Critical Psychiatry

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Terry Lynch , who wrote a chapter for my Critical Psychiatry edited book, has posted a video asking why doctors pay so little attention to trauma in the lives of people with psychiatric diagnosis. As Terry says, Robert Spitzer, Chair of the DSM-III taskforce (see eg. previous post ), when asked in an interview whether psychiatric diagnosis shouldn't always take into account a person's life circumstances replied "If we did that then the whole system falls apart".

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 8, 2024

A new article published in BMC Medicine finds that antidepressant use in two Scottish regions increased 27% between 2012 and 2019. The current work, headed by Vita Brisnik of LMU University Hospital, also finds long-term use of antidepressants (2 years or more) increased during the same time period. 25.8% of participants using antidepressants in the current research had potential deprescribing indications (PDIs), meaning they were long-term users in high risk categories.

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Hospitality 105

Critical Psychiatry

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Ive changed the name of this blog before (see eg. previous post ). Im not convinced its really made much impact in terms of attracting more readers (see eg. another previous post ). Im making another attempt to see if expressing what this blog is about in more everyday langauage, avoiding the use of the term psychiatry, makes a difference. As mentioned in another previous post , mental health has come to mean the conditions and practices that maintain mental health.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 8, 2024

S eptember is National Suicide Prevention Month. This month is dedicated to promoting awareness about suicide and its prevention. Preventing suicide among older adults is a major, complex issue. Statistics, risk factors, warning signs, and protective factors are addressed well in the literature (e.g., CDC, Suicide Prevention Resource Center, National Council on Aging).

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Doctors In Distress Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

by Dr Anna Baverstock and Dr Jess Morgan Dr Anna Baverstock is a consultant community paediatrician at Somerset Hospitals Foundation Trust and lead for senior doctor wellbeing @anna_annabav Dr Jess Morgan is a paediatrician and Dinwoodie RCPCH Clinical fellow @doc_bipolar The workplace experiences of doctors in the UK continue to be very concerning.

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Sleep and mental health Healthcare Hospitality Education 52