Psychologist, Scot, film lover. Associate Editor (Culture) for @psychmag Suicide prevention @CI_NHS and @BEHMHTNHS All views my own.
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Question from @KateDJohnstone …
Do ‘destination’ places e.g. shopping centres leave signage deliberately vague due to research, or a belief, that we spend more money when wandering aimlessly?
See also 'Lost' (which, hey @hugospiers, I've finally fixed)
bps.org.uk/psychologist/lost
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A thing of beauty…
This is Jonathan Miller taking on Enoch Powell
This is how you expose people like Suella Braverman for the race-baiting, dog-whistling charlatans that they are.
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"They tried to bury me. They didn’t realise I was a seed." RIP Sinead O'Connor bps.org.uk/psychologist/bold…
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We're interested to hear what TV, radio, films, podcasts, music, plays, exhibitions etc you've sought out lately, and whether you might be interested in providing a psychological perspective for our 'Culture' section. Comment in this thread.
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Seems a good point to remember Ian Blackford MP got thrown out of parliament for refusing to withdraw his comment that Boris Johnson had misled the House over Partygate
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‘he's a most notable coward, an infinite and endless liar, an hourly promise-breaker, the owner of no one good quality worthy your lordship's entertainment…’
All's Well That Ends Well, Act III, Scene VI
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Shame, humiliation, defeat and feeling trapped are key drivers to suicide.
Everyone is entitled to a duty of care.
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If I was worried about people comparing me to 1930s Germany, my next move probably wouldn't be to shut down all criticism on the national broadcasting service
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Statue outside @BBCNews Broadcasting House …
‘The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.’
George Orwell
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Hello hello 👋 #IWD2023 is nearly here, and so are companies' cut-and-paste platitudes. And once again we're bringing you the data to see whose support for #InternationalWomensDay is genuine, and who's still got work to do.
Here's a reminder of how it works ⬇️ (1/8)
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Our petition calling for suicide prevention to be made a compulsory part of the school curriculum will be debated in Parliament on March 13th
Suicide is the biggest killer of young people in this country
Pls write to your MP and ask them to attend
Thnx petition.parliament.uk/petit…
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Powerful forces at play - @KateDJohnstone and @DrJanSmith watch @TheWhaleMov @DarrenAronofsky
bps.org.uk/psychologist/powe…
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A quote from Indiana Jones! And Diana Ross?! Yeh, that’s what all the cool kids talk about #TheArchers
Kate Johnstone retweeted
The rising tide of antidepressants prescriptions in England:
2011 - 47.3 million
2012 - 50.1
2013 - 53.3
2014 - 57.1
2015 - 61.0
2016 - 64.7
2017 - 67.5
2018 - 70.9
2019 - 74.8
2020 - 80.1
2021 - 83.4
At this rate nearly a 1/4 of adults will be prescribed ADs by 2030. Thoughts?