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Samei Huda

5 years

The Medical Model in Mental Health - explains what it is and how it compares in #psychiatry with internal #medicine for the effectiveness of its treatments and the value of its diagnostic constructs- now on sale all over the world

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4 years

@OscarOpossum @QuayMatt @LaughinDoggo To be fair that expression does confirm he is the goodest boye who needs kisses 🤣

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Graduated ! MA in Philosophy and Mental Health

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@misterhsk They are not us down south ? What a pile of BS. I’m Scottish and I live “down South”. As a Glaswegian I find I have more in common with people in Liverpool and Manchester than people in other parts of Scotland. We have ties of family, history & culture with the English

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@Ravais1 @markghost45

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Many people including doctors in other medical specialties forgot how hard primary care medicine is. There said to be 10,000 conditions in medicine. Anyone of them can come through the door and the GP has to recognise many of them in 10 minutes & initiate appropriate treatment

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3 years

People may ask why I tweeted and RT a lot about J Taylor’s comments on ADHD & autism in women. Answer: In my ADHD clinic I see women whose missed ADHD diagnosis has led to major problems in their lives. I encounter similar with women with autism. Most cases not caused by trauma.

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1 year

The problem with getting clinical information from people with unclear clinical qualifications is that you might be being told codswallop as this is here

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2 years

Look what came in the post !

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2 years

If you are a mental health professional who liked this tweet go have a look in the mirror

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11 months

From Aman

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2 years

Well played @ProfRobHoward well played

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3 years

Submitted my thesis for MA on Philosophy and Mental Health today fingers crossed 🤞

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1 year

@DrJessTaylor @fgh07_ Sorry to intervene but I only just saw this. Unlike JT I’m a qualified clinician. I specialise in treating psychosis. My advice to you is to see a clinician you trust & discuss with them Don’t take advice from non clinicians on Twitter. 4

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@Ravais1 @markghost45 Since my last stolen meme was so popular here’s another one I stole

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Mum and Dad with their signed copy of my book

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2 years

The complaints I get from white psychologists for being “disrespectful” for offering blunt but accurate criticism of their ideas reflects their colonialist heritage & mindset - I’m supposed to genuflect before their self perceived superiority

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Devoured the 68 pages within 24 hours Great summary of the arguments around the concept of mental illness

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3 years

The medical model and its application in mental health: International Review of Psychiatry: My first published paper ! Thanks ⁦ @awaisaftab ⁩ for his help with the paper #nosology #psychiatry #psychology #criticalpsychiatry

The medical model and its application in mental health

This article provides a conceptual overview of the medical model and its application to psychiatry, understanding the medical model in psychiatry as a biopsychosocial model. The article discusses b...

www.tandfonline.com

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My book arrived ! It’s real ! Buzzing ⁦ @PennineCareNHS ⁩

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It’s a common mistaken assumption amongst antipsychiatry psychologists that they got a free medical degree in their studies They then plague the rest of us with ⁦ @BadMedicalTakes ⁩

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Mum and Dad wondering how I managed to persuade ⁦ @OUPMedicine ⁩ to publish my book !

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3 months

My new paper on the positive model of suffering now available online. #openaccess @CambUP_Psych @TheBJPsych

Positive models of suffering and psychiatry | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core

Positive models of suffering and psychiatry

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Wow Waterstones are listing my book Starts to feel more and more real

The Medical Model in Mental Health by Ahmed Samei Huda | Waterstones

Buy The Medical Model in Mental Health by Ahmed Samei Huda from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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3 years

Old picture of my dad and mum holding a copy of my book shortly after it came out

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6 years

I believe in making clinical decisions using the best quality scientific evidence that is relevant. Here I stand, I can do no other

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5 years

Due to be published tomorrow - my book on explaining and evaluating the medical mode in mental health - useful for mental health professionals and students as well as patients and carers and philosophers with an interest in health

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11 months

Radiation poisoning effects are normal, natural and should be expected after exposure to high doses of radiation

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7 months

My joint favourite Moncrieff paper along with her clozapine meta analysis which showed clozapine was superior to other antipsychotics Congratulations to her for publishing results that contradict her prior views - excellent science

The Lancet Psychiatry

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"In people with recurrent psychosis or schizophrenia, we found no evidence to support our hypothesis that a gradual reduction of antipsychotic medication improved social functioning at 2-year follow-up." New research Article @joannamoncrieff

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My book got reviewed in ⁦ @TheBJPsych ⁩ !

