I have no religion. As a young man, my opposition to religion was strident, but I have mellowed in this respect (actually, more or less everything I believed as a young man was stridently expressed). These days I do not really care what other people believe, so long as they do not impose it on […]
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The Psychiatrist’s Bible
The thing about being a doctor is that it is more than just a job title. The day you qualify, there is an ontological shift. You feel different to how you did before and people treat you differently. You can never stop being a doctor: look at Dr David Owen, Dr Graham Garden and Dr […]
In Athens and Detroit, there’s revolution in the air
Almost 20 years ago, I attended a meeting at the Department of Health in London and found that I was seated next to the late Professor Robert Kendall, at that time President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. I didn’t really know him. He cut a rather austere, cerebral figure. He was friendly, but not […]
Several interesting things to do in Birmingham on a Wednesday
I go to a lot of conferences these days, most often as a speaker. This is a function of age and job description. It is unfortunate that I hate travelling. It might have been wise to take this into account before I changed from a relatively static NHS role to more mobile academic one, about […]