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New video uploaded
A new teaching video has been uploaded to the various video sites we use and posted on this site on the schizophrenia page. The video illustrates several forms of catatonia including waxy flexibility, forced grasping, opposition, negativism and aversion.
Posted in psychopathology, schizophrenia, video
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US prescribing practice
There’s an interesting post reported on BoingBoing today about prescribing in the US. Of particular interest os to view this in conjunction with the evidence to support prescribing and to think about how drug companies market and target doctors. I’m … Continue reading
Posted in disorders, psychopharmacology
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Manufacturing depression
In an article published in The Observer on Sunday Gary Greenberg is interviewed following publication of his new book “Manufacturing Depression”. In his book Greenberg discusses his history of depressive symptomatology and calls into question the wholesale prescription of anti-depressants … Continue reading
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Schizophrenia among British African Caribbean groups
The Guardian today contains two [1; 2] articles which describe responses to an research examining the prevalence of schizophrenia in black and minority ethnic people in the UK. The response is because the original piece of research has had a … Continue reading
Posted in culture, disorders, schizophrenia
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