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The Effects Of Social Distancing and Isolation On Mental Health
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our way of life over the last several months, but nothing has been as affected as our social interactions. The Greek philosopher Aristotle described humans as social animals, and the...
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Food for thought (if you can chew, that is)
Mouthing off I was inspired to learn a new word recently: ‘edentulous’, meaning lacking teeth. It happened after I encouraged a patient to smile as he was being discharged from a mental health ward. ‘What...
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The medicalisation of laughter
At a time when recruitment and retention of psychiatrists in the UK remains perilous- with recent figures indicating less than 3.6% of medical graduates are choosing the speciality, when at least twice that is needed...
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