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Self-planted wild strawberries in the back garden. Actually, everything there has self-planted.

We have Admission Prevention teams here, among others. Admitting patients has been a constant nightmare🙄

BBC Radio 'All in the Mind'. A doctor tells her account of receiving ECT. It helped her recover from a very severe depression and return to work. Our nursing colleagues received high praise. Account starts at 5'10'' bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Tomorrow’s More or Less is looking at prevention of Alzheimer’s disease (among other things). What percentage of cases can we actually prevent or delay? bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Improvements in medical care have caused this fundamental change. Let's not go back.

I asked AI which are the most effective treatments in medicine. The answer was quite reassuring: "In the realm of medicine, several treatments have proven exceptionally effective. These include therapies like penicillin for bacterial infections, insulin for diabetes, vaccines

I expect she will be treated reasonably well and released unharmed because of her public profile. Imagine if she wasn’t famous and was trying to take food or medical aid to Gaza in this way.

For anybody who doubts the advantages of modern medicine.

Our book on ECT is out. People who had ECT or their relatives came together to share their journeys through severe depression and ECT. I was amazed by their stories. Dr Annie Hickox, Clinical Psychologist/Neuropsych Robert Howard Christopher John Lee Joshua Ryan Smith, MD Dr. Jonathan N. Stea Jacques Tania Gergel

New paper on EEG in catatonia from the indefatigable James Luccarelli: psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.11…. ✅144 patients with catatonia and EEG (by far the largest n) ✅Catatonia not associated with abnormal EEG ✅Delirium (often comorbid in this sample) was associated with abnormal EEG

We have lost a titan. His legacy will live on. Dr. Fink, thank you for your years of championing for care of patients experiencing catatonia. Your impact on the lives of incredibly ill patients cannot be overstated.

My article in the ⁦Daily Mail on⁩ the Lucy Letby case today. Took a lot of soul searching for me to get to this point

This has nothing to do with the NHS’s unpreparedness. If the drugs did something meaningful, we’d have all moved heaven and earth to deliver them to our patients. The reality is that they just don’t do enough to justify risks, cost and what we’d have to give up to fund them.

The drumbeat of war sounds in the US and the UK ANOTHER illegal war NOTHING has been learned from the disastrous illegal wars in Afghanistan, Iraq or Libya

Our new paper: Analysis of the whole population of Wales showed that ECT doesn't increase risk for dementia and might reduce mortality in the long term. doi.org/10.1111/acps.7… Joshua Ryan Smith, MD Robert Howard

The bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities by the US marks a perilous turn in a region that cannot endure another cycle of destruction. As I just told the Security Council, we must act immediately & decisively to halt the fighting & return to serious, sustained negotiations on

I am so pleased to see Norman Sartorius give a plenary lecture, more than 30 years after I last saw him speak.

It was unbelievable to see him. Sharp and witty. But still has to beat Max Fink who reached 102 years. Perhaps working all the time is the answer?

We're starting now in room 3 with George Kirov introducing the book and contributors who he says have been very brave to come forward with their experiences in spite of stigma #RCPsychIC