#Psychiatric

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ZaneEmma

Something curious is happening in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Last fall, an article claiming that sex reassignment improves mental health was published. It took about a year, but this

J.K. Rowling

jk_rowling

‘NHS identity clinics have been functioning as if acting outside the ordinary requirement of good medical and psychiatric practice.’Some may dismiss this paper by experienced psychoanalyst @marcusevanspsych, but they do

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raniawrites

Remember on #OrangeShirtDay that even though the last residential school closed in the 90s, under colonialism and white supremacy, violence never disappears it only reinvents itself. The violence of residential

Fredrik Knudsen

FredInTheKnud

This story gets stranger when you learn that Copper Stallion Media announced the suicide of Allison in 2018, long before these events, but ANOTHER post from the same media company

Archana Sharma

archie229

1. Good to see something about Mental Health on my time line. I specially want to express my gratitude to all the Mental Health Profesionals who are silently contributing to

Laura Elliott

TinyWriterLaura

i was woken up by another vertigo attack this morning, so as i often do when this happens, i’m in bed reading studies on diagnosing dizziness/vertigo until i can stand

Mary Lou Shell

MaryLouShell2

It Would be best for Trump’s Mental Health if he ResignedA thread https://christianlife2016.wordpress.com/2020/10/31/it-would-be-best-for-trumps-mental-health-if-he-resigned/ I have been a registered republican all my life. That is not

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RORVK

#AutismAcceptanceMonth #AutismAcceptance As a person with both autism and cPTSD, I think it's worth discussing that typically 70% of people on the spectrum have a comorbid psychiatric disorder,

Emma Kennedy

EmmaKEdDev

So. It's another #MentalHealth day. At least maybe this means people are reading the hashtag. So please read @hagenilda 's post on the hypocrisy with which 'it's good to

ULOMA

ulxma

A few weeks ago I had to put out emergency calls to some of my doctor friends and @Dismal_Bismal over a family friend who suffers body dysmorphia and was no

Bennett's Demilich

jcbonthedl

The American Psychiatric Association has more raw, unchecked power than any organization on earth, second only to SCOTUSThey write the Diagnostic & Statistical Manual, literally the yardstick against which human

Ann Memmott PGC🌈

AnnMemmott

https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/improving-care/better-mh-policy/college-reports/college-report-cr228.pdf?sfvrsn=c64e10e3_2 New report out from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, about autism. Quick highlights:"It is reco

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Coucou_CFC

1) Ok here's the reason i'm antipsychiatry. I had never had major MH problem before i went in psychiatry in 97.I was sent there for a routine checkup after i

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

celinegounder

1/ Why do doctors like me & @meganranney ask how high the POTUS' fever has been, if his O2 levels have been low, whether he's required supplemental oxygen? It's the

Stephen Langtry

StephenLangtry

#OTD on 6 September in 1966, Dimitri Tsafendas assassinated Hendrik Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa and the man known as the architect of Apartheid, in Parliament in Cape Town.

Emily♡

ItsEmilyKaty

A thread on the confusions of diagnosing an Autism Spectrum Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder / Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. /1 Many autistic people are at first misdiagnosed with Borderline