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Medical breakthroughs missed because of pointless drug bans: David Nutt (The Conversation)
By David Nutt, Imperial College London. First published in The Conversation. In 1632 the Catholic Church convened a case against Galileo on the grounds that his work using the telescope to explore the nature of the heavens contradicted the church’s … Continue reading
Diagnosis and disputation: “archiving” DSM–5
Diagnosis and disputation: “archiving” DSM–5 I have spent the last few months gorging on DSM–5 media discussions. (All too often I have felt as though I have been ingesting too many empty, sugar-spiked calories.) I had promised myself, then, that I … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-psychiatry, archives, big data, DSM, DSM-5, health geography, history of psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Debate, medical humanities, psychiatry, sociology, Storify, Twitter
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Havi Carel: the role of the patient in improving quality
Havi Carel, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Bristol, and a patient, gives a philosophical perspective on patients and improving the quality of care at The King’s Fund’s NHS Leadership Summit 2013. She drew on her own experience of care, … Continue reading
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Tagged Havi Carel, health, illness, medical humanities, NHS, patient
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And then it hit me in the stomach – on the affective and emotional qualities of neuroscience
Des Fitzgerald writes: “I thought I knew a lot about autism, because I’d read a lot about autism, I’d heard a lot about autism – actually I was utterly unprepared for it [...] here was thing I was really passionate … Continue reading
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Tagged affect, autism, bodies, critical neuroscience, intensities, neuroscience, qualiative research, subjectivity
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Celebrating 1000 Posts With … a Questionnaire: What Do *You* Want the Next 1000 Posts to Cover?
This poll has now closed. Many thanks to all who completed the questionnaire – your feedback means a huge amount to us. The winner of our £50 amazon voucher will be announced on Friday 21 June!
The DSM5 Debates: Searching for the voices of those living under, through, and beyond psychiatric diagnoses
Next week, on June 4–5, 2013, I will be speaking at the DSM-5 extravaganza taking place at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. There is a 2-day international conference titled: DSM-5 and the Future of Psychiatric Diagnosis: Where is … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Conferences, Ideas
Tagged antipsychiatry, diagnosis, DSM, history of psychiatry, Maudsley, medical humanities, patient, patient experience, psychiatry
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The S Factor (A Poem by Sandy Jeffs)
The S Factor For Heidi Sometimes Craziness creates a Heightened Illumination of the Zeitgeist Originality its Privilege Humour its Revenge Every outsider Nonconformist work of art is an Ingenious Act of lunacy. © Sandy Jeffs 2013 Sandy Jeffs is an … Continue reading
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Tagged arts, creativity, literature, Madness and psychopathology, Poetry, Sandy Jeffs, schizophrenia
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Using Dance as an Intervention: Can dance help prevent and decrease psychological and health-related problems among young women?
Elizabeth Sharp, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech University and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, writes: Despite the alarmingly high rates of disordered eating on US college campuses, very few prevention efforts have … Continue reading
Posted in Arts in Health, Ideas
Tagged arts in health, bodies, dance, eating disorders, intervention, qualitative research methods, young women
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Ordinary Wars: Transition, Weddings, Wives, Choreography and Research
Elizabeth Sharp, Associate Professor, Human Development and Family Studies at Texas Tech University and Honorary Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University, writes: In November 2012, I had the pleasure of participating in the Times of Transition Workshop, sponsored by … Continue reading
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Tagged bodies, dance, Experiencing Time, identity, methods, ordinary wars, qualiative health research, weddings, women
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Podcast: Ian Hacking ‘Making up Autism’
A podcast of Professor Ian Hacking’s ‘Making Up Autism’ – Inaugural C. L. Oakley Lecture in Medicine and the Arts, University of Leeds, 13 May 2013 – is now available here.
Posted in Announcements, Ideas
Tagged autism, Ian Hacking, Leeds Centre for Medical Humanities, philosophy
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