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2 years

Same energy - over 30 years apart

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I punched the air this morning when I read the news that instead of doling out inhalers for asthmatics that doctors should prescribe deep breathing in fresh air and to move to the country instead

The Telegraph

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✍️"I punched the air this morning when I read the news that doctors should stop routinely doling out antidepressants and offer patients therapy, meditation or exercise instead," writes @RachelKellyNet

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Very concerning that over 6% of the antipsychotic discontinuation group died in the course of the study - double the rate of the medication continuation group. As in the Lancet CBT for psychosis study, mortality is higher in psychosis without antipsychotics

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@JRBneuropsiq @SameiHuda The number of deaths reported here is disconcerting. 12 in total. 8 in dose reduction group.

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Is It Time to Move On from the Term 'Schizophrenia'? | Blog by ⁦ @joelpetch ⁩ who did 98% of the work and I who did a small bit #Schizophrenia #psychosis

Is It Time to Move On from the Term 'Schizophrenia'?

Developing an understanding regarding historical perspectives of schizophrenia may assist us in understanding both the utility and limitations.

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4 years

When people use terms like “mind altering” to criticise psychiatric medication I think well since it’s being used to help a condition effecting the mind aren’t we using the medication to have some benefit for the mind? I mean what else is it supposed to alter? The feet?

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1 year

Breaking silence to say this is totally unacceptable This is unacceptable @rcpsych If the person who asked these questions is an RCPSYCH member then action needs to be taken.

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1 year

Today I gave a talk for the @rcpsych on gender inclusive healthcare. Attendees were, as I understand it, health professionals. The Q&A section had over 45 transphobic questions, ~80% of questions. To keep control of my emotions as I presented I had to dig my nails into my hand.

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What does @BPSOfficial think of a psychologist without clinical qualifications giving clinical advice to someone with a potentially serious condition especially when this advice isn’t backed up by the evidence base ?

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By the time someone has come to see a psychiatrist it’s usually because they have been unwell for a long period of time or there is risk involved or no other treatments have worked in other words the time for watchful waiting has passed

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79% of psychiatrists recommend immediate treatment with an antidepressant to an outpatient with depression, but only 39% of psychiatrists would immediately take an antidepressant if they personally had depression, while 61% would prefer watchful waiting

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Some lovely Ethiopian / Eritrean vegan food

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2 years

My MA thesis in Philosophy of Mental Health - why Early Intervention in Psychosis teams should use a narrow psychosis construct based on nosology & prognosis

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Interesting to learn that at a forensic psychiatry hospital with lots of patients diagnosed with borderline personality disorder none of the psychologists are trained to offer best evidence based therapies in that condition such as DBT. Skills/ need mismatch

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This paper by @joelpetch and I discusses classification of psychosis from the POV of clinical practice rather than research It’s in #BJPSYCHAdvances @TheBJPsych short thread 1

Too soon to discard Kraepelin: improving diagnosis by appropriate use of neo-Kraepelinian and...

Too soon to discard Kraepelin: improving diagnosis by appropriate use of neo-Kraepelinian and unitary psychosis models - Volume 29 Issue 3

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2 years

My presentation on classification in psychiatry

Classification of mental health problems.pptx

Classification of Mental Health Problems Dr Ahmed Samei Huda – Consultant, Pennine Care @SameiHuda

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Withdrawal of warmth is not justified when trying to help people - this is from a book about psychotherapy for people diagnosed with personality disorder

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Medical students and doctors - remember when u see “interesting cases” - these are people - ask how they are - look at and empathise with the person who has fears and worries and who you are lucky to be learning from

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Okay a mini thread from the book on Bleuler’s famous “Four As” of #Schizophrenia

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2 years

A patient said to me yesterday “everyone thinks their dog is the best in the world and everyone is correct”

