Another important implication of Jasper's useful observation:
As patients get better in treatment, they are often the last to notice it (eg they tend to focus on the 50% of symptoms still present, not the 50% improvement).

Addressing the gap in treating psychotic depression, our meta-analysis evaluates drug efficacy. Findings suggest SSRIs + second-gen antipsychotics, especially fluoxetine and olanzapine, as potential optimal choices.
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Please don’t take orthopaedic advice from this guy before thinking about what he’s done to Twitter.

Yay. Do visit the Grant Museum of Zoology. It’s an absolutely gem. twitter.com/grantmuseum/st…

Alongside all the mourning there is comfort in how the Sudanese people have pooled their few resources and opened up their homes - a reminder that a country is not a place, but a spirit.

My column on one year of Sudan's war.

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This may be part of the reason that outcomes are so good but doesn’t explain all of clozapine’s superiority over other antipsychotics.

The deliberate alienation of it’s Staff would almost certainly be beyond NHSE’s skillset.

“Pretty subtle, without significant impact on someone’s function”. Is Eric Widera, MD talking about MCI or lecanemab or both?

Ash Paul Nick Kituno NHS Practitioner Health NHS England NHS Providers 𒊓𒅂𒁓𒐗𒐕𒐗 Steve the skeptic Craig Nikolic I have asked NHSE who made the decision and how and what their risk register and comms plan were and the equality impact assessment

I am waiting a response

But that speed of U turn suggests a terrible decision

A 12 month reprieve is very welcomed for this important service for colleagues in England. It will (likely) be for the next Labour Health Secretary to ensure the service continues.

The Venn diagram of anti psychiatry and anti vaxxer has strong overlap

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Excited to share our new piece with Robin Michalon from EHESS Centre Alexandre-Koyré
While debates rage on following Alzheimer's Association new #Alzheimer ’s criteria we propose (Open Access) a historical perspective on what Alzheimer’s is.
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Did you know that toads have been travelling to their same ancestral ponds to reproduce for generations? But if their route crosses a road, it's not good news. But you can help as a toad crossing guard!

🌱 Roots & Shoots UK 🌱
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Great to hear results from the DREAMS-START trial addressing the difficult problem of sleep disturbance in people with dementia Penny Rapaport Gill Livingston UCL Psychiatry

Brilliant blog by Stacey Freedenthal questioning term 'suicide survivor' to describe people bereaved by suicide. 1 possible effect is marginalising even further those with lived experience of being suicidal

Wait, Who Is A Suicide Survivor? speakingofsuicide.com/2014/05/27/sui… via @sfreedenthal

A huge day for me and one that feels very emotional.

I have written the story of my M.E. and my recovery. This has been done with lots of love, for the benefit of patients, doctors, researchers and carers.

I so hope it reaches people who need it

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''It is clear from Dr Cass's report that these basic safeguards for our children and young people have been overlooked in the field of gender medicine, and that this has disproportionately affected some of the most vulnerable children and young people in our society.'