https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOQ7YsxkVUQ Prima Facie - on the face of it - it is clear who the legally guilty party is - until (perhaps) it is proven otherwise. Prima Facie is a play by Suzie Miller. She tells the story behind it and the changes to the law around sexual assault it has brought about, along with her Australian and legal background in this Women's … [Read more...] about Guilty Until Proven Innocent – Prima Facie
Antidepressants
Are HealthCare and Science Compatible?
MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL SCIENCE This talk was given at the request of Professor Ilana Crome to healthcare staff and students linked to the UK's Midland's Partnership University on January 12, 2026. Slide 1: In the US, the term medical model translates to a pharmaceutical, model - a giving meds model. The term medical model began in Paris in 1800 and linked medical disorders, … [Read more...] about Are HealthCare and Science Compatible?
Are Diabetes and Depression Linked?
This book is also available in English as The Logic of Care but the cover is not as good. By Annemarie Mol, it is an extraordinary book on the meaning of care - making sure, for instance, people with diabetes know to prick the side of their finger, not the pulp which is rich in the touch receptors we may need if diabetes causes eyesight problems - or perhaps just even in the … [Read more...] about Are Diabetes and Depression Linked?
Treating Narcissistic Doctor Disorder
Many of Freud's ideas linger with us to this day. A few are disastrously misapplied in some situations but still capable of offering insights in other situations. One of these Janus-Faced ideas was about transference reactions. One day a woman in therapy threw her arms around Sigmund. Rather than reach for the obvious explanation, discombobulated he figured she was … [Read more...] about Treating Narcissistic Doctor Disorder
Interoception needs Intrepid Interoceptors
This post complements I've Come to Praise SSRIs not to Bury Them as well as Interoception or Neuroplasticity. Ghosts In 1832 the discovery of spinal reflexes initiated a journey that led to a realization that incoming sensations could trigger motor reflexes that could account for ever greater amounts of our behaviour. This was the start of a journey to a nervous systems that … [Read more...] about Interoception needs Intrepid Interoceptors
Visual, Balance and Erotic Sensory Shocks
https://youtube.com/shorts/VPH7U2IdqaY This video reflects a view many doctors have about Visual Snow and in particular a possible link to treatment. Last week's Can Antidepressants Cause Visual Snow Syndrome post hinted at what lies beneath the medical surface. The video came our way when Hannaa, one of the papers authors, mentioned VSS to one of her colleagues and was … [Read more...] about Visual, Balance and Erotic Sensory Shocks
Can Antidepressants Cause Visual Snow Syndrome?
New article We are pleased to announce the publication of a new peer-reviewed article based on data from RxISK: "Serotonin reuptake inhibiting antidepressants: A trigger for visual snow syndrome?" It can be freely viewed and downloaded. We would be grateful if you could share it as widely as possible. To our knowledge, it is the biggest series of visual snow cases linked … [Read more...] about Can Antidepressants Cause Visual Snow Syndrome?
Authenticity Inc: Telehealth and Influencers
This post is from Johanna Ryan. A post on DH - Artificial I - semi links in. Social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram, we are often told, are a portal into the Zeitgeist of today’s young adults. If you want to understand Generation Z (ages 15-30), or their Millennial elder siblings, just dip into these platforms and listen to the youth express their real feelings … [Read more...] about Authenticity Inc: Telehealth and Influencers
A Circular Firing Squad
Brooke Siem Brooke lives in Reno and featured in a prior Reno meeting organized by David Antonuccio which had Bob Whitaker as the speaker. She had previously met up with Bob and has since done podcasts for Mad in America. When she learnt Kim, Angie, David H and of course David Antonuccio would be in town for a follow up Reno Meeting, she sat a bunch of skeptic around a … [Read more...] about A Circular Firing Squad
Good Care in Healthcare
Invited by the Nevada Psychological Association I gave a lecture in Reno on October 4 - see Health, Care and Science. The lecture centered on the death of Woody Witczak on a Zoloft Big Dipper ride and what can be done to save us from a fate like his. Two days later the Southern California Psychiatry Society and an AstroTurf group no-one had heard of before, the Committee … [Read more...] about Good Care in Healthcare