Organicity in psychiatry
Organicity is about considering the critical role of physical or physiological factors in the manifestation of psychiatric symptoms and signs, particularly in cases where: Whilst recognising that all psychiatrists have …
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You are the Boss – The Locum Psychiatrist’s Manual
This post is derived from a manual that I constructed some time ago. It summarises a book that I am publishing. The summary constitutes opinion on how a locum business …
To therapy or not – that is the question
Private or NHS therapy can be good or bad and everything in between. In May 2023, among many things I explored ‘What biological treatments are known to psychiatry?‘ I did …
Fathoming Section 62 of the MHA 1983
The Mental Health Act 1983 [hereafter MHA] provides many powers to detain patients for treatment in hospital. Many amendments were made in 2007. The legislation is complex – necessarily so …
What do you know about psychiatry?
What is psychiatry? Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorders. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who …