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Psychiatrist in London 🇪🇺 Middle class woman of a certain age ☕️

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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
When clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what’s true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness. - Carl Sagan, 1995
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry (NCRP) Responds To FDA Panel On SSRI Use In Pregnancy ncrptraining.org/press-releas...
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NCRP Responds to FDA Panel on SSRI Use in Pregnancy
The National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry (NCRP) is issuing this response following the recent FDA panel discussion on the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) in pregnancy....
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Something to look forward to in 2026 🤟 🎸
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/07/2025
Samaritans to close at least 100 branches across UK and Ireland
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Samaritans to close at least 100 branches across UK and Ireland
Mental health charity says it plans to move volunteers into larger regional hubs and pilot remote call handling Samaritans has announced plans to close at least half of its 200 branches across the UK and Ireland, move volunteers into larger regional hubs and pilot remote call handling, in a major shakeup that has left some volunteers dismayed. The mental health charity told volunteers in a video last week it hoped “within the next seven to 10 years, our branch network will have reduced by at least half” and that it would move to “fewer but bigger regions”. Continue reading...
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Congressman Herb Conaway @repherbconaway.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
This doctor CAN confirm this shocking truth! @jonathanstea.bsky.social
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Kim TallBear @kimtallbear.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
The director of the Gender Violence Clinic, University of Maryland Carey School of Law, suggests that there is reluctance to fund research “that will bring attention to an uncomfortable dilemma..’those policing the crime and those committing it are often the same person.’”
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What if Your Abusive Husband Is a Cop?
Police departments have become more attentive to officers’ use of excessive force on the job, but that concern rarely extends to the home.
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Dr Kate Womersley @katewomersley.com · 21/07/2025
Mifepristone has been used by millions of women for over two decades, with 25+ years of data supporting its safety and efficacy. www.statnews.com/2025/07/19/e...
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A sloppy report on mifepristone is being used to undermine the FDA — and the biotech industry
More than 50 biotech leaders and investors are urging the FDA to disregard a methodologically flawed report on mifepristone.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/07/2025
Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news | Gina Rippon
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Why the antagonism over the rise in autism diagnoses? It’s actually good news | Gina Rippon
A ninefold increase is the result of huge advances in our understanding – and brings the hope of fulfilling lives to many more people, says author Gina Rippon
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
www.england.nhs.uk/2025/07/firs...
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NHS England » First NHS round-the-clock mental health unit opens under 10 Year Health Plan
NHS England » First NHS round-the-clock mental health unit opens under 10 Year Health Plan
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
So we can now turn notifications on on BlueSky. Game changer! @micmicmic1.bsky.social @profrobhoward.bsky.social @suhana.bsky.social @drkwildschut1984.bsky.social @matthewbroome.bsky.social
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Amazing moon last night 🌙
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
The first 🍆
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The Royal College of Psychiatrists @rcpsych.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
@rcpsych.bsky.social cannot support the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill for England and Wales in its current form and is once again urging MPs to look at our concerns ahead of the pivotal Commons Report stage debate and Third Reading. More here: www.rcpsych.ac.uk/news-and-fea...
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Dr K WILDSCHUT @drkwildschut1984.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The #RCPsychIC25 Newport, Wales, programme is out highlights: 📌Alzheimer’s blood biomarkers 📌 New research approaches to problematic usage of the internet( Dan Stein) 📌 Assisted dying 📌 What must change to improve women’s mental health care?(Linda Gask) www.rcpsych.ac.uk/events/congr...
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RCPsych International Congress Programme
Information on sessions and speakers
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
🥔 🥔 🥔
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 18/05/2025
Romanian run-off the most crucial on Europe’s ‘Super Sunday’ of elections
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Romanian run-off the most crucial on Europe’s ‘Super Sunday’ of elections
A far-right win is real possibility in eastern European state on same day as votes in Poland, Portugal and Montenegro Romanians have started voting in a pivotal presidential run-off that could radically alter their country’s strategic alignment and economic prospects, as voters in Poland and Portugal also prepare to cast their ballots in a European electoral “super Sunday”. The Romanian contest, the most consequential of the three, pits a brash, EU-critical, Trump-admiring populist against a centrist independent in a knife-edge vote that analysts have called most important in the country’s post-communist history. Continue reading...
