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Duncan Double
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Founding member of Critical Psychiatry Network. Blogs at Thinking Differently About Mental Health http://criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.com
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The power of psychiatry to shape our sense of self
Blog encouraging critical debate about psychiatry
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November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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The power of psychiatry to shape our sense of self
Blog encouraging critical debate about psychiatry
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November 25, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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No longer part of institutional psychiatry
Following my voluntary erasure from the GMC register (see previous post ) I have cancelled my membership of the Royal College of Psychiatris...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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No longer part of institutional psychiatry
Following my voluntary erasure from the GMC register (see previous post ) I have cancelled my membership of the Royal College of Psychiatris...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Are antidepressants overprescribed? Yes they still are !
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November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Towards a More ‘Humanistic’ Psychiatry? Dr Sami Timimi in conversation acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Sealing over emotional problems with medication
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November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Of course autism is mediated by the brain, but it’s not necessarily caused by it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Sealing over emotional problems with medication
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November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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Of course autism is mediated by the brain, but it’s not necessarily caused by it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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The origins of the concept of autism
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November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Keep Britain Working: Final report
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November 9, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The origins of the concept of autism
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November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Duncan Double on X: "Thinking differently about mental health: The origins of the concept of autism: https://t.co/8FmkZtW9cp https://t.co/s3DyBR8n7D" / X
Thinking differently about mental health: The origins of the concept of autism: https://t.co/8FmkZtW9cp https://t.co/s3DyBR8n7D
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November 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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Duncan Double on X: "“We are still relying on people [CQC] coming into an organisation for a snapshot of care over a 24 or 48-hour period where it feels much more like a documentation audit than a real review of quality and safety.”" / X
“We are still relying on people [CQC] coming into an organisation for a snapshot of care over a 24 or 48-hour period where it feels much more like a documentation audit than a real review of quality and safety.”
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November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Prepare for ‘very unpleasant abuse’ if you want to be a CEO, warns retiring boss
Aspiring hospital leaders should be prepared for "very unpleasant, personal abuse", especially when they take the "courageous decisions" to cut spending, according to a trust boss retiring after 15 ye...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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A Hospital Surgeon Falls Victim to Psychiatry - Mad In America www.madinamerica.com/2025/11/a-ho...
A Hospital Surgeon Falls Victim to Psychiatry
I had been a prestigious obstetrician and gynaecologist for 22 years. Then my world started to collapse, and I made an appointment with a psychiatrist.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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A Hospital Surgeon Falls Victim to Psychiatry
I had been a prestigious obstetrician and gynaecologist for 22 years. Then my world started to collapse, and I made an appointment with a psychiatrist.
www.madinamerica.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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The mind-body problem for psychiatry
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October 29, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Yes, Robert Jenrick, we have an integration problem: raci...
The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix
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October 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Exclusive: Streeting orders probe of mental illness overdiagnosis
The health and social care secretary is to launch a review of the prevalence of mental illness and neurodivergence, with a particular focus on whether some conditions are being overdiagnosed, HSJ can ...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Psychiatric barbarism
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October 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Psychiatric barbarism
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September 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Psychiatric barbarism
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September 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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County Championship: Two divisions remain after counties reject reform
The County Championship is to remain a two-division structure of 14 matches per team after a vote rejected proposed changes.
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September 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM