bureaucracy – A New Vision for Mental Health

General psychiatry, still in no-man’s land after all these years

Author: Editorial 8th December 2023 0 Comments

This arti c le by Dr. Martin Deahl (psychiatrist) has been published in the British Journal of Psychiatry. It begins: “In 1997 Trevor Turner and I published an editorial in this journal that we titled ‘General psychiatry in no-man’s land’, outlining the trials…
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a coherent system

British Journal of Psychiatry, bureaucracy, continuity of care, electronic patient records, Functionalisation, Martin Deahl, National Health Service, NHS, psychiatry

At the Forefront of Medicine: My Summer Involuntary Hospitalization

Author: Editorial 6th January 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “A neuroscience student reflects on the psychiatric system’s failure to care for its patients”, this article by Cassidy Wilson, written within an American context, has been published by The Chicago Maroon. It begins: “Our culture conditions us to keep quiet…
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collaborative practice

bureaucracy, Cassidy Wilson, Clients & Patients, psychiatry, The Chicago Maroon, USA

Mental Health Clinical Notes: The Curse of the Paper-Self

Author: Editorial 25th August 2021 0 Comments

This post is from WrenAves’ Psychiatry Is Driving Me Mad blog. It begins: “Anyone working in or accessing mental health services will be aware of the immense amount of notes one single person can collect during their time as an NHS mental health patient. Sometimes it…
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collaborative practice

bureaucracy, Clients & Patients, confirmation bias, Psychiatry Is Driving Me Mad

The Creative Bureaucracy & Its Radical Common Sense

Author: Editorial 7th August 2020 0 Comments

This short book is co-authored by Charles Landry and Margie Caust. It addresses a subject – namely bureaucracy and the civil servants that work in its various departments – that affects all of us, has great relevance to societal wellbeing and…
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a wellbeing society

books, bureaucracy, Charles Landry, Margie Caust, urban planning, wellbeing