by calm_2jqtsj | Aug 25, 2026 | Book reviews, Journal
The chair still waiting for someone who won’t be back. Professor Tanya Byron: “This is not depression. This is grief.” A clinical psychologist spent three decades teaching other people to tell the difference between pain and pathology. When her own...
by calm_2jqtsj | Aug 15, 2026 | Journal, News clippings
Dr Max Pemberton, the psychiatrist who diagnosed himself. A psychiatrist with over twenty years experience had himself assessed for ADHD as research for a documentary. He was diagnosed, prescribed medication – but doesn’t accept the diagnosis. His account raises...
by calm_2jqtsj | Aug 12, 2026 | Journal, News clippings
The psychologist who helped define the autistic spectrum has published a formal case that it has grown too wide to be useful. A closer look at her argument, and where it’s being challenged. A recent Journal post highlighted the case for de-diagnosis – a...
by calm_2jqtsj | Aug 2, 2026 | Journal, News clippings
Photo: Sami Timimi A new interview in The Times profiles Dr Sami Timimi, a former NHS child psychiatrist, and a small but growing group of clinicians asking whether the current age of diagnosis has gone too far. Their proposed answer isn’t a new label....
