@DBDouble

Retired consultant psychiatrist. Founding member of Critical Psychiatry Network.

 East, England
dbdouble.blogspot.com/
Joined January 2009
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Thinking differently about mental health: Where psychiatry winning the anti-psychiatry debate has led us criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.…
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‘Corporate penetration of the NHS’: Revolving door raises...

MPs have pressed senior health officials on links to private companies that earn fortunes from care provision

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Sir Chris Ham@profchrishamOct 25
Observer article on how corporate interests on ADHD and autism are penetrating NHS leadership observer.co.uk/news/national…

‘Corporate penetration of the NHS’: Revolving door raises...

MPs have pressed senior health officials on links to private companies that earn fortunes from care provision

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Private providers are profiting from the expansion of ADHD and autism diagnosis

Overmedicalisation is the inevitable side effect when there is profit to be made from convincing people that a diagnosis is the answer they’ve been looking for, write Naomi Fisher and Uta Frith “Skip...

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Critiquing the ‘epidemic’ of ‘adult ADHD’ acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aai…

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D B Double: Being a founding member of the Critical Psychiatry Network dbdouble.blogspot.com/2025/0…
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D B Double: Musings of a retired psychiatrist dbdouble.blogspot.com/2026/1…
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Doctors have always exploited the placebo
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'People are more than their brains, and are being misled about the nature of ADHD and autism'
Duncan Double@DBDoubleOct 12
Thinking differently about mental health: Coping with the increase in diagnoses of ADHD and autism criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.…
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The Cricketer
@TheCricketerMagOct 14
"Those selections around the development contracts and the central contract list show that we're focusing on a slightly different direction." thecricketer.com/Topics/engl…

Marcus North addresses Jack Leach's England prospects

Spinners James Coles, Mason Crane and Liam Patterson-White were all awarded England development contracts

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Brett Wilson
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Brett Wilson departments and lawyers recognised in 2027 edition of Legal 500 - brettwilson.co.uk/brett-wils…
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Duncan Double@DBDoubleSep 30
Thinking differently about mental health: Neurodivergence as dead end in thinking about mental health: criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.…
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People may grow out of a childhood diagnosis of neurodivergence and find it more a hindrance than a help telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09…

ADHD and autism diagnoses have skyrocketed. This man is reversing the trend

Like Britain, Sweden’s neurodiverse numbers have surged – but Dr Sebastian Lundström says he’s proving that many were labelled too quickly

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Sir Chris Ham@profchrishamSep 19
My views on Thirwall and what it omits chrisham1.substack.com/p/the…
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Duncan Double@DBDoubleSep 16
Thinking differently about mental health: Declining use of the terms 'schizophrenia' and 'mental illness’ criticalpsychiatry.blogspot.…
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