Author Archives: nbsl

Defining mental illness

Posted on 21 September, 2011 by nbsl

In the ‘Overview‘ section of this site the handout (linked to the TSM introductory lecture for the ‘Tired all the time’ case) discusses the difficulty of making psychiatric diagnoses. The lecture and handout refer to ICD-10 and DSM-IV but both … Continue reading →

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Consequences of trauma

Posted on 14 September, 2011 by nbsl

Sometimes you’ll come across something worth posting serendipitously and not from a source that you would normally associate with medical resources. Today was one of those days. My usual RSS feed from Singletrack magazine contained their “Midweek Mini Movies” feature. … Continue reading →

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Friday video

Posted on 9 September, 2011 by nbsl

Only one or two new videos this Friday as I’m busy updating the site with new videos and content. This first is from Vimeo and is  a letter written and narrated by a mother longing for her child. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Eating disorder video posted

Posted on 7 September, 2011 by nbsl

Whilst the video content isn’t new, having previously been available as a RealMedia file on the old teaching website this has been re-edited, reformatted and some content added before being posted on Vimeo. It sets out the story of ‘Beccy’ … Continue reading →

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Materials of interest

Posted on 2 September, 2011 by nbsl

Friday is the day I usually try and trawl the interweb to try and find resources of interest for teaching or just for interest. The first item is a short animated film about panic that manages to convey the impact … Continue reading →

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Reforming education: “ADHD is a fictitious epidemic”

Posted on 4 May, 2011 by nbsl

A smartly animated talk by Ken Robinson primarily discussing the need, in his view, to reform education but with a nicely articulated sideswipe at the claim some people make that there is an epidemic of ADHD. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U

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NHS reforms

Posted on 27 April, 2011 by nbsl

The Guardian has been hosting a series of ‘live’ blogs on the NHS reforms and yesterday was the turn of mental health. Participants included Dinesh Bhugra (President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists), Tim Kendall (Joint Director of the National … Continue reading →

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New video by SSC student

Posted on 1 April, 2011 by nbsl

Each year I offer medical students the opportunity to make a teaching video to illustrate something that they feel would aid the teaching of psychiatry to medical student as part of a Student Selected Component (SSC). This year Matthew Higgins … Continue reading →

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The impact of mental illness

Posted on 18 February, 2011 by nbsl

We tend to forget about families. In times of crisis it’s necessarily the patient who comes first. We are probably good about thinking of the carers, this quite correctly has been a focus for services for some time, but what … Continue reading →

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PTSD in rescuers

Posted on 16 February, 2011 by nbsl

We all know of the consequences of experiencing major trauma first hand. PTSD has even become an ‘acceptable’ mental illness albeit with concerns about its subversion and overuse due to litigation. An article in Outside magazine describes the experience of … Continue reading →

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