Sunday, 30 June 2024
What’s in the major parties’ Manifestos for mental health?
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So here we are with another General Election. And not before time. Since the Conservatives, who had been promising a revised Mental Health...
Thursday, 30 May 2024
An interview with an attempted murderer
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Back in the 1980’s and 90’s, under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), social workers were often called upon by the police t...
Wednesday, 15 May 2024
An Interview with a Murderer
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Back in the 1980’s and 90’s, under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE), social workers were often called upon by the police t...
Monday, 29 April 2024
I asked AI to write a comedy stand up routine for the Masked AMHP – and this is what I got
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I’ve been reading a lot recently about how artificial intelligence is going to change the world, for better or worse. But could it make th...
Monday, 22 April 2024
Hallucinations & the Mental Health Act
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I’ve recently read Oliver Sacks’ excellent book Hallucinations. It contains a wide range of accounts of different medical conditions that ...
Monday, 8 April 2024
Is Diogenes Syndrome a Mental Disorder? A case study
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Harry is a man in his late 80’s. He is divorced and lives alone in his own home. He has a number of physical health problems associated wi...
Monday, 1 April 2024
The weirdest mental health law you’ve never heard of
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(Here's the text, but it's worth watching the video for pictures of puffins) The Mental Health Act has been evolving over many dec...
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