Anthony David

Director, UCL Institute of Mental Health

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

Read more - 'Into the Abyss: a neuropsychiatrist's notes on troubled minds'
https://t.co/5lVu94xtzW

[Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez @JRBneuropsiq]

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[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

@michaelcbdavid Sam Alardyce for caretaker Prime Minister

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

Changes in insight and outcome over the early course of first-episode ... https://t.co/SSawGBhlmE

Early improvement in insight in people with psychosis is NOT associated with adverse effects (low mood)

[Football Ramble @FootballRamble]

“I am the king of football!” 🤴🏼

Gianni Infantino’s been up to more nonsense at the FIFA Congress in Canada.

[MarshFamilySongs @MarshSongs]

Happy Bank Holiday! Here's a tongue-in-cheek parody song about @Nigel_Farage accepting a massive gift from a cryptocurrency billionaire and then hiding from a BBC interview - to the iconic tune of the legendary @The_Proclaimers. We're calling it: "Five Million Quid" 💰🤑💰🤑💰🎶

[Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez @JRBneuropsiq]

#Psychosis of autoimmune origin? What are the features? Is there a therapeutic response to immunotherapy?

Welcome to our new paper!
🧠💭🧵
1/We studied the psychopathological patterns & outcomes following immunotherapy in 164 cases of autoimmune psychosis
https://t.co/3iruKRY6SL

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

@MattChorley Deep doodoo surely

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

@Parody_PM @mancunianmedic Gammon and Gammoner

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

The latest suicidally stupid blow in the MAGA war against science; against knowledge itself - instead we get a casino ballroom, a Las Vegas- classical arch and a screaming blue swimming pool . And instead of history we'll get statues and a cage fight.

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

@michaelcbdavid Metacognition generally

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

Such an interesting and honest post. All research ever done on *insight* / self awareness finds that the lower the mood, the better the insight. Call it depressive realism if you will

[Richard Gipps @DrGipps]

ourselves predicamentally downstream from them, its humbling work, and we (I) don't always like to change. (Even so, trying to shift ignoble depressive habits is our (my) duty.) 8/8

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

@michaelcbdavid Metacognition improves too. The relationship is with mood within normal limits. Once depression becomes severe the relationship with insight breaks down

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

@AlanCarson15 So long as you can handle the truth

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

Plus In Our Time, the Briefing Room, Add to Playlist… @DAaronovitch @MishaGlenny @jeffreykboakye

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

What is the maximum age a young player can play ‘without fear’? Calling @FootballCliches

[BBC Sport @BBCSport]

"He doesn't seem to feel any of the pressure." ✨

Will Arsenal's Max Dowman start against Man City? 🤔

[Joe @MrJoeGooch]

"Take two aspirin and call me in the morning."

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

Looks really interesting - an update of Davison and Bagley's classic

[Vaughan Bell @vaughanbell]

New from us:

🗞️Special issue on secondary ("organic") psychosis just out in Schizophrenia Research edited by @_GrahamBlackman and me, but very much led by Graham:

https://t.co/GL2VvvW4QK

Excellent articles on pressing clinical and scientific issues from a host of authors👇

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

@BNPA @UCLBrainScience @UCLPsychiatry @global_gng @rcpsychNeuro

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

Still time to apply for @SecretaryINA travel fellowship in honour of Solomon Carter Fuller - Biological Psychiatry Conference, Cape Town Nov 26-30th
https://t.co/hBz7eQrdVO

[Anthony David @ProfTonyDavid]

Still time to apply for @SecretaryINA travel fellowship in honour of Solomon Carter Fuller - Biological Psychiatry Conference, Cape Town Nov 26-30th
https://t.co/hBz7eQrdVO

[Anthony Scaramucci @Scaramucci]

Trump’s Easter tweet does that sound like a mentally well person? Grok’s response:

No, that post does not read like the writing of a mentally well person in any conventional, professional, or diplomatic sense.
Here’s why it stands out as erratic and concerning, even by Trump’s long-established personal style:
• Profanity and casual vulgarity: “Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards” — this is raw, unfiltered street-level trash talk, not the language of a head of state issuing a high-stakes military ultimatum. Presidents (even blunt ones) have historically used stronger rhetoric through channels that maintain some gravitas. This feels like an angry late-night text.
• Bizarre, childish phrasing: “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one” sounds like a kid describing a theme park event (“it’s Christmas and birthday all in one!”). Framing potential bombing of critical infrastructure (power plants and bridges, which would cause massive civilian suffering) as cutesy “Days” is surreal and detached.
• Incoherent religious flourish: Ending with “Praise be to Allah” right after threatening hell on a Muslim-majority country is jarring, tone-deaf, and reads like a troll or a confused mash-up. It undercuts any serious message and adds to the sense of rambling.
• Overall tone: All-caps yelling (“JUST WATCH!”), exclamation overload, and threats that mix bravado with vagueness. It lacks structure, policy context, or strategic clarity — it reads more like emotional venting than calculated statecraft.
This fits a broader pattern with Trump: impulsive, hyperbolic social media posting that often blurs the line between negotiation tactic, personal grievance, and performance. Supporters often call it “unfiltered” or “strong”; critics (including some in his own orbit over the years) have repeatedly described similar outbursts as unhinged, erratic, or evidence of declining impulse control.

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

This has made my day, no make that week, month and most likely, year. 🥰😃😻❤️🎼🎼🎼 Humans - especially small ones - can do glorious things...