Tag: Health Inequalities
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When the same symptoms lead to different diagnoses
Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental health Originally published in The Doc Suit Debrief. Imagine that there are two patients who arrive in A&E, both saying the same thing. They are feeling on edge and concerned with an impending sense of doom. One is diagnosed with acute anxiety, comforted with a cup of tea, and sent…
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Book Review: When It Is Darkest: Why People Die by Suicide and What We Can Do to Prevent It by Professor Rory O’Connor
Quote of the book “Suicide is not selfish. Characterising suicide as selfish simply adds to the stigma around it. And when stigma increases, help-seeking declines, ignorance flourishes and deaths soar.” 5 key points Review Professor Rory O’Connor is one of the leading voices in psychiatry and suicide research. He is a distinguished academic in psychology…
Preeti Kaur 