Comments on: Why has psychiatry become so dominant in mental health services?

By: alys shepherd

alys shepherd — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:22:02 +0000

I saw this very interesting website:
survive and thrive:
http://www.surviveandthrivecoach.org.uk
and went to one of their workshops, which was an amazing experience.
Dr Eden Fazel has written several interewsting books which are on the website…
thought to share
Alys

By: deClerambault

deClerambault — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:45:28 +0000

You’re dead right FP.
As of November it’s “death to the Responsible Medical Oficer, long live the Responsible Clinician”
The thing is, from my non-evidence based, anecdotal straw poll of non-medical colleagues, I haven’t met a soul who wants to step up and take the mantle.

Now I don’t begrudge this change in the law per se. I think that the vast majority of patients will still have psychiatrists as their RC, however I can see how some clinicians eg. Psychologists in a Personality Disorder services, or Occupational Therapists in Learning Disability could well be in a good position to take over responsibility for their patient – whether they will or not is yet to be seen.

By: TheShrink

TheShrink — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:27:05 +0000

I'm also sold that doctors aren't deific in their input into mental health care. Still, psychiatrists do have useful roles to contribute. In April I mused over this and still I feel we've a mix of unique and high competency skills that mean we can enrich mental health care for many of our patients.