Confessions of a reviewer
I tend to accept requests to review papers. I think of them as my ‘civic’ duty and I also think that however flawed it is, peer review is the best system of assessing what we write, be it books, articles or grant applications. As I don’t refuse, I tend to be asked a lot and, in the process, I write quite a lot reviews. And I want to share my pain.
Narrative is evidence
In his plenary at a recent conference on narratives of health and illness, Jonathon Tomlinson said that narrative is evidence. He said it a number of times. As much as I agree with him (if I may), in this blog I want to consider what it might mean for a person who deals with people’s stories. Continue reading “Narrative is evidence”
Clinical significance of clothing
My previous post raised a bit of a discussion. On the one hand, I had a couple of reactions from clinicians who were telling me that patients’ attire can give significant clinical information, on the other hand, one of the tweets reposting the blog gave rise to a discussion about pathologisation of clothing and other aspects of visual appearance. And so, I think it’s worth taking stock. Continue reading “Clinical significance of clothing”
Psychology of clothing
One of the elements of psychological and psychiatric assessment which has always puzzled me is clothing. Time and again, I read references to patients (more often than not women) being ‘well-dressed’ and aspects of the clothing. Apparently, it tells us something about the person’s mental state. And this is what I want to write about in this post, inspired to write it by a new blog in which its author tells us about about assessments and notes made about her. Continue reading “Psychology of clothing”