses?

Does it help, having a label or a diagnosis? Maybe it depends what it is, or how it was acquired. As a psychiatrist, I like to make a diagnosis; indeed, it feels sloppy not to try, and there is always the genuine hope that this will lead to better management. But I don’t do terribly…

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Why bother?

11th March 20196th October 20191 Comment on Why bother?

Why dwell on the past when you don't have to? Especially when the past was less than happy, and better put aside. Many years ago, as a junior trainee psychiatrist, I wrote an article about my experiences as a psychiatric patient, and showed it to some senior colleagues. I have never forgotten the words of…

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