George Gillett
@george_gillett
Psychiatrist | Writer | Researcher @Cambridge_Uni Published in @Guardian, @NewStatesman & @Spectator Writes 'The Cultural Psychiatrist' Substack
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Ahead of today’s assisted dying Bill debate, I thought I’d do a thread of FALSE FACTS. You know… campaigning soundbites, PR spin. That come up again and again. And are persuasive… but wrong.
Latest newsletter out! Each edition rounds up thought-provoking writing & research on culture, psychology, and mental health Read here 👉 georgegillett.substack.com/p/the-cultural…
The network approach to psychopathology: investigating inter-individual variability and the association with clinical relapse in psychosis Our latest paper in @schizjournal, @SIRSGlobal & @SpringerNature with @gimmenicky & @dan_w_joyce Read here 👉 nature.com/articles/s4153…
This is excellent. It’s a must read for anyone who is interested in mental capacity, in the context of assisted dying. @_Chris_Coghlan @Jeremy_Hunt @JakeBenRichards
"Much has been said about raising mental health awareness and de-stigmatising psychiatric illnesses. Yet when the country’s professional body of psychiatrists warned of preventable deaths, legislators did nothing" My article on the #AssistedDyingBill (link in next tweet)
As psychiatrists, we’re at the frontline of assessing mental state, capacity, and potential coercion in complex assisted dying cases. Our expertise is going to matter for safeguarding vulnerable people. Why exclude the Royal College of Psychiatrists from these vital discussions?
The Terminally Ill Adults Bill Committee has just voted 14 to 8 against calling oral evidence from the Royal College of Psychiatrists I have no words
"Current medical education has an overt biomedical focus that does not engage enough on wider social determinants of health." Medical education fit for the future requires radical change #MedEd bmj.com/content/387/bm…
How we train future clinicians has the potential to radically and sustainably improve healthcare for everyone. Medical education fit for the future requires radical change #MedEd bmj.com/content/387/bm…
There's a real duplicity in the mental health ads urging us to share emotional distress with loved ones vs stuff like this, which endorses the fear of emotionally burdening others as a valid reason to kill yourself. You can't have both - we either prevent suicide or endorse it
Who at @TfL thought it was remotely appropriate to promote assisted suicide on the London Underground?
One reason some of us in mental health are worried: in the Netherlands, despite safeguards, euthanasia has been approved for patients we would see as a priority for #suicideprevention. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
Interesting paper finding similar effect sizes for both direct & indirect psychotherapy on suicidality (both significantly reduce risk). If replicated in head-to-head studies, would hopefully give clinicians confidence to move away from risk focus towards more holistic care
This meta-analysis found that both direct and indirect psychotherapy interventions led to significant reductions in suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. ja.ma/3zwBfpU