Stop reinventing the wheel
About 10 years ago, when I started my interest in things psychiatric and psychological, I participated in a seminar in psychiatry for final (sixth) year students of medicine in Poland. What I heard frightened me. This feeling came back a few days ago. Continue reading “Stop reinventing the wheel”
Communication goals
A few days ago, Lancet Psychiatry published my essay: Language and psychiatry. The article seems to be quite popular. At the time of writing this, it was tweeted 426 times, which takes my breath away, to be honest. One of the points I make in the article is that clinical communication should be seen in terms of communication goals. In this post I want to elaborate on this. Continue reading “Communication goals”
Language of depression?
“People with depression use language differently – here’s how to spot it” informed us an article from The Conversation. I don’t believe this for one second (like: that’s nonsense), so I decided to investigate. Here are the results of my investigations. Continue reading “Language of depression?”
The wounded academic
Ever since I disclosed my CFS, a number of people have been in touch. Some of them shared their experiences of being, shall I say, a ‘wounded academic’. What it means to be chronically unwell in Academia. This post is an account of those interactions. Continue reading “The wounded academic”