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Michael Sharpe retires as Psychological Medicine Lead 30/09/2022
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josepdelafuente
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Is he a BPS Big Dog?
Yes, very much so. He was one of the PACE trial lead clinicians, and works for insurance companies telling them not to give long term disability insurance payouts to pwME. He also takes every opportunity possible to complain in the media about being the subject of attacks by activist patients.
Jonathan Edwards
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Sort of Leonberger: bio, psycho and social.
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"If the Leonberger reminds you of a Newfoundland mixed with a Saint Bernard, it should. That's exactly how the breed originated. In the mid-1840s, Heinrich Essig of Leonberg, Germany, crossed a Newfoundland with a Saint Bernard for four generations, then added in a Pyrenean Mountain Dog to the mix. The result of these several generations of breeding is the Leonberger."
josepdelafuente
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HA this really tickled me
Edit: almost as heavy as me! That is indeed a big dog.
cassava7
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Even if Prof Sharpe remains a “honorary consultant”, I understand that he will see fewer patients — and thus harm fewer of them too. This alone is a step forward.
The problematic part is that he has now more time for research projects, so we may expect more annoying publications from him.
The problematic part is that he has now more time for research projects, so we may expect more annoying publications from him.
Yea considering their approach to "science" shouldn't be difficult to rattle off a few "scientific" publications.
While conveniently ignoring what his fellow academics/peers, like Brian Hughes, say about his research methods --- pick your enemy --- the vulnerable, disabled --- much easier than the challenges from folks like Brian.
Sly Saint
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EAPM president Michael Sharpe receives the Hackett Award from ACLP
EAPM president Michael Sharpe receives the Hackett Award from ACLP – EAPM – The European Association of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine and Integrated CareThe Academy’s highest honor is presented to an individual for outstanding achievement in C-L Psychiatry –
Michael Sharpe, MA, MD, FACLP
This year’s ACLP Eleanor and Thomas P. Hackett Memorial Award has been awarded to Michael Sharpe, MA, MD, FACLP, University of Oxford in the UK.
The Academy’s highest honor is presented to an individual for outstanding achievement in C-L Psychiatry—a member who has demonstrated distinctive achievements in C-L Psychiatry training, research, clinical practice, and leadership.
Dr. Sharpe gave the Hackett lecture on the Friday, November 10th of the 2023 Annual CLP Meeting in Austin, USA.
His theme was: ‘A Special Relationship’.
“In 1944, when FDR was President, Winston Churchill spoke of the ‘special relationship’ between the UK and the US. In my lecture, I shall reflect on special relationships, how they shape us as people and as C-L psychiatrists, and how an understanding of what makes a relationship special helps us to care for our patients.”
Dr. Sharpe—Emeritus Professor of Psychological Medicine at the University of Oxford and a C-L psychiatrist for Oxford University Hospitals—aims to improve the lives of patients with medical illnesses by integrating psychiatric interventions into their care. To this end, he has published more than 320 research papers and established an integrated C-L Psychiatry clinical service in Oxford University Hospitals. Dr. Sharpe was president of the Academy in 2019-2020.
“In UK general hospitals, Psychiatry has usually been delivered by an external ‘mental health provider,’” says Dr. Sharpe. “Psychiatrists and psychiatric nurses, who may or may not be trained in C-L Psychiatry, see a small number of patients referred by medical teams. The focus has been mainly on patients in the emergency department who have attempted suicide and not on the wider range of problems where C-L Psychiatry can help.
“In 2012, I took on the role of hospital groupwide C-L Psychiatry lead to improve services to the general hospitals. I persuaded senior hospital managers to set up a new, much-expanded, in house C-L Psychiatry service that was fully integrated with medical care, offered equitable access for all patients across the hospital system, and was delivered by properly trained C-L psychiatrists.
“This service has won a number of awards (including UK Royal College of Psychiatrists’ national team of the year) and is now regarded as the leading C-L Psychiatry service in the UK.”
rvallee
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Wasn't the main conclusion from his last paper on C-L that it wasn't actually useful or wanted? This is basically a participation trophy.
So the Academy of C-L gives its "highest award" to someone who simply runs a C-L service, something that isn't even useful or in demand. Damn what a joke.