One of the most misunderstood parts of medicine:
Why health professionals ask you to repeat your story.
When we take a history, we’re recognising patterns and testing possibilities.
What is causing this?
How serious might it be?
What can I do to help?
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PSA screening media coverage is currently very poor. Various charities are not helping but instead adding to the confusion and hype. The Times today carries another high profile individual story of how they were "absolutely" saved by screening with PSA testing.
Functional Neurological Disorder takes its rightful place as one of 7 main Neurology specialisms - now the challenge is to provide resources for the new services mandated in this service specification
Meeting more of our fab funded researchers at #AAIC25! Dr Lindsey Sinclair from @BristolUni with her poster on differential gene expression in depression and #AlzheimersDisease Look out for Lindsey's #FameLabUK talk on @YouTube coming soon!
oh for goodness sake @RishiSunak@Keir_Starmer ! if there was data showing a clear benefit of screening it would already be being done. this is not the way to generate evidence based safe healthcare. the UK National Screening Committee exists - use it!
As psychiatrists, we’re at the frontline of assessing mental state, capacity, and potential coercion in complex assisted dying cases. Our expertise is going to matter for safeguarding vulnerable people. Why exclude the Royal College of Psychiatrists from these vital discussions?
The move to 24/7 mechanical thrombectomy provision for ischaemic stroke: an observational study of the impact on referrals, activity, procedural efficacy, and safety at a supra-regional centre https://t.co/EQ1W44GtoG
#Mementum App for #Functional cognitive disorder, our feasibility trial in NHS Scotland is just finishing, watch this space 👀
Big thanks to my team @AlanCarson15@jonstoneneuro, Lisbeth Frostholm, all stakeholders and incredible patients, as well as the whole @CognissHQ team
Big news, everyone! The new Ashley Down Rail Station finally has an opening date: Saturday, September 28. This is going to make such a difference to transport in Bristol 🚂
Led by the wonderful Becky Gould, we show Acceptance and Commitment Therapy improves quality of life in people with MND. Open access in Lancet today. Wonderful to be part of a trial with a positive result for once! https://t.co/Kc1SiiQ5I7
How would 45 expert clinicians from 12 countries approach seven clinical vignettes from memory clinics?
It turns out clinical positive characteristics alone allow a very clear discrimination between FCD and neurodegeneration. Our #delphistudy is now out: https://t.co/3n46PbBE5J
My letter in the Times has generated a lot of interest so I thought it might help if I described the time line for reaching this frame of mind. I attach a copy of the letter and then run through a series of tweets to tell the story.
More great normative modelling work, this time in LBD led by @RohanBhome, with @rimonaweil@serena_verdi @amarquand and a brilliant team of collaborators:
https://t.co/A9wyzgffqe
🚨Calling all medically-qualified people with (current or former) experience of clinical academia. 🚨
@The_MRC are seeking to understand the decline in the UK clinical academic workforce & are seeking input. Please take the time to fill out their survey: https://t.co/cfuz0iaz06
🎉 our next advert is out for our expanding FND team in Bristol
🗣️ Psychologist, band 8b
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the direction of our fully comprehensive FND team!
Job description etc - https://t.co/ajWzEUedAU
‘Incongruence in FND - time for retirement’ - my new short neuromythology paper for @PracticalNeurol - short thread 1/
https://t.co/Bvdvnyl5Or
FREE download link here https://t.co/Ae9BS5jkL7
If you are interested in the way politicians try and influence the decisions that NICE takes about what drugs to approve, and what general practice does, and how evidence is regarded. please do read this. (I cannot tell you how many hours this took. What we found was shocking.)