The first of an occasional series where we ask departmental staff to give a shout out on what they’ve been reading recently.
Silver Linings: Is Sickness a Shield Against Stigma?
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 […]
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 […]