Happy New Year, first of all. The other day I happened upon a 2008 paper by Large, Nielssen, Ryan, and Hayes, entitled “The danger of dangerousness: why we must remove the dangerousness criterion from our mental health acts.” (J Med Ethics 2008;34:877-881). I won’t link to it, as it’s not freely available. However, I will...
This is just bloody terrible, and makes me want to get into the self-publishing business … Via Ben Goldacre I’ve read this morning about the copyright owners of the Folstein Mini Mental State Examination, and their efforts to extract money for its use (which in...
I now have a better appreciation for why my little son was so distressed when he got bitten by a mahoosive ant (about an inch long). I was gardening this morning, and picked up a handful of grass and clover I had pulled out. At...
Merry Christmas (almost). Time for carols, perhaps… He watches when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows if you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness’ sake STOP!! In what universe...
Also: testing out Blogsy on my iPad. I figured a selection of photos I’ve been happy with recently would make a good subject. I’ve wanted for...
Time for a bit of a bleating whinge-thing. In the mail today arrived an envelope addressed to my wife. We know not how the sender got the...
