Guest lecture by Professor Nikolas Rose, given 15 May 2013. ‘Mental Illness: Five Hard questions’ at Nottingham. Lecture Professor Rose is one of our leading contemporary social scientists. Currently he is Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Social Science, Health and Medicine at King’s College, London. In the talk, Professor Rose characterises
The IoP has invited Charles Nemeroff to give an inaugural lecture in spite of the fact that he lied to Emroy University where he was professor about millions of dollars he received from pharmaceutical companies. Members of the Critical Psychiatry Network have written to IoP asking them to reconsider this descision. Letter to IoP
The IoP has invited Charles Nemeroff to give the inaugural lecture at the Centre of Affective Disorders in spite of the fact that he lied to Emroy University, where he was a professor about millions of dollars he received from pharmaceutical companies. The New York Times gives the details. Members of the Critical Psychiatry Network
Charles Nemeroff is giving the inaugural lecture at the Centre of Affective Disorders at the Institute of Psychiatry. It’s a controversial choice. Phil Thomas covers the issues in his blog A Soiled Phoenix Rises The issue of conflict of interest is noted by Duncan Double in his blog Stronger conflict of interest policies needed and
Madness Science and the Crisis in Psychiatry
The issues raised by the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) are complex and require careful and studied consideration. There are many aspects that concern the Critical Psychiatry Network about the way the debates around the publication of the new DSM-5 have been represented in the media. In particular, we are concerned about the portrayal of the
How to Build Services that Maximise the Chances of a Positive Outcome: The Outcomes Orientated Approaches to Mental Health Services (OO-AMHS) project Sami Timimi OO-AMHS is a whole service model designed to put the patient (their narrative, choices, and ideas on change) at the centre of the treatment process. Current dominant approaches (such as NICE