Author Archives: drkenplacebo

The Immutable Law of Interminable Bollocks

Posted on March 3, 2019 by drkenplacebo

There’s a lorra lorra  bollocks in this world, and sure is a lot of bollocks in mental health world. From another world that too has a lorra lorra bollocks – football – here’s a wee bit of inter-cross-diciplinary sharing and … Continue reading →

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Spot The Difference: Sewage and Mental Health

Posted on February 12, 2019 by drkenplacebo

The shared language of two worlds: treating shit from people and treating people like shit people.
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Posted on December 3, 2017 by drkenplacebo

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SBAD Innit?

Posted on July 24, 2017 by drkenplacebo

That olde trope given new diagnostic legitimacy by the same process as any other psychiatric  diagnosis – we just made some shit up. Before you give yourself a psychiatric diagnosis, check first that you are not just surrounded by assholes … Continue reading →

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One-in-three people suffer paranoia induced by researchers with clipboards on subway

Posted on August 16, 2016 by drkenplacebo

                From our Placebo Psychiatry Correspondent DrKen Placebo   As  my mentor, Dr Stanley Unwin said: ooH!  Frabjous, frabjous Joy! Enfoldiwold manifestunfoldywoldy. Article published in Brexit Journal of Pigeon Pokers:  BJP Article Telegraph: … Continue reading →

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Placebo-ECT: how electro-free electroshock can save us from global warming

Posted on May 11, 2015 by drkenplacebo

If a Doctor can’t even detect that their electroshock machine isn’t working, yet insists the treatment “works” then can you trust them to care if the “treatment” does more harm than good? Continue reading →

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The strange powers of placebo effect – TheProfessorFunk

Posted on November 7, 2013 by drkenplacebo

“Placebo effect” is often dismissed as just a fake pill, yet most fancy expensive drug trials often struggle to show that medicines are better than placebo – even when half the unfavourable data is kept out of sight. In North … Continue reading →

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