Category: Blogging

Yes or No on tPSA

August 10, 2016 /

In the last few days, I’ve received more than a dozen emails and read a score of tweets – and that’s just from the two organized campaigns. As Ontario doctors get ready to weigh in on the Ontario government offer, there are many opinions being offered up.

I’ll disclose that I’m a member of the OMA’s Section on Psychiatry Executive.

How to cast your ballot on the three questions?

I’d like to focus on two letters that are relevant to Ontario psychiatrists. The goal here isn’t to lobby you but to help inform you.

The next two posts are worth reading and considering.

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Paper with an N of 14 Lands NYT Story

August 9, 2016 /

There is more to this story than a paper with a tiny sample of people — yes, just 14 — landing in The New York Times.

Benedict Carey is an excellent reporter and he looks at the Hearing Voices Network, which attempts to help people with psychosis without labels like patients. And without medications.

Benedict Carey

Here’s the link for “An Alternative Form of Mental Health Care Gains a Foothold”:

http://nyti.ms/2avgwX6

And, yes, the article closes by mentioning a Psychiatric Services paper with an n of 14.

Quick question: if we were talking about a group promoting, say, breast cancer treatment without chemo or radiation, would they have gotten so much attention?

A Podcast Worth Listening To

August 8, 2016 /

I’m a big fan of the National Elf Service — a nice collection of bloggers writing about the literature.

Recently, they have started doing Podcasts, and the project doesn’t disappoint.

There are several good Podcasts in the series, but I particularly like the interview with Oxford’s Willem Kuryken on mindfulness.

Kuryken, as you will recall, has been the first author of a couple of excellent new papers that I have been highlighted in the Reading of the Week. Here, he talks thoughtfully about the topic he knows best. There are good insights on depression and relapse prevention — and more.

https://soundcloud.com/national-elf-service/mindfulness-with-willem-kuyken

Willem Kurken