Posts for the “C. Strategy” category
Sophocles’s ‘Antigone’ : Seminar VII, 25th May 1960 : A contemporary commentary
by Julia Evans on August 31, 2013
In Seminar VII, The Ethics of Psychoanalysis – 1959-1960, Jacques Lacan comments on the play by Sophocles, Antigone. This takes place during three sessions: May 25th 1960 – The splendour (…)
A competition between the UK Government, the Medical Model via psychiatrists & the Mormons for the correct definition of the science of mental health
by Julia Evans on April 18, 2013
This is the tale of how this battle came to my attention: Sitting drinking my customary morning jug of coffee, my customary distraction was unavailable as it was updating itself. (…)
…diagnosis itself and its usefulness and validity are under question and may need discarding completely: Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label
by Julia Evans on December 6, 2012
The Inquiry into the ‘Schizophrenia’ Label (ISL) : ‘However, our preliminary findings show that the diagnosis itself and its usefulness and validity are under question and may need discarding completely. The (…)
Jumbled thoughts following the Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy’s rally
by Julia Evans on December 3, 2012
These are subjective impressions – they are my way of making sense of the conversations during yesterday’s Alliance’s (Strap line: Supporting diversity, responsibility, autonomy and innovation in the psychological therapies) rally: (…)
What the Government’s strategy of implementation by force produces – fear, and worse
by Julia Evans on December 1, 2012
Hello, I wrote this in 2009, and the analysis (see list of contents below) of what is happening holds good. I particularly recommend the sections which examine Willem Buiter’s analysis (…)
‘Will you walk into my parlour?’ said the spider to the fly: An invitation from the Government-guaranteed supplier of risk-free treatments.
by Julia Evans on December 1, 2012
The Government’s favoured supplier now goes into Kent by invitation…….. This is so corrupt words are failing me. If you are a practitioner, please note: This is payment-by-results – you (…)
Comments on the commissioning of IAPT+
by Arthur Musgrave on December 1, 2012
This is my concerned account of the local (Bristol and South Gloucestershire) introduction of IAPT+ (Increased Access to Psychology Therapies – Plus) at the beginning of November. Although an improvement (…)
The unholy alliance between the Government (NHS Commissioning Boards) & its preferred suppliers of Wellbeing or Mental Health
by Julia Evans on November 26, 2012
One of the Government Risk-Free suppliers, touts for more business to maximise his profits This is how outcome measurements totally inappropriately drive a business, sucking Government funding away from practitioners (…)
Hounslow Clinical Commissioning Group Public Meeting : Tuesday 20th November 2012 : Denis Postle
by Julia Evans on November 21, 2012
1) Denis Postle’s note of the Hounslow Clinical Commissioning Group public meeting – reproduced with the author’s permission 2) Extracts from: NHS, Hounslow Clinical Commissioning Group, Commissioning Intentions 2013/14 1) (…)
Trust is the issue…….
by Julia Evans on November 17, 2012
Just as the BBC may have reached the limit of what can be achieved by regulation and a tight system of compliance monitoring, so more rules and more bureaucracy are (…)