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Psychiatry | Psychiatric medication
http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/
Frontier Psychiatrist is a blog which critiques modern of psychiatric thinking and practice, as well as the psychologization of society; there are also posts on discussing the general issues surrounding healthcare and civil liberties.
- Added on: Sep 11th, 2009
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Author: Frontier Pysychiatrist
- Listed in: General Health
- Tags: Psychology psychiatry psychiatric medication psychiatrist mrcpsych
Recent Posts
Xmas manifesto
It’s easy to assume that things are as they’ve always been. This of course is not the case and recently I discovered that the rate of economic growth during the UK’s industrial revolution, one of my native land’s most significant upheavals...
Review of “Stiff” by Mary Roach
Here is an uncharacteristically positive review for “Stiff: The curious lives of Human Cadavers” which I wrote for the StudentBMJ in 2004. It is a very entertaining book, if you happen to find this sort of thing interesting. You migh...
Britain introduces identity cards in Manchester
On Monday, November 30, the Manchester Identity and Passport service opened its doors and began issuing the first identity cards to British subjects since 1952. (1) Although the cards themselves are bad enough, they are perhaps the most benign aspe...
Mental state examination
We all meet people in our daily lives and as human beings we are acutely tuned to noticing difference between ourselves and others. The step between subconscious awareness and conscious noticing and recording as an examination is one of the situat...
Mental health act – summary
Here are some summary points on the mental health act that I wrote for a talk to medical students. It’s not comprehensive and is intended to cover the basics. *** The Mental Health Act 1983 was amended in 1987 and is legislation governing th...
The state we’re in: London cycling
Perhaps it’s the congestion charge or the increased provision of cycling lanes, or maybe we’re inspired by high profile cyclists Boris Johnson and David Cameron, but cycling in London has risen by a staggering 70 per cent since the year 2000. Co...
