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Or a tale of how nepotism and cronyism is rife in the narcissistic  closed world  of psychoanalytic organisations                   -

SPILLING THE BEANS

There are far too many publications where  far too many health workers, from all specialities and none, are still spilling the beans on those they have worked with under the banner of 'vignettes'.  We are not talking 'Jo  Brand ooh isn't she funny ' here ,but rather mainly referring to members of the therapy-psychiatry business (although not exclusively).  Since being prevented from publishing the often bordering on sadistic 'case studies' some years ago - after much squealing from such as the Tavistock and UCH and members of therapy organisations, this is the method used by many to wriggle out of  informing people pre therapy that they will be allowed to use their information in disguised form - in effect obligations to confidentiality can still be flouted very easily by claiming to be 'drawing on'  clients information or on not being able to contact past clients.  The material is rarely so important that there is any imperative to use it.  For example after being found guilty of a  breach of a client's privacy one psychiatrist published a book using the same person's observations twice in the same book but altering the context to suit his own agenda.  That is, to spill a bean - he claimed that the observation that the plants in the room were dying  had referred to suicidal feelings - very a la psych teaching . In fact they had not been watered for weeks.  It was being pointed out that he was not the most conscientious of people .   Another example - a person pointing out when he was leaving that he had a way of charming clients into becoming dependant then just pushing off -  touched a nerve as he had divorced after a few years leaving several young children and re married very quickly.  That could have even been used even in a vignette more honestly. There are many of  these examples , They show how easily writing in books for sale and journals still behind closed doors and giving lectures to young students by those who later make a name for themselves - can skew what is used as teaching material or to promote certain favored theories. Not to mention making money and careers. Another invited a person to visit him in Greece when on holiday - later realised his mistake and instead of apologising suggested it was a psychological issue which the person was responsible for . It was a very human bad mistake on his part and was treated in a highly immature and dishonest manner.  He is also a high flyer by now also publishes books and articles in journals and runs a private clinic - and married his PhD student - another interesting fact psychologically speaking.  A relationship with a worker who is in a position of trust can be a very precarious one  Therapy provision incredibly is still not regulated - even in the NHS practitioners can have trained in countless numbers of organisations which clients have no awareness of. There are countless beans which need to be spilled - let them out of the closet to help develop a more healthy relationship between human beings not just as workers and clients.

Critical psychiatry: Neuroscience needs to be more critical

Critical psychiatry: Neuroscience needs to be more critical: Suprana Choudhury & Jan Slaby have published an edited collection entitled Critical neuroscience (see website ). This is a resp...

Coursera is running a course on the ethics of neuroscience research....free to download on net

Pork pies or Wedding Cakes

Comment by smart alec interviewer Vivien Parry on r4 ' Writing Freud'..'Writing Madness'
to psychoanalyst representing Freud Museum , Lisa. Asignasi -
 re so called mental illness of  Charles Dicken's  fictional character Miss
 Haversham, ' she was definitely a pork pie short of a wedding cake'.  Tinkle of amusement between them.