Survey of Consultant Psychiatrists views on preventative detention
SURVEY OF CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRISTS_ A Brief Report
Response to the Draft Outline Proposals of the Scoping Study Committee
Response of the Bradford Group to the Draft Outline Proposals of the Scoping Study Committee (143.55 kB 2010-12-08 09:52:19)
Evidence to the parliamentary inquiry on the influence of the pharmaceutical industry
Evidence to the parliamentary inquiry on the influence of the pharmaceutical Industry_
Coping and causing change as a critical psychiatrist: Tamasin Knight
Critical psychiatry is a relatively new approach to psychiatry and its popularity is growing steadily. The Critical Psychiatry Network (CPN), formed in 1999, is an informal group of psychiatrists who follow this approach. Critical psychiatry is sceptical of reductionist approaches to mental health which try to explain emotional distress in terms of biochemical imbalances and
Science, psychiatry and the mystery of madness: Bracken P & Thomas P
Reprinted with permission from Openmind 100:10-11 (November/December 1999) © 1999 Mind (National Association for Mental Health) POST-PSYCHIATRY Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas As we head into the last months of the nineteen nineties it is worth reflecting on the achievements of the ‘decade of the brain’. Neuroscience promised to reveal the secrets of the nervous
Let’s scrap schizophrenia: Bracken P & Thomas P
Reprinted with permission from Openmind 99 (September/October 1999) ©1999 Mind (National Association for Mental Health) POST-PSYCHIATRY Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas Since the caustic critiques of Szasz and Laing in the 1960’s, the concept of schizophrenia has been attacked from a variety of quarters. The psychiatric establishment has defended the diagnosis vigorously, and schizophrenia continues
Psychiatry and Institutional Racism: Bracken P & Thomas P
Reprinted with permission from Openmind 98 (July/August 1999) © 1999 Mind (National Association for Mental Health) POST-PSYCHIATRY Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas The Macpherson report into the racist murder of black teenager Stephen Lawrence has echoes in every corner of our lives. As the report says, “It is incumbent upon every institution to examine their
Time to end the ethic of exclusion: Bracken P & Thomas P
Reprinted with permission from Openmind © Mind (National Association for Mental Health) POST-PSYCHIATRY Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas The sweeping changes in mental health services introduced by Mr. Dobson will continue to affect people’s lives long after his footfalls have ceased to echo around the Palace of Westminster. Care in the community, he declared, has
Mental Health Legislation: Time for a real change: Bracken P & Thomas P
Reprinted with permission from Openmind © Mind (National Association for Mental Health) POST-PSYCHIATRY Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas In our earlier articles we argued that psychiatry has failed to deliver its promises, and that a new debate about the limitations of psychiatry is required. The purpose now is to stimulate discussion about the legitimate sphere
Safety and psychiatry Bracken P & Thomas P
Reprinted with permission from Openmind © Mind (National Association for Mental Health) POST-PSYCHIATRY Pat Bracken and Phil Thomas Like most other people in the country, we thought we were waking up to a new world on May 2nd 1997. We hoped the new government would bring a fresh approach to the health service, and to