Alison Barrett

gyn-Ecologist : bibliophile : tree climber

[Alison Barrett @DrAlisonBarrett]

New blog post is up. https://t.co/ITj8QlXKtv

[Guy Rowland @guyrowlanduk]

"The bad guy is not always the person with the finger pointed at them".

Powerful words from wrongfully convicted nurse Amanda Jenkinson, with strong echoes of Lucy Letby, in a new talk at UCL for @nineteen_nurses.

https://t.co/fQZFM55tun

[Gordon korman @gordonkorman]

OLD SCHOOL has just been named one of the best books of 2026 by the Children’s Book Committee of Bank Street College of Education: https://t.co/4FUw4BlFxp

[Alison Barrett @DrAlisonBarrett]

@gordonkorman It’s a fabulous book.

[New Zealand College of Midwives @NZMidwifery]

We are immensely proud to announce that Alison Eddy (CEO NZ College of Midwives) has been elected as the incoming President of the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), at the ICM Council meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.

[tim abrahams @timabrahams]

"Do remember they can't cancel spring"
RIP David Hockney.

[Dan Johnson @DanJohnsonAB]

@BadreNicolas Even textbooks used in medical schools, and current government health department websites, kept "chemical imbalance" alive.

[Dr Sanjoy Kumar @drsanjoykumar]

Fed up. Just spent 14 weeks at @nottsinquiry didn’t miss a minute as this was all I could do in my daughter Grace’s name against all those who failed.
Get to my desk and this is what I’m greeted with……

[Nick Wallis @nickwallis]

Sara is amazing on so many levels, but this is Proper Writing.

Please read it.

It’s about living in Northern Ireland. https://t.co/JwY7o4rUjM

[Jennifer Margulis @JenniferMarguli]

General anesthesia: 15% of patients experienced severe cognitive decline

59% slight decline

26% stable cognition

Patients who developed delirium after surgery had more than 2 x the risk for severe decline in cognition than those who didn’t.

https://t.co/RIjCn4AF9r

[Joshwelt @weltszzn]

when i accidentally close my 45 tabs it's like the burning of the library of alexandria, but worse and much more dire

[Clare K @AucklandIsland]

The death by suicide of a 21-year-old university student in an overcrowded mental health unit that wasn't fit for purpose was preventable, a coroner has found.
https://t.co/CNHtr66wWb

[Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social @markhoro]

The comments section here are full of medical professionals who have gone through antidepressant withdrawal themselves, worrying that people that haven't gone through it will never get it. That worries me as well: when clinicians have had their views calcified through years of teaching based on short-term industry studies if it takes personal experience to break out of that, we are cooked, as the kidz say.

[Mark Horowitz @markhoro.bsky.social @markhoro]

Clear thinking down under: good overview of the serotonin narrative of antidepressants, with a focus on Prof Moncrieff's work. "The 36 senior psychiatrists who lined up to attack her in Molecular Psychiatry in 2023 mostly conceded the point in their fine print while insisting the drugs work anyway." Link below.

[Kate Clanchy @KateClanchy1]

I posted the final part of my cancellation story. It's farcical, funny and sad. I am still afloat. Link👇👇👇

[Bob 'Fiddy' Fiddaman💜🇵🇦 @Fiddaman]

Hardly surprising.

I posted this video 14 years ago.

It's pretty much how it all started down under.

How GlaxoSmithKline Australia promoted Aropax with starter packs and the offer of FREE counselling sessions...on the proviso that you continued taking Aropax!

Aropax, if you don't know, is the brand name for paroxetine, also known as Seroxat and Paxil.

https://t.co/ZZ1LAmSAX9

[Alison Barrett @DrAlisonBarrett]

@joannamoncrieff @EllenBarryNYT “We will never support governmental interference in the practice of medicine.” Hmmm. Never? Wow.

[Daniel Mulhall @DanMulhall]

Spent the day visiting sites in Longford & Westmeath associated with poet Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774) & recorded this excerpt from The Deserted Village at the ruins of the parsonage at Lissoy where Goldsmith was brought up and which provided inspiration for his most famous poem. #Poetry

[Dr Joanna Moncrieff @joannamoncrieff]

Our analysis of the FDA approval of escitalopram in children with anxiety is finally published. In the approval trial, children were more likely to become suicidal on escitalopram than to improve, yet the drug was approved. We reveal the pro-drug bias of the regulatory system which is not protecting children's welfare. @markhoro @NaudetFlorian. https://t.co/7diqb3VjKo

[Infected Blood Australia @InfectedBloodAu]

The #InfectedBloodScandal is set for #JudicialReview in #Australia…

#HIV #Haemophilia #Health #Law

[Trudo Lemmens @TrudoLemmens]

bioethics prof Matheson says Canadians should be reassured: "1 bad driver doesn't invalidate driving license system". Remarkable comparison. Note that traffic violations, even without harm, result in penalty. Here problematic deaths results in 'practice improvement' agreement..