Who is Simon Wessely?

So he’s rolling out something from 2018...presumably he predicted the new president? Probably a waxwork or photoshopped? either that or they used neurolinguistic programming on JB when he lost his way to the toilet and ushered him into a side room with a conveniently placed pull up. Pull-ups can be carried under the arm so are quite portable.
 
Snow Leopard said:
Wait, what is he saying? That he's going to pursue a political career in the USA? (I'm having trouble reading between the lines)
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Nothing to worry about, just a photo opportunity when Joe Biden visited a mental health event in London.

The ‘if not now, when’ comment is ‘if I don’t post this pic of me with the then future POTUS, right after he’s been inaugurated, when will there be a better opportunity to express my smugness?’
 
Sly Saint said:
By contrast his work on military health has been the 'most satisfying and enjoyable' part of his career. When Gulf War Syndrome, characterised by mysterious symptoms like fatigue, pain and breathing problems, emerged among veterans in the early 1990s, he showed soldiers' health had been affected by serving in the conflict, which meant they could access war pensions. "We never really found out what it was. We found out all the things it wasn't."
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When all is said and done, there won't be much left of Wessely's careers, awards and all.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...-caused-depleted-uranium-munitions-study.html

The Royal British Legion said its research suggests up to 33,000 UK Gulf War veterans could be living with the syndrome, with 1,300 claiming a war pension for conditions connected to their service in the Gulf.

Andy Pike, head of policy and research at the Royal British Legion said: 'Whilst we welcome further research that helps to improve our knowledge of the experiences faced by Gulf War veterans, there has been little meaningful research published in the UK concerning effective treatment for those suffering from Gulf War illnesses.

'It is likely this lack of understanding has had a serious impact, leaving many veterans living with debilitating conditions 30 years after the end of combat operations.'
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This lack of understanding, brought to you in part by Wessely "most satisfying and enjoyable part of this career. Well, at least he had good fun ruining these people's lives. He was even safer over there, safe from us, the dangerous militants who struggle to walk a room's length.

It doesn't look as if there are any intentions of fixing this error, however:
A Ministry of Defence spokesman said: 'We are indebted to all those who served our country in the Gulf wars and have already sponsored significant research into the effects of this conflict on veterans.

'Although we have no plans to conduct further studies, we continue to monitor any Gulf War research that is published around the world.'
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Only just seen this thread, and the original article is no longer available – oh, God, I'd no idea he was a Sheffielder.

I'm so sorry, we're not all like that! :laugh:

And actually, Sheffield psychiatry isn't all like that, either. The four to whom I was referred in the 1970s still rank as some of the best and most helpful doctors I've ever seen...
 
When I was a girl, my father learned my a wise word; It is hard to be humble when you're perfect.

And it is. The way to perfection and greatness is to be humble. You have to get down on your knees to learn how to stand. Simon Wessley are 64 years old and have not learned this yet, all he has to show to is what HE has done and what HE thinks, nothing about the people he is supposed to help. He started in the wrong end and are now much farther from the goal than when he started, poor man.
 
Kitty said:
Only just seen this thread, and the original article is no longer available – oh, God, I'd no idea he was a Sheffielder.

I'm so sorry, we're not all like that! :laugh:

And actually, Sheffield psychiatry isn't all like that, either. The four to whom I was referred in the 1970s still rank as some of the best and most helpful doctors I've ever seen...
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I think this thread may have been combined with another so you're now talking about a different article from the one in the first post? Some of my bookmarks for it are now for disappeared pages.

Anyway, the Sheffield Star article seems to be back on line: https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/star...d-childhood-anda-life-top-psychiatrist-433341
 
Moved from the Psychologising Long Covid thread

Just for info, Simon Wessely is on BBC Desert Island discs this week tomorrow 11 am, repeated Fri at 9 I think unless time different for Good Friday. Don't know if can bear to listen but wd love to know what he says -sounds like part of concerted BPS campaign.

NB UK clocks go forward an hour tonight.
 
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Forestvon said:
Just for info, Simon Wessely is on BBC Desert Island discs this week tomorrow 11 am, repeated Fri at 9 I think unless time different for Good Friday. Don't know if can bear to listen but wd love to know what he says -sounds like part of concerted BPS campaign.
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From wikipedia:

>Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices.

Yeah, I don't know. It sounds like a fairly innocuous programme at first glance.
Establishing a parasocial relationship with his listeners, to prime them for buying into his bullshit at a later date, would be the proper Macchiavellian thing to do, but it does seem like a bit of a stretch. Not interested in finding out that much about him, but fingers crossed that he won't prove me wrong!
 
Sphyrna said:
From wikipedia:

>Each week a guest, called a "castaway" during the programme, is asked to choose eight recordings (usually, but not always, music), a book and a luxury item that they would take if they were to be cast away on a desert island whilst discussing their lives and the reasons for their choices.

Yeah, I don't know. It sounds like a fairly innocuous programme at first glance.
Establishing a parasocial relationship with his listeners, to prime them for buying into his bullshit at a later date, would be the proper Macchiavellian thing to do, but it does seem like a bit of a stretch. Not interested in finding out that much about him, but fingers crossed that he won't prove me wrong!
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They are usually asked about life history, history of their career, key moments in between choosing discs, and why they chose it.
 
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Simon Wessely on Desert Island Discs on 28th March 2021 - mentions CFS

BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Professor Sir Simon Wessely, psychiatrist

Professor Sir Simon Wessely, psychiatrist

Desert Island Discs

Professor Sir Simon Wessely is the first ever psychiatrist to be awarded a Regius professorship – an honour bestowed by the Queen. He is professor of psychological medicine at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London, and is also a consultant psychiatrist at King’s College Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital.

Born in Sheffield to a father who had come to Britain on the Kindertransport, he started his research career working on unexplained symptoms and syndromes, leading progressive and sometimes controversial work on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Disagreement about whether the condition is physical or psychological continues to this day and although Simon’s studies helped develop a treatment programme, there is still no cure.

Later he switched his attention to the military, exploring Gulf War Syndrome, PTSD, the risk and benefit of military service, social and psychological outcomes for ex-service personnel and historic aspects of war and psychiatry. In 1996 he established the Gulf War Illness Research Unit which subsequently became the King’s Centre for Military Health Research.

He completed a term as president of the Royal Society of Medicine – the first psychiatrist to occupy the post - and in 2017 he led an independent review of the Mental Health Act.

Presenter Lauren Laverne

Producer Paula McGinley
 
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