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Call for psychosis treatment overhaul after evidence of autoimmune trigger | Mental health | The Guardian

Call for psychosis treatment overhaul after evidence of autoimmune trigger

Patients to be treated with medicines used for arthritis and lupus in relaunch of pioneering UK trial

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2 years

My cousin found this pic of me from the 80s

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3 years

Dementia has such terrible effects on people’s moods, behaviours, personality that those who say it is not a mental illness do not understand what mental illness is

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3 years

Practically no beds for psychiatry in England currently

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4 months

Merry Xmas everyone In Snakeskin for Xmas day so I can pretend to myself I’m somewhere hot ⁦ @johnthejack ⁩

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5 years

Very excited that my book has listed on the OUP website expected publication date about May 2019 I think

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1 month

It will surprise no one that Dr Taylor is both conceptually and empirically wrong here and relies on appealing to the authority of the listed experts. Her beliefs are irrelevant.A mental illness isn’t always permanent. There IS evidence of dopamine dysfunction in psychosis.

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2 years

I got interviewed in the New Statesman !

Are you mentally ill, or very unhappy? Psychiatrists can’t agree

As rates of diagnosis rise, a fierce debate rages in psychiatry. Are we experiencing a parallel pandemic, or having a rational response to a traumatic world?

www.newstatesman.com

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Since neurodiversity can’t be easily bent into a trauma causes everything or sole #PTMF framework it must be eliminated no matter the scientific evidence nor that it is a useful concept

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2 years

After a hard week at work it’s good to see my #Bonnie

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Found my book in @rcpsych library #stoked ⁦ @wendyburn ⁩

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99% of statistics are made up (not a factual statement) but this thread is full of errors. Propranolol helps some people with anxiety presumably by blocking somatic symptoms of anxiety like racing heart which people can find unpleasant not by affecting thoughts directly

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2 years

Thank you everyone for the congratulations 👏🏾 Aman filmed the moment

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Patients given aripiprazole ‘should be told of gambling addiction risks’ | seen it happen in one patient and others have reported it too

Patients given aripiprazole ‘should be told of gambling addiction risks’

Expert urges greater monitoring of side-effect of drug used to treat depression, psychosis and schizophrenia

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Diagnosis vs Formulation in Mental Health

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I completely disagree with Boris Johnson and everything he has done and his policies but that doesn’t mean on a human level I can’t wish him well and hope he recovers.

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Mathew Parris is a remarkably cruel commentator on mental health He’s a typical Tory - if he likes or supports something or directly benefits from it he comes across as liberal If he’s hostile to it then he becomes unpleasant

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The Finnish miracle: how the country halved its suicide rate – and saved countless lives | ⁦ @ProfLAppleby ⁩

The Finnish miracle: how the country halved its suicide rate – and saved countless lives

It is now often known as the ‘world’s happiest country’, but Finland used to have one of the highest suicide rates in the world. From alcohol to antidepressants, here are the changes that made the...

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If Jess Taylor can prove that schizophrenia was only diagnosable in black people ie that only black people were diagnosed with schizophrenia in the UK or US then I will tweet a picture of me in a Man U shirt

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A quick thread on themes of this book

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plain foolishness from Garson- lacks an understanding of the compelling nature of psychotic experiences- for people deep in the throes of psychosis it’s not a question of coolly weighing up options This is an example of where lived experience can blind one to others experiences

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I agree with Dr Jess Taylor - in mental health many of those who claim to be critical thinkers are blinkered to their prejucides and make empirically false statements or logically fallacious arguments

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Disappointed that MH professionals have reacted so badly to a potentially promising treatment- early days only one success - because it’s not psychotherapy and are much upset as it involves biology & using scare tactics in their language It’s not Orwellian to help sev depression

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Ha ha Amazon told me a book I might be interested in - my own 😂

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And don’t I look pleased with my present from Tameside EIT

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What if the patient has a major social, economic, environmental or interpersonal stressors that can’t be solved by 15 minute chats ?

