Duncan Double @DBDouble
Retired consultant psychiatrist. Founding member of Critical Psychiatry Network. dbdouble.blogspot.com East, England Joined January 2009-
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@emilyltownsend @DOckendenLtd @HSJnews The government and NHS need to support a credible and effective quality improvement system that meets the needs of patients and health professionals.
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@emilyltownsend @DOckendenLtd @HSJnews I’m not saying that relationships with mothers is always perfect. I also agree that defence of the organisation can override proper clinical care. But I’m not convinced that clinical governance is being implemented in a facilitative and non-oppressive way pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC18…
@emilyltownsend @DOckendenLtd @HSJnews Do you know why so many staff refused to participate in Ockenden process?
@emilyltownsend @DOckendenLtd @HSJnews When people are seriously physically ill there may be more tolerance about poor outcomes.
@emilyltownsend @DOckendenLtd @HSJnews This situation is not that different from the way mental health services are blamed for poor outcomes. Obstetric and mental health services have always been the medical specialities in which poor outcome tends to be blamed on services.
@ProfLAppleby Yes, but why did it happen? Is the argument that Nottingham is unique?
Most mental illness is not due to brain abnormality. This is not what most people hear from psychiatry and has consequences for their understanding and treatment of their mental health problems criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2026/06/psychi…
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Thinking differently about mental health: Obtaining the truth about psychiatric medication criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2026/06/obtain…
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Thinking differently about mental health: Psychiatry must be clear that most mental illness is not due to brain abnormality criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2026/06/psychi…
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