The unprejudiced observer
The Objective Unprejudiced Observer “But surely you need to be objective?” Miriam O’Callaghan asked Colin Davidson, the Belfast portrait painter, during an […]
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Hahnemann’s charitableness towards suicides
Hahnemann’s Sensitivity to Suicides At a talk on suicide sponsored by a charity, the speaker, a consultant psychiatrist, stated that […]
Revising the revisionist histories of medicine
Revisionist and Biased Medical Histories There are histories and there are histories. Some give a fuller and truer picture than others. […]
Psychiatry and homeopathy
Hahnemann as Psychiatrist “I always tell GPs: ‘Adults don’t suddenly become depressed. The depression is possibly linked to a malignancy.’” […]
Case-taking: acute, chronic and epidemic
Taking a Medical Case History Case histories are simple or complex and vary from individual to individual – regardless of […]
Carbon Remedies Conference
Irish Society of Veterinary Homeopaths Conferences These well-organised conferences have been an annual event for five years now, organised by […]
Mind-brain split splits psychiatry
During a frontal lobotomy operation, the surgeon asked the patient, “Do you know where I am now?” to which […]
Psychiatry is not a science – in practice and theory
Psychiatry is not a Science – a Recent Practical Example The trial took place in the Central Criminal Court in Dublin last week of […]
Does IVF induce a certain state of being?
A link between IVF and autism and psychiatric problems is presented in today’s Daily Telegraph I often think that being conceived in a […]
Diagnosis of ADHD unscientific – BMJ, DSM-5, ICD-10
Diagnosing Not Always a Hard Science How scientific can a diagnosis ever be? Even with simple and easily understood conditions […]
What causes disease? What is a cause?
What Causes the Cause? To attempt to answer the question: What causes disease, cancer, tonsillitis, etc.? Let me begin with my […]
How to treat mental illness. Reviews of DSM-5
Rewriting DSM – Rewriting Medicine This powerful essay Mind Field by Talitha Stevenson in the Financial Times should raise concern about […]
Predicting and diagnosing suicide not scientific
Predicting and Diagnosing Suicide Lacks Experts The “expert” group on the Heads of Protection of Life During Pregnancy/Abortion Bill 2013 are today (May […]
Suicidality and a child psychiatrist’s own pathology
Suicidality and Homeopathy During the discussions and debates on Ireland’s Heads of Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, 2013, campaigners wished […]
David Robert Grimes’s ignorant “Opinion” in Irish Times
“An empty vessel makes most noise, so they that have the least wit are the greatest babblers.” Plato Sceptics and […]
Royal London Homeopathic Hospital
Why the campaign to close the RLHH? Established in 1844 it has seen more success than statins or many other […]