bthorpe@medconsulting.co.uk

United Kingdom

©2017 by PILLow talk. Proudly created with Wix.com

PILLOW TALK

Meds and Lives

 

Generic antidepressants; why 'same but not the same' might not be good enough.

November 11, 2019

|

Beverley Thorpe

Are ‘same but not the same’ generic antidepressants adding to the complex issues of antidepressant harm and dependence? An emerging danger to the health of patients, why might those taking generic antidepressants be particularly at risk?

Lack of innovation meaning fewer...

Read More

Psychiatrist claims 'Antidepressants definitely reduce suicide risk'. Where's the evidence?

October 28, 2019

Dr. E Lockhart, Dr. A Blower                                                   

Royal College of Psychiatrists                                                

12 Queen Street (1st Floor),

Edinburgh,

EH2 1JE.

October 28, 2019

Dear Doctors Lockhart and Blower,

On 27.10.2019 The...

Read More

Are the Scottish Government raising the risk of Suicide?

April 18, 2019

|

Beverley Thorpe

“The Scottish Government’s vision, which is shared by our partners in mental health and suicide prevention, is of a Scotland where suicide is preventable; where help and support is available to anyone contemplating suicide and to those who have lost a loved one to suic...

Read More

Beverley Thorpe asks who is taking responsibility for the future of Professional Golf in Scotland and is it time for significant change?

February 15, 2019

“I think both the PGA in Scotland and Tartan Tour can become even stronger brands than they are just now as they have loads of potential,”

Shona Malcolm, Secretary of the PGA in Scotland, speaking to Martin Dempster in the Scotsman in September 2015.

Three years later, h...

Read More

Could prescribing psychoactive psychotropic medication to Under 18s be deemed child abuse?

August 9, 2018

|

Beverley Thorpe

This article will no doubt be viewed as controversial.  I write, as always, not to make statements but to make people think about issues we need to question.

The recent media attention given to children and antidepressants has caused me to revisit a question I have been...

Read More

Why ‘Parity’ needs more clarity when it comes to help, support and recognition for those harmed by and dependent on drugs used in Mental Health.

May 18, 2018

|

Beverley Thorpe

At a time when one of the greatest issues facing medicine is that of dependence on and withdrawal from prescribed drugs, in particular benzodiazepines, antidepressants and opioids, just when and how are we to establish and fund the proposed and much needed specialist s...

Read More

Is it time for the Scottish Government to be ‘Realistic’ about antidepressants?

May 9, 2018

|

Beverley Thorpe

  

Beverley Thorpe questions whether Scotland is implementing an evidence-based approach to the prescribing of antidepressants.

At a time when the dominant medical model of mental health means prescription rates of antidepressants in Scotland are soaring, should we...

Read More

In its move towards “more transparency” and the promotion of “fair competition”, when will the PGA address golf’s unmentionable “little helpers”?

March 26, 2018

|

Beverley Thorpe

The PGA Tour developed its Anti-Doping Program “to protect the integrity that is inherent in the sport of golf and to ensure the health and safety of all players. The use of doping substances is contrary to the spirit of fair competition that has always been a part of...

Read More

Paradoxically speaking……. more drugs, more suicide.

February 23, 2018

“A paradoxical reaction or paradoxical effect is an effect of medical treatment, usually a drug, opposite to the effect which would normally be expected. An example of a paradoxical reaction is suicidal ideation caused by antidepressants.”

...

Read More

Are we creating a Mental Health Monster?

February 6, 2018

On 1st February, “Time to Talk Day”, Maureen Watt, Minister for Mental Health in Scotland, took to Twitter and encouraged us “to take the time to talk more openly about how we feel”.  Never one to normally need encouragement to air my views, I found this invitation too...

Read More
1
2
Next >
Please reload

Recent Posts

Generic antidepressants; why 'same but not the...

November 11, 2019

Psychiatrist claims 'Antidepressants definitel...

October 28, 2019

Are the Scottish Government raising the risk of Su...

April 18, 2019

Please reload

Archive

November 2019

October 2019

April 2019

February 2019

August 2018

May 2018

March 2018

February 2018

January 2018

June 2017

Please reload

Tags

I'm busy working on my blog posts. Watch this space!

Please reload

 
 

GIVE A SHOUT

United Kingdom

bthorpe@medconsulting.co.uk

Thanks for submitting!

 

PILLOW TALK

Meds and Life

  • Home

  • Blog

  • Subscribe

  • Contact

  • More

    bthorpe@medconsulting.co.uk