The BMJ

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Many patients present to primary care in emotional distress. This #BMJInfographic summarises an approach to helping patients make manageable changes that can lead them to more positive behaviours @will_s_t

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Who when they are overwhelmed by anxiety or depression can actually ask themselves such a complicated question let alone answer it

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I’m a Bad Boy

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Antipsychiatry and far right wing politics go together like a horse and carriage Akathisia is a recognised side effect of SSRIs but are used all over the world Trying to blame them for mass shootings in the US is a way to avoid gun control

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I tried the “Iron brew” shower gel that I got as a present on my head and there have been unexpected side effects

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I hate it when people say western medicine- it’s just medicine It erases the important contributions of the East to the history of medicine and the massive impact of non Westerners to medical research and as practitioners

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Ear infections are usually self limiting; brief and not fatal. Depression can last months or longer, can be fatal and has greater impact on QOL/ functioning. There are various options to be tried. Therapeutic nihilism a la Moncrieff is cruel & unwarranted

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Got myself a present

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Robin Williams's widow: 'There were so many misunderstandings about what had happened to him' | Film | The Guardian

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Well had a fun 36 hours of a lynch mob of antipsychiatry psychologists and critical psychiatrists sizing me up for a tree. But I had pizza. Read an interesting book. Walked my dogs. And I’m still here. Uppity as always. Fight the power ✊🏾

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Final finished my #psychopharmacology textbook as recommended by @RealJesseLuke I thought it was an interesting book with a biopsychosocial model of causation and intervention

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When Davies is charging £200-500 per session at his Harley St clinic he doesn’t have a leg to stand on impugning the motivations of NHS doctors

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Classy as always

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DNA rate for my EIT clinics has halved since we moved to a more accessible location - sometimes clients not engaging with the service is due to service factors not the client!

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Making a mountain out of a linguistic molehill Why not focus on relieving the suffering ? Saying “have depression” is short hand for patient is suffering in a state that meets criteria for depression … …

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The drugs don’t work (and other mental health myths) | Mental health | The Guardian

The drugs don’t work (and other mental health myths)

Our attitudes to mental health are changing but much of the stigma that surrounds conditions such as schizophrenia remains – along with some enduring and often damaging untruths

www.theguardian.com

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My cousin just shared this photo of me, my siblings, my parents and my grandparents

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@DrJessTaylor @fgh07_ It’s not petty You should have pointed out the evidence base for them and how it compares to antipsychotics to show their strength as an alternative Why give clinical advice when you are not trained to ?

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The data showed antipsychotics halved mortality, more than halved relapse rates and didn’t worsen social functioning albeit with side effect burden . That’s good news for patients who take them. It’s bad news for Antipsychiatry professionals. McFilin can’t interpret data

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Day of gifts - a lovely hat from @DrMutleyMoss in the post then a patient gave me some treats from home #Scotland

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Davies clearly having a dawning realisation that the critical psychiatry anti psychiatry discourse has been taken up by the right wing as they have been warned by many others that this would happen

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Awww thank you team !

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Very little sleep doing my on call last night - too knackered to go in and do my routine work - in my salad days could work 36 hours or more on the trot but I conk out now at 24 hours #Bonnie is concerned

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It’s also important to state the journalist set out to deceive the assessing doctors. In medicine we tend to assume the patient is telling the truth as they see it about their experience (if we don’t calamity often occurs)

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While this has made a lot of people upset and angry, the essential point - that a diagnosis of ADHD should be made properly, after full and competent consideration of the patient and possible differential diagnoses - is a fair one. People deserve and are helped by good diagnoses.

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@wdpsychiatry This is dangerous advice You should delete it Only medication has good evidence to reduce bipolar episodes (even psychosocial interventions to be effective encourage medication use as part of package) Lithium reduces suicide Please delete

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Nigeria condemns treatment of Africans trying to flee Ukraine | Ukraine | The Guardian

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There is no conflict between the psychological approach and the medical model. There is conflict between some professionals but that is about guild warfare rather than necessary conflict of approaches

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My article on the positive model of suffering and psychiatry got into Top 10 most read articles in Psychiatric Bulletin Thank you everyone

Most read | BJPsych Bulletin | Cambridge Core

Most read BJPsych Bulletin - Professor Andrew Forrester

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