I am a practising child psychiatrist with an interest in psychopharmacology and the overlap of psychiatry and culture. I hold a PhD in medical humanities and edit the Narrative Matters section of "Child and Adolescent Mental Health". I have recently ben appointed as the Historian in Residence of the Royal College of Psychiatrists Address: Birmingham, UK
Narcolepsy is a common disorder with a prevalence of 0.56/1000. Patients present with a classic t... more Narcolepsy is a common disorder with a prevalence of 0.56/1000. Patients present with a classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations, which is seen only rarely in children. The term 'narcolepsy' is taken from Greek and means 'seized by somnolence'; it was first described in 1880 by Gelineau. This article is a case study of an 11-year-old male with pseudonarcolepsy. He presented to accident and emergency with episodes of falling asleep at inappropriate and unexpected times, often falling to the floor. Pseudonarcolepsy is a term coined to describe the phenomenon in which a patient presents with the symptoms and signs of narcolepsy, but the origin is psychogenic. Differential diagnosis, investigation and possible aetiology are discussed, along with treatment and outcome.
Arthur Conan Doyle's spiritualist interests are often viewed today as idiosyncratic for a medical... more Arthur Conan Doyle's spiritualist interests are often viewed today as idiosyncratic for a medical professional and anachronistic for the late Victorian era. However, historians of the era recognise that there was widespread fascination at this time in the possibility of communicating with the dead and the development of extraordinary mental powers like telepathy. Conan Doyle studied medicine in Edinburgh where the study of mesmerism and its role in therapy continued for much longer than the rest of Britain. The university and medical school produced most of the major names of British medical mesmerism including the physician James Braid, who coined the term hypnotism. By the late nineteenth century, there were many distinguished physicians and scientists who shared Conan Doyle's spiritualist views. The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) was the elite London association that investigated these possibilities using a scientific methodology. Hypnotism and the trance state were...
The emergence of therapeutic hypnotism or suggestive therapy at the end of the nineteenth century... more The emergence of therapeutic hypnotism or suggestive therapy at the end of the nineteenth century in Britain has been conceived as a primitive, irrelevant or even preposterous form of fringe medicine. However, this thesis argues that hypnotism while dismissed for its associations with spiritualism, popular Victorian entertainment and quackery, can be profitably understood as an important form of early psychotherapy and a potent technique for inducing the body’s own healing through the placebo effect. It centres on the life of Charles Lloyd Tuckey, a successful London society doctor who was the first to advocate the ‘New Hypnotism’ in the United Kingdom despite strong resistance within the general public and the medical profession. Largely overlooked, Lloyd Tuckey’s life, work and correspondence shed light on a significant occluded chapter of both medical history and popular culture, and the intersection and interaction of the two. Offering new critical and historical approaches, thi...
... Acknowledgements We are grateful to Claire Brittain and Jean Spooner for typing the manuscrip... more ... Acknowledgements We are grateful to Claire Brittain and Jean Spooner for typing the manuscript and to Dr Irene Lampert who trans-lated both of the original German language papers. References Bakheit AMO. Kennedy PGE. Behan PO. ...
... Cornic, F., Consoli, A., Tanguy, M.-L., Bonnot, O., Périsse, D., Tordjman, S., Laurent, C. an... more ... Cornic, F., Consoli, A., Tanguy, M.-L., Bonnot, O., Périsse, D., Tordjman, S., Laurent, C. and Cohen ...Melissa, P., Delbello, MD, Keith, D., Foster, MD, Ste-phen, M. and Strakowski, MD (2000) Case report ... Morgