It is now fifty years since I started working at the Brook Hospital in Woolwich, and more than forty years since I picked up my Springfield Hospital pager on my first day as a psychiatric trainee. I have done a lot of different things as a psychiatrist. Amongst them, I am most proud of what […]
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Community care
By Catherine Robinson on 21st October 2024 in Life, Mental Health, Policy, Service User, Social Work, Uncategorised
When we first moved to our flat in Bromley, the adjoining Victorian villa was divided into two maisonettes, one of which was occupied by a young family. The street was designated for redevelopment, and when the occupants moved on, the building was left empty. After a while, we began to notice signs of activity and […]
Intolerance
Stephen Fry’s programme ‘The Not So Secret Life of a Manic-Depressive: 10 Years On’ has aggravated a group of senior academic clinical psychologists. Professor Richard Bentall has received a lot of support on Twitter for blogging an open letter to Stephen Fry, which you can read here. Essentially, Bentall feels that Stephen Fry, who is […]