I’d been avoiding Silver Linings Playbook. Nothing against it particularly, it’s just that Very Serious films about mental health always feel like a busman’s holiday. I got corralled into seeing […]
The Stafford Inquiry: Scapegoating won’t help a sick NHS
Perhaps a hospital admission will always be nerve-racking. However, the fresh wave of NHS scandal that has hit as a result of the Stafford inquiry may leave patients choosing to […]
Guest Post: In Praise of Creative Maladjustment
We are pleased to have our first guest post. In this entry Peter Kinderman writes about the role of psychologists and makes a plea for social engagement.
Gazza, Lance and the difficulties of psychiatric diagnosis
What do you call someone who tells lies persistently? In recent weeks the answer is probably Chris Huhne, the latest in a line of hubristic politicians who have told a […]
I’m sicker than I thought I was
Anne Cooke DSM: Get your hernia belt on for the fifth edition. One thing I like about being a psychologist is that you get the occasional call from journalists asking […]
How we understand recovery
Over the last 10 years NHS mental health services have become more and more focused on the concept of “recovery”. For whatever reasons (changing views of psychiatry, service user voices, […]
Do guns protect you?
Since the Newtown school shootings it’s hard to remember such an outpouring of antipathy towards guns in the United States. After Columbine maybe, but I’ve never heard a right-of-centre US […]
Making sense of suicide
“I’ve danced with a man, who’s danced with a girl, who’s danced with the Prince of Wales,” went the 20s song, written before Edward VIII became King and took a […]
Welcome to the Salomons Blog
Watch this space for thoughtful consideration of what’s going on in psychology, mental health and the dear old NHS. I’m guessing there is plenty to say.