Following last week’s BBC Panorama on the dangers of anti-depressants Clinical Psychologist Angela Gilchrist suggests we urgently need more balanced coverage. What do anti-depressants do to help you? And […]
All in the brain?
Stephen Fry’s exploration of manic depression (in the current BBC series on mental health, ‘In the Mind‘) has drawn both praise and criticism. Psychology Professor Richard Bentall, has sent an open […]
Seduced by biology: The BBC, black dog and biological bias
Sue Holttum suggests that biological explanations for distress may easily be over-emphasised.
Is shaming the ‘pill-shamers’ shutting down debate?
‘Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.’ – Benjamin Franklin Over the past year I’ve immersed myself in Twitter. Like many I started tentatively, following the usual parade of […]
Guest blog: I believe in diagnosis but the DSM is just a door-stop
Over the last few months we’ve regularly featured pieces taking a critical line on the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and on psychiatric diagnosis more generally. […]