I'm not going to comment on the impact of the pandemic on mental health in general. I'm going to talk about me. My experience of mental health crisis during the pandemic might be of limited value in learning about the general situation, but it's what I can talk about with authority, and I think there are some lessons to learn from it.
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By sam, 24 March, 2022
Shared decision making (SDM) is a bit of a hot topic in medical circles. Well, it should be, but it mostly seems to be a hot topic among people who are researching clinician-patient interactions and people who have ‘caught the bug’ for it and are trying to drive change. In this post I explore what it means and why it is good.
By sam, 4 July, 2017
An exploration of the difficulties that face patients - and their health professionals - who have multiple long-term conditions and, consequently, multiple medications.