Psychedelics—The New Psychiatric Craze
Psychedelics are an increasingly fashionable medical treatment, but are they anything other than a powerful form of snake oil, or a recreational experience? Do they have any objective health benefits? Can we be confident they are safe?
“Empire of Normality: neurodiversity and capitalism” a review: The Empire Has No Clothes
A review of “Empire of Normality: neurodiversity and capitalism” Robert Chapman, Pluto Press 2023.
Introduction
Concepts of diagnosis and illness are fundamental to psychiatry. Challenge diagnosis,...
Early intervention in ultrahigh risk for psychosis ineffective
In a new study in JAMA Psychiatry, researchers tested an increasingly intensive, multi-stage approach to early intervention for people at “ultrahigh risk” of psychosis. Their...
UK suicide prevention policies prioritise surveillance over social change
Suicide prevention policies are a ‘biopolitical surveillance’ playground, according to a new paper in Critical Social Policy by United Kingdom-based authors Alexander Oaten, Ana Jordan, Amy...
Values Matter in the Digital Space as in Everyday Life
Values matter as much in the digital space as in everyday life. Despite the recent update by the Royal College of Psychiatrists of its professional values, it is disappointing that an opportunity has been missed to hold to account its own members for their behaviour on social media platforms.