We used to think that people went into psychiatry because they were nuts themselves. I now tend to think that people go into psychiatry because...
Mene, mene tekel upharsin...
It could be attributed to 'A senior academic from QMUL'. But I wouldn't like to be more specific.
What about Meghan? She seems feisty and a bit subversive and probably has some high profile friends with ME. Or we could make the whole Royal...
It is complicated because there are all sorts of situations that might fall under 'psychogenic illness'. As a doctor I recognised at least four...
Yes, paediatricians are used to emotional parents (as I was when in this role). But we should not confuse appropriate emotional distress, which is...
I can see that and it may not be easy to find a rallying cry that suits all. My itch line would be: 'Whatever the cause of ME the psychiatrists in...
The people make me think it is implausible. When I got involved in ME research I very deliberately did not do so as a provider of care, as one of...
The relevant point I think is that we do not have sufficient evidence to be able to say anything useful about the causation of ME, other than it...
Well, that shouldn't take a minute to organise, then.
Seems a bit like these self-driving car thingies. Try it out on the road and run a few people over before you see if you know what you are doing....
The stakes seem to be getting higher every week. Fortunately it seems that some people are showing their hand. I think I may have a lot of reading...
I heard you, @Trish.
The weird thing is that I was sure that Chalmers and Glasziou paper was recent.
Gossip is gossip, even in the BMJ office.
But maybe the BMJ blog software will still see my post, since it is posted?
Ah! I see this is 4 years old. I suspect my comment will not get posted!
Well flagged @Sasha. So I posted this: For me there is a deep irony here. I was recently pointed to the Chalmers and Glasziou article. What was...
Dear @Liv aka Mrs Sowester, If it were a matter of reaching out to ordinary people I can see that make sense. But my concern here is a purely...
I wonder if this is a genetic thing. You know, children of people who believe that if it is their football only they are allowed to score goals...
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