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...
Just this morning, while driving with my medical student between home visits, I was holding forth about the excellent public transport here in Sydney. While most Sydneysiders think it terrible, I would invite them to spend some time in Auckland before condemning Sydney’s public transport. Anyhoo … irony struck this afternoon, when it appears...
Something a little different for music Monday today: an exhortation to get thee to iTunes and buy White Wine in the Sun, by Tim Minchin. Tim Minchin is donating the proceeds from sales of this song to a secular charity (while he hasn’t specified which charity, he is awesome and thoughtful, and I feel...
Any regular readers – and possibly even casual readers – will have a fair idea of my opinions on the state of psychiatry. If not, a smattering can be found here, a blithering here, and a ranting here. Because our specialty lacks clear and objective markers or mechanisms of disease, we should have been extra...
Yesterday Monicks posted a post to her blog at Monicks.net This post was about the diagnosis of oppositional defiant disorder (ODD), and followed on from another blog post positing that this diagnostic category was potentially dangerous, as it could include free thinkers. The author of that post tried to draw a comparison...
