Chris Dowrick

Professor and family doctor living in Liverpool UK

[Tony Kendrick @tony_kendrick]

Almost half of antidepressant users could quit with GP support, study finds | Depression | The Guardian ⁦@UoS_PrimaryCare⁩ ⁦@UoS_Medicine⁩ ⁦@CCCAHP_UoS⁩ ⁦@REDUCE_RCT⁩ https://t.co/jGzwfHZpyO

[Tony Kendrick @tony_kendrick]

Our @REDUCE_RCT of internet and telephone support for antidepressant withdrawal: https://t.co/LRxuVvKIIn More than 40% of people who are well and willing to withdraw can succeed with GP advice alone. Remote support improved depressive and withdrawal symptoms and mental wellbeing.

[Helen Mitchell @helenrmitchell]

What is economic security? How can policymakers ‘achieve’ it? My new ⁦@USSC⁩ report offers ideas: a pioneering definition, strategic playbook and policymaking ecosystem. Based on my ⁦@SRW_ANU economic statecraft research⁩ ⁦@ANUCrawford⁩. https://t.co/OoXlEAwWEL

[Chris Dowrick @cfd1951]

Reading to Stay Alive. Paperback version published today

[Chris Dowrick @cfd1951]

Beethoven and Springsteen - music as an antidote to existential despair (theirs, and ours too!).
https://t.co/jRAX4N2jOM

[Joanne Reeve @joannelreeve]

Indeed. https://t.co/DDImkhKeTS

[Dr Natasha Bradley @NM_Bradley]

I am so happy to see this paper finally published - qualitative research into social support within hospice day services (before the pandemic!) Sometimes it helps to look back in order to look forward... Free to read here: https://t.co/BI3rLamH1V
@LloydwilliamsM @cfd1951

[Joanne Reeve @joannelreeve]

"and with hope, the possibility of staying alive"
Being alive...
Powerful words, as ever, from @cfd1951 and Iona Heath

[Chris Dowrick @cfd1951]

A book to help us choose hope https://t.co/H7FSlyjyQ5

[Chris Dowrick @cfd1951]

A book to help us choose hope https://t.co/H7FSlyjyQ5

[Derek Connelly @ProfDConnelly]

Congratulations to my phenomenal wife @FrancesMair on becoming one of the top 1% of highly cited researchers in the world!!!

Also congratulations to my @UofGlasgow cardiology colleagues on the same list - John Cleland, John McMurray and Naveed Sattar (and all their teams)

[Chris Dowrick @cfd1951]

This amazing analysis by my brilliant niece Helen Mitchell https://t.co/K0HJlzzf7B

[Chris Dowrick @cfd1951]

Creative Arts: An Antidote to Existential Despair by Emeritus Professor Christopher Dowrick - YouTube https://t.co/DdSryhYhFc

[Chris Dowrick @cfd1951]

Registrations now open for Creative Arts: An Antidote to Existential Despair https://t.co/9LwQOEx4NU

[Chris Dowrick @cfd1951]

https://t.co/bwovlMo1TG

[Joanne Reeve @joannelreeve]

And I describe why and how we need change at professional, practice and policy levels to achieve our goals

[Joanne Reeve @joannelreeve]

Medical Generalism, Now! is out 13 October. Here's a brief look at what you can expect...
https://t.co/2rSK88Mcrh

[Chris Dowrick @cfd1951]

‘My cousin said to me . . .’ Patients’ use of third-party references to facilitate shared decision-making during naturally occurring primary care consultations - Olaug S Lian, Sarah Nettleton, Huw Grange, Christopher Dowrick, 2023 https://t.co/QahqV23upB

[World Psychiatric Association (WPA) wpanet.org @WPA_Psychiatry]

Reminder for all #mentalhealth professionals, public health practitioners, policymakers & people with lived experience of a #mentalhealth condition to respond to a #survey on #PublicMentalHealth. More info:
https://t.co/bXVxmVvHI8
@Euro_Psychiatry
@WoncaWorld
@WFPHA_FMASP
@GAMIAN_Europe

[Joanne Reeve @joannelreeve]

Including a final chapter international discussion with @kokikatokk @GunnJane Chris van Weel, Stefan Hjorleiffson and Kurt Stange. It was a fascinating conversation - thank you all! Can't wait to share it...