Yesterday I received the following comment from Dr. Huda, who, believe it or not, still seems to be under the impression that I want to debate him on Twitter! “Hi I don’t read your blog so only found out about this from someone else Debates on social media are usually a non meeting of minds and… Continue Reading
Archives for August 2015
Dr. Huda Still Dodging the Issues
After Monday’s post, I received the following tweet from Dr. Huda: “Dear @BigPhilHickey I find debates over Twitter r largely pointless I am (slowly) writing a book outlining my views” To which I reply: I never suggested a debate over Twitter. In fact, I stated very clearly that “… Twitter, while an excellent medium for… Continue Reading
An Invitation to Debate
A few days ago, I received notification via Tweetdeck that my handle (@BigPhilHickey) had appeared in a Twitter conversation between one of my Twitter followers and Samei Huda, MD. My follower had mentioned me, and had pointed out that I critique “… the ideas, value systems, politics, practice etc of psychiatry…” To which Dr. Huda… Continue Reading
Intermittent Explosive Disorder: The ‘Illness’ That Goes On Growing
According to the APA, intermittent explosive disorder is characterized by angry aggressive outbursts that occur in response to relatively minor provocation. This particular label has an interesting history in successive editions of the DSM. DSM I (1952) Intermittent explosive disorder does not appear as such in the first edition of DSM, but the general concept… Continue Reading