I get it. I do. Publishers from the paper world haven’t yet figured out how to work the Internet. But they have to start learning. Fast. Because I’m not inclined to download illicit copies of comics and books, I miss out. I’m rather sure that there are plenty of people who would rather get...
I’m reading The Name of the Rose at the moment. (Well, not right at this particular moment I’m not, but you take my meaning.) I read it for the first time when I was much younger: probably in my early to mid teens. Then I just saw it as a really cool mediaeval murder...
A Swing … and a Miss I’m disappointed. I’m not surprised, but I’m disappointed. I’m disappointed that in a “mental health package” of 2.2 billion over five years, there is almost nothing aimed at those most in need. In fact I’ll go further: there is absolutely nothing aimed at those most in need, and I’m...
It’s past time for another Midweek Medicine (sorry ’bout that). I was intending to blog in detail about the recent study from South Korea telling us that the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders is 2.64 – or 1 in 38 people. *coughbullshitcough* I’m kind of sick of it though, after reading and calculating and re-reading...
As you might see from the widget on the side of the page (unless you’re viewing this on an iDevice) I upload a daily photo to Blipfoto. Today’s shot was of a wall I noticed while en route to a home visit. I quite liked a couple of other shots I took, so I...
Perhaps unsurprisingly, something has annoyed me today. Today’s something has to do with diagnostic rigour, and the impact that has on the appropriateness of the treatments offered to patients. We often see people referred following some stress or conflict or other. Sometimes there is psychiatric illness behind it; often there is not. Sometimes...
