That is a terrifying story, @Peter Trewhitt. Poor woman. If what they did was legal, then it really shouldn't have been. I don't understand why...
Although this study is hard to interpret because people prescribed anticholinergic drugs over a long period of time are not a random selection of...
Yes, I took it as a very general piece of "nothing to see here" rhetoric, in which he is minimising real ethical issues surrounding the...
I hope I didn't offend you, @Peter J Gordon. I was genuinely trying to get my head around the issues. In my quest, I also read a good selection...
I don't think kd is Sharpe. This person is way too interested in Phil Parker's Lightning process to be Sharpe. Also Sharpe doesn't strike me as a...
Just came across this worrying article by Simon Wessely where he uses his familiar rhetorical style to minimise issues surrounding the UK...
I just read Peter Gordon's letter to the Scottish Parliament here, and it gives some background to Gordon's concerns. They are largely about the...
I suspect this is about making sure psychiatrists get a decent slice of the talking treatments pie. I'm guessing he's worried that prescriptions...
We've downloaded our favourite "rain" playlist (a neat feature of Spotify), so we're able to play it without using our internet connection.
I've recently joined Spotify, and now my other half and I play soft rain all night. The main plus is that it absorbs noise, but in a more pleasant...
Flare is good. To me, it evokes lupus and MS and in those diseases, a flare requires serious interventions to prevent organ damage, often massive...
Good sleep is definitely a good thing for anyone with a chronic illness. Who doesn't feel worse when sleep deprived? I have no problem with that....
Yes, the usual stuff. I notice that they did a nice little dance around the issue of CBT and GET, claiming that response rates are only 30%...
I'm a psychologist. Some things that have been said here and at PR about my profession and discipline are overgeneral and simply not true. I...
I've been working on a textbook, and have had a very positive experience with my editor. She's often able to spot ambiguities and opaque sentences...
I think even despite the obvious cop out at the end, the piece makes some useful arguments. I think the "central sensitization" idea is...
I'm sure Prof Crawley really believes you're a villain, @dave30th. You must be - for her, the alternative is just, well, unthinkable. Its...
The article is short and quite good. full text here. The above quote takes quite a while to unpack. But what I think they're saying is that CS...
fixed, I'm sorry to say.... but maybe I should have left it up for a laugh...
The Goop effect. n. The phenomenon whereby self-confidence obtained from attainment, adulation or accolades in one field overgeneralises to...
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