Violence, Mental Illness, Assumptions, and Stigma
In the wake of the horrifying shooting at the Sandy Hook primary school in Conneticut there has, of course, been a lot of talk about “mental illness”. This man did something that to all of us seems...
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Now this is very interesting. Young people with a close family history of depression but no depression themselves showing elevated risk factors for cardiovascular disease (hypertension, stiffened...
View ArticleBad Writing in DSM 5
I’m really not becoming any more of a fan of DSM 5 Related Posts:Writing is hardPurpose, Created?Extreme Prior ProbabilitiesWeeds that TumbleOde to a Fountain PenPowered by Contextual Related Posts
View ArticleNot-Medicine and Me
I was thinking today. Dangerous thing to do, I know, but that’s me: living on the edge. Anyway… I was thinking about this article which describes how thoroughly Linus Pauling jumped the shark in his...
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Starry Starry Night
I would write something (witty, pithy, and snarky – all at once, even) pointing out the problems with Giles Fraser’s piece of tripe in the Guardian about depression and antidepressants … But I’m not...
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