Duncan Double

Retired consultant psychiatrist. Founding member of Critical Psychiatry Network.

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

https://t.co/0AVacRWvEk

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

Piece on diagnosis acting as an 'identity intervention,’ influencing 'the self-concept, expectations, and life story of a person with mental health issues in a potentially harmful way that goes beyond the descriptive function of the diagnostic label'. https://t.co/mAj9YAbqkA

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

@justin_garson Historical perspectives on anti-psychiatry
https://t.co/clzZbvTDwe

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

@stimimi

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

The diagnosis of autism has an impressive trajectory from the confines of child guidance clinics to the belly of mass culture. How did this happen?

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

The diagnosis of autism has an impressive trajectory from the confines of child guidance clinics to the belly of mass culture. How did this happen?

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

Thinking differently about mental health: How did autism go from being uncommon to being widespread https://t.co/3iXD24EQXx

[Mike atherton @Athersmike]

Simon harmer very good here on the SA series v Oz and England spin options/issues https://t.co/tmAnfDLFnD

[Cooper Davis @Cooperdavis]

Gift article:

https://t.co/HGdduIsLGB

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

@naomicfisher @joannamoncrieff

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

Thinking differently about mental health: How did autism go from being uncommon to being widespread https://t.co/3iXD24EQXx

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

Thinking differently about mental health: How did autism go from being uncommon to being widespread https://t.co/3iXD24EQXx

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

Thinking differently about mental health: How did autism go from being uncommon to being widespread https://t.co/3iXD24EQXx

[Sir Chris Ham @profchrisham]

Shifting NHS care from hospitals to the community https://t.co/Y6eObVrpjh

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

Simon Harmer made his Test debut in 2015. He's been in and out of the side since, playing only 17 Tests overall. Since 2017, he's taken an incredible 548 wickets in 128 matches for Essex.

He is 37 now. He was almost in tears when asked about his journey after the third Test against Australia.

Now, after a two-year absence, in his last three series, he's:
◾ Been South Africa's leading spinner
◾ Player of the Series in India
◾ Taken his first-ever 10-wicket haul
◾ Player of the Match to clinch the series against Australia

Strength and character 👏

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

Thinking differently about mental health: Psychiatry has too much to lose to change https://t.co/3ZXAHQq00K

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

@naomicfisher Of course brain damage in children can affect intelligence and personal development and hence the overlap originally described in the neurodevelopmental understanding of autism, for example, by Rutter.

[Duncan Double @DBDouble]

@naomicfisher Unlike bodily disorders, there is no brain abnormality that causes people to be autistic. It is important to try to understand why people withdraw into themselves in psychosocial terms, but such theories can never be proven, so parents should not blame themselves.