It is a human right to try and sometimes to fail thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

I could not agree more. And as I mor efter disagree than agree with other people, there should be plenty of possibilities for fruitfull collaborations out there! nytimes.com/2024/04/01/opi…

Epistemic injustice is inceedibly important to adress, if we are serious about the integration of lived experience: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Most problems in academia could be fixed if we started a fight club.

The causal effect of engaging in life is inherently valuable, and needs no further testing thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

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Philosophy is crucial underpinning to psychiatric practice. 2 points I think most important: 1)Disorders are useful but fallible constructs/not diseases 2)DSM decisions should be utilitarian- greatest good to greatest #/least harm from unintended consequences Excellent article:

Yes yes yes!

⚠️Updated warnings about persistent sexual dysfunction for antidepressants⚠️ The PI documents for all SSRIs and SNRIs have been aligned to reflect the risk of sexual dysfunction persisting in some patients after drug cessation. Read more: tga.gov.au/news/safety-up…

The reading of Awais Aftab s authorship through the last years have brought me a long way in my conceptual understanding of psychiatry.

Enyoing a most engaged audience at ENMESH mental health in Versailles, arguing for the need for transformation of mental health care through epistemic humility

3 Umpires: 1)"There are balls & strikes & I call them as they are" (Realist) 2)"There are balls & strikes & I call them as I see them" (Constructivist) 3)No balls & no strikes til I call them" (Solopsist) Fun paper: DSM-III hoped to be 1, but psych "reality" is way too complex.

Labeling individuals with psychiatric diagnoses can yield unintended consequences, stemming from the personal and societal connotations associated with these labels. Transparency about the hypothetical nature of diagnoses is important: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39052407/

Personal narratives are sometimes met with polite smiles and silent applaus. Is deference a way to neglect lived experience as a valid source of knowledge? Out today in Psychiatric Service with John Lysaker and David Roe psychiatryonline.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

Practicing Psychiatry in the Third Space Guest Post by Helene Speyer [June 2024] “For many years, I kept my own history as a patient a closely held secret, fearing that my colleagues would question my work as a psychiatrist if they knew…” psychiatrymargins.com/p/practicing-p…

Awais Aftab You basically stated up a reason why people should be skeptical of "The Science"... Formal education does not enhance a person's self-awareness of their biases. Maybe buddhist monk's should be part of peer review process and question the researchers insight levels..

In science, we often celebrate consensus papers With this dissensus paper, we hope to inspire a love for disagreements—not to suppress them, but to harness their power for progress! thelancet.com/journals/lanps…

“The best clinicians I know are the ones who figure out how to use their own lived experiences to connect with the people they work with. The ones who understand that we aren’t just applying techniques—we’re engaging in relationships.” 👇🏽

If recovery is to have any influence, we need to skærpende and deeepen the conceptual clarity. We gave it a go in Lancet here: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…

Could shared deliberation replace shared decision making in cases where agreement cannot be reached?