The End of Kraepelin’s Dichotomy
TweetNo, don’t worry; this isn’t a blog about metaphysics. It was over 100 years ago that Emil Kraepelin, widely considered the father of contemporary psychiatry, divided psychosis into two discrete...
View ArticleDo we need yet another homicide inquiry?
TweetLast week NHS Yorkshire and Humber released the findings of an external investigation into the care and treatment of Benjamin Holiday. You can find the report here. In January 2005 Holiday, a...
View ArticleClozapine: first-line treatment for schizophrenia?
TweetLong considered the Heineken of antipsychotic drugs (refreshing the parts of the brain other drugs cannot reach…sorry), clozapine also comes with more restrictions and health warnings than a pack...
View ArticleSchizophrenia and the Art of War
TweetWe have had a War on Terror, a War on Drugs, a War on Cancer, and a War on Poverty. We do have a mental health czar – it seems a czar is essential when forces need to be mobilized – but no War on...
View ArticleThe End of Kraepelin’s Dichotomy
No, don’t worry; this isn’t a blog about metaphysics. It was over 100 years ago that Emil Kraepelin, widely considered the father of contemporary psychiatry, divided psychosis into two discrete...
View ArticleDo we need yet another homicide inquiry?
Last week NHS Yorkshire and Humber released the findings of an external investigation into the care and treatment of Benjamin Holiday. You can find the report here. In January 2005 Holiday, a young man...
View ArticleClozapine: first-line treatment for schizophrenia?
Long considered the Heineken of antipsychotic drugs (refreshing the parts of the brain other drugs cannot reach…sorry), clozapine also comes with more restrictions and health warnings than a pack of...
View ArticleSchizophrenia and the Art of War
We have had a War on Terror, a War on Drugs, a War on Cancer, and a War on Poverty. We do have a mental health czar – it seems a czar is essential when forces need to be mobilized – but no War on...
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