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Dr Asif Bachlani @drasifmb.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
We are 1week into @rcpsych.bsky.social #registrar elections c 6 excellent candidates-please do make time 2vote! #rcpsych @mivpsych.bsky.social @drjongoldin.bsky.social @wendyburn.bsky.social @shahidlatif.bsky.social @derektracy.bsky.social @sameihuda.bsky.social @samueljtromans.bsky.social
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
#Spring
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
The perfect veggie
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
It’s here 🌞
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Dr K WILDSCHUT @drkwildschut1984.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
1/2🧵Month by month we encounter resistance ( tr:anxiety) from carers and relatives when it is time to deprescribe antipsychotics in people with #dementia Severe aggressive and non aggressive agitation in dementia warrants time limited treatment with Risperidone. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39432286/
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High-Risk Medications in Persons Living With Dementia: A Randomized Clinical Trial - PubMed
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05147428.
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I wrote this book to empower people to take their mental health into their own hands. I wanted to teach the language of pseudoscientific grift so that you know when it’s spoken. This is a kind of mental health support I’m unable to provide in the role of clinician.
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Posh strawberries 🍓
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Dr Asif Bachlani @drasifmb.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
@rcpsych.bsky.social - #digital clinicians u have until 17th Feb 2submit Poster4 Better Data, Better Care Annual Conf #rcpsychdata25 @mivpsych.bsky.social @wendyburn.bsky.social @sameihuda.bsky.social @drjongoldin.bsky.social @fabida3.bsky.social @derektracy.bsky.social @profrobhoward.bsky.social
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Matthew B @matthewbroome.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
open.spotify.com/track/4upAAK...
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Paroles… paroles…
Dalida, Alain Delon · Julien · Song · 1973
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
#TheHitchcockBirds
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Saturday walk
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
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Dementia Community @dementiacommunity.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Dr Sarah Griffiths from UCL is running workshops w/ people living w/ dementia to better understand how they can be involved in Patient & Public Engagement research. Email: s.a.griffiths@ucl.ac.uk Phonel: 020 3108 6699. Read More: buff.ly/40kTjg8
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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
This week’s #CookbookCorner – the first of 2025! – stars Danube: Recipes and Stories from Eastern Europe by the wonderful @irinageorgescu.bsky.social. Read more about it and get her recipe for Mǎmǎligǎ la Cuptor – Baked Cornmeal with Sour Cream, Cheese and Eggs: www.nigella.com/cookbook-cor...
Photo of the Romanian dish Mamaliga la Cuptor – cornmeal/polenta with sour cream, eggs and cheese – from Irina Georgescu’s new book, Danube
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Dr K WILDSCHUT @drkwildschut1984.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
But what if the disinformation campaign emerges organically, over years, via individual opinions and blogs by those who have respect and credibility among peers? The Antipsychiatry movement is a case in point. #MedSky #PsychSky #MadSky
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
I hear what you guys are saying about the Oscars, and how they're a celebration of life, and the show must go on, blah-blah-blah, so-on-and-so-forth. It all makes a degree of sense, but to me it still feels like Nero fiddling while Rome burns. Or in this case, wearing fancy clothes while LA burns.
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Matthew B @matthewbroome.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Dune, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks hugely important for me growing up
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The Spring is not too far 🌷 🌞
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DeliacMD @deliacmd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Your cognitively intact elderly parent may make decisions that you disagree with. They may even make decisions that could shorten their life. They have the right to make these decisions. It’s OK for you to not like this and also not try to control or change it. #palliativecare #medsky
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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Failure to retain the staff trained in the UK, letting skilled & knowledgable staff leave by focus on numbers of staff not retention This is failure @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @nhsengland.bsky.social @nhsemployers.bsky.social
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
You can see my discussion of efficacy here: www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-case-f... Bottomline is that antidepressants have meaningful effects that are comparable to psychotherapy and other medical treatments, some patients respond particularly well, some patients require a few trials for... /1
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The Case for Antidepressants in 2022
A Resource Guide for Clinicians, Journalists, Patients, and the General Public
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Kevin J. Black @kjbinstl.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Other differences of a major depressive syndrome from ordinary sadness: - syndromic - pervasive, continuous, less responsive to happy events - lasts for weeks to months - not rarely complicated by mood-congruent psychosis
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Maria @mivpsych.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
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Dr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Homeopathy is more effective the less it’s used.
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Dr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 13/01/2025
If RFK Jr. is confirmed. @donttreadonkids.bsky.social
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Dr Liz O’Riordan @lizoriordan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
The worrying rise of the 'cure-all' cancer diet @newsweek.com @alycecollins.bsky.social www.newsweek.com/cancer-surge...
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Breast surgeon shares important warning about supposed "cancer diet"
Dr. Liz O'Riordan wants people to know that there is no "magic fix" and no special diet that will cure cancer, despite many of the online claims out there.
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Awais Aftab @awaisaftab.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
There’s something quite odd and unsettling about British media’s uncritical fascination with her opinions.
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