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Isaac Baldwin @ibaldwin.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Important work here! Psychiatrists in training know philosophical and conceptual issues affect their work but less than a third feel their training has been adequate in these areas.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

13/ link to pdf: drive.google.com/file/d/1e1eBBB… Many thanks to Richard Gipps and Matthew Broome for their input re questionnaire development.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

12/ We advocate for the inclusion of, and a greater emphasis on conceptual and philosophical issues in psychiatric training curricula.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

11/ ‘Conceptual Competence’ has been suggested as a framework for developing critical awareness of the conceptual assumptions underlying psychiatric practice. link.springer.com/article/10.100… cambridge.org/core/journals/�� link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

10/ But our findings are congruent with the limited existing evidence: journals.lww.com/jonmd/abstract… pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40413066/ link.springer.com/article/10.100��

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

9/ LIMITATIONS -small sample size 153 -trainees interested in philosophy of psychiatry may have been more likely to complete the survey, potentially introducing response bias. -statements designed to index specific perspectives were not validated by qualitative interviews.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

8/ This undermines the trope that psychiatrists adopt an unreflective, narrow neuro-reductionist 'biomedical' view of psychiatric conditions, aitiology and treatment often levied by critical psychiatry

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

7/ Trainees overall rejected philosophical statements that were designed to advocate for biological reductionism and purely naturalist definition of mental disorder.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

6/ Trainees overall endorsed philosophical statements that were designed to advocate for explanatory pluralism, nosological pragmatism/utility, the role of normativism and naturalism in the definition of mental disorder, and avoidance of diagnostic reification.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

5/ However, only 28% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed that their training so far had adequately prepared them to address conceptual and philosophical challenges in psychiatry.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

4/ The majority agreed or strongly agreed these issues have important implications for research (82%) & clinical practice (92%), that developing competence in this area was important to them (91%) and should be part of psychiatric education and training (96%)

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

3/ The majority of respondents reported slight (20.5%), somewhat (26.9%) or moderate (23.7%) prior familiarity with the subject matter, with 7.1% not familiar at all and 4.5% extremely familiar.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

2/ We surveyed psychiatry trainees in US and UK on :- -familiarity with conceptual & philosophical issues -attitudes toward its importance in psychiatric research, practice and traininng -confidence in three domains of conceptual competence -views on specific philosophical issues

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Thank you, this should really say 'strong naturalism'. In the article the nuance is captured. Accessible version here drive.google.com/file/d/1e1eB...

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Chuffed to finally punblish this with @awaisaftab.bsky.social et al Attitudes towards conceptual and philosophical issues in psychiatry and psychiatric education: A survey of US and UK trainees journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Dr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Philosophy Special Interest Group Annual Conference: Autonomy and responsibility in psychiatry and mental health care Date: Friday 7 November 2025 Location: Royal College of Psychiatrists, London E1 8BB www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default...

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PessoaBrain @pessoabrain.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

If you missed our great discussion with Anil Seth @anilseth.bsky.social on consciousness and its potential biological basis, check it out here! Very thought provoking, including nuanced discussions on AI consciousness. Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon: youtu.be/wZE4_Oa3YA0

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Anil Seth discusses consciousness and its potential biological basis

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Just went to see 'A want in her' - a simultaneously harrowing, poignant and hopeful documentary about addiction and mental illness from the perspective of daughter (and director) Myrid Carten. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ youtu.be/YybSZmwWaz4?...

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Isaac Baldwin @ibaldwin.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The series has been excellent. The concepts have been a helpful supplement to my training and should really be core to all psychiatry education.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Thanks Isaac really appreciate the feedback :) we currently have a paper being reviewed arguing the same!

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I am constantly overwhelmed by the generosity of clinicians, academics and those with lived experience who have given up their precious time to speak for the SPG over the last 4 years 🙏🏻 Very excited to have Prof Luiz Pessoa (Entangled Brain) joining us on 20th Nov :) youtube.com/@speculative...

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Kevin Mitchell @wiringthebrain.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

This should be fun! 😀

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Correction: forthcoming book chapter *co-authored* with Zsuzsanna Chappell (Apologies!) share.google/P0kC7AKHlw3C...

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Correction: forthcoming book chapter *co-authored* with Zsuzsanna Chappell (Apologies!) share.google/P0kC7AKHlw3C...

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Huge thanks to @jeppsson.bsky.social for a wonderful talk for WoS Speculative Psychiatry Group. Jeppsson discusses her forthcoming book chapter 'Philosophy of Madness' as well as her debut techno-fantasy novel “Kugghjulssjälar” (Cogwheel Souls). Watch/subscribe 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Z3X...

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Prof Sofia Jeppsson - Philosophy of Madness, Fiction of Madness

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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · 08/03/2025

Buzzing after a wonderful evening at @rcpedin.bsky.social speaking with @suzypuss.bsky.social & @rebecca99.bsky.social about their books (Out of Her Mind, and An Improbable Psychiatrist) as well as the state of psychiatry for women, what is borderline personality disorder, and writing memoir #IWD

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Speculative Psychiatry Group [from the archive] Dr Alistair Morgan - Continental Philosophy of psychiatry: the lure of madness youtu.be/vEsje7HfS7A?...

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Dr Alastair Morgan - The Lure of Madness: A critical rescue of continental philosophy of psychiatry

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

I've been struck down by flu, so unable to attend. Enjoying the recordings tho. Woulda been lovely to have been able to meet some twitter/bluesky friends in person though!

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Re-reading a paper by Read & Moncrieff to use as an example of poor conceptual competence and had forgotten this gem.

People who feel severely depressed for a long time
may simply need to be cared for, reassured with kindness and
hope, reminded of times when they have felt good, and kept
safe until they feel better, which they often do with time.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Can someone kindly remind me the name of/link the paper that uses the 'two people visiting a car mechanic' analogy as a critique of psychiatric diagnosis doing the 'heavy lifting' @awaisaftab.bsky.social @hane.bsky.social @matthewbroome.bsky.social

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

A huge thanks to @rebecca99.bsky.social reflecting on her wonderful new book 'An Improbable psychiatrist' for the Speculative Psychiatry Group. Watch and subscribe! 👇 youtu.be/5pX1MBBAbvc?...

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Dr Rebecca Lawrence - An Improbable Psychiatrist

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

It's a lovely book, so many spot on descriptions!

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Heartspur n.an unexpected surge of emotion in response to a seemingly innocuous trigger—the distinctive squeal of a rusty fence, a key change in an old pop song, the hint of a certain perfume—which feels all the more intense because you can’t quite pin it down.

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Chris Meechan @chrismeechan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Really enjoyed Elizabeth Sankey's 'witches'. Was astounded to learn there are only two perinatal psychiatry mother and baby units in the whole of the USA youtu.be/EbDKhg98Zm0?...

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