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On July 1 all my HACC services expire, as they require you to have applied to NDIS. However I recently found out, and I have not confirmed this from official sources, that if NDIS is rejected then HACC can be reinstated. This contradicts what I had heard earlier. I have applied for NDIS but...

In psychopsychiatry there seems to be a tendency to produce studies to support their hypothesis, rather than test their hypothesis. In most of science this was abandoned by about 1960 or so, and was disappearing decades earlier. Psychopsychiatry could also use objective outcome measures ... this...

This reads like so many other studies I have seen over the decades. Most such studies fail. However a day will come when one succeeds. We need as many studies as possible, but its good to ovoid getting hyped.

Charcot was initially what passed for a scientist in the nineteenth century. Then he found mesmerism, and went very whacky. He taught at least two founding fathers of psychiatry, one of which was Fraud, sorry, Freud. A Fraudian slip I guess. ;) Yes, it all started as philosophy, but then so did...

I know little about US political systems, but it seems to me that a resolution is a statement of intent, and agreement, rather than a bill which would require action. Its a necessary step for many kinds of further actions. An example would, I think, be the Green New Deal. None of that is a...

I have previously commented on cultural interpretations of insanity. Barracking for the wrong sports team, the wrong political party, the wrong singer or actor ... signs of psychosis? There is a long history of the nature of mental illness being questioned, from both within and outside of...

Evening primrose oil can help for some at low doses for short periods. It can also harm. Its a tricky thing to get the dose right over time. I spent years trying to optimise it, but gave up, back in the mid 90s. It will increase cell deformability, but has many hormonal effects too, including...