Use verbs, doctor!
A few days ago, I came across an article called ‘Language in psychiatry’ by Joseph M. Pierre and Allen Frances. I’d like to offer a linguistic perspective.
On ‘medical language’
When I was a boy I had to wear glasses, sometimes thick ones. I remember being an odd one out, there were very few other children with glasses at the time. But I was different from them too. I often had to wear a patch on one of the lenses. When it happened, I just wanted to disappear.
Sex, sandpit and context in psychology
Many years ago, when I was beginning my research into men’s experiences of depression, I met a psychologist who worked in an adult ward. They were very keen to tell me about the assessment ‘methods’ they were using and of which they were clearly very proud. Today, I want to write about ‘the method’. Continue reading “Sex, sandpit and context in psychology”
Clinical genericness
Here is the link to to a recent BMJ opinion. I’m not entirely sure how to describe it in a word or two. So I decided to write about 800 words.