That which we call a patient….

…. by any other name would smell as rank
There’s a bit of a discussion going on in the blogosphere – or, at least, the bits of it that I tend to hang around in – about the right word(s) to use to describe mental patients.  Now, I’ve pretty much let the cat out of the [...]

Of all the stupid things…..

I’ve done some pretty stupid things before now.
There was the time I wanted to know if a hotplate on the stove was on.  What might you do if you wanted to know that?  Look at the dial?  Hold your hand above the plate to see if it felt warm?  Well, not me, I decided to [...]

Words

Yesterday I went to the supermarket.

More on meds & psychiatry

Well, time for another unusual type of post.  Several people left some really interesting comments on my last entry that got me thinking, and I wanted to respond to them.  I started off writing a reply in the comments, but it became obvious that it was going to be too long for that.  So, instead, [...]

Baby, did you forget to take your meds?

Probably a slightly misleading title, but this post is about medications, and my feelings about a particular psychiatrist.  And, anyway, it’s not every day you get to pay tribute to Placebo, and the title track of their slightly disappointing 5th album.  Ah well, I still love them.  And not just because I have a crush [...]

A lousy night

No, I don’t mean that I have bed bugs – even my personal hygiene and domestic skills haven’t got that bad.  Oh, and sorry for the break in blogging, the reason for it should hopefully become apparent during the course of this post.
This is going to be a different sort of post to normal.  I [...]

Nutters on the telly

I don’t know, you wait ages for a tv drama featuring mental health content, and then two come along together…..
First up is an episode of Doctors (a BBC1 daytime soap, for those of you with a life and/or job) called ‘Tuning Out‘ that went out on Monday afternoon.  The episode’s available to watch for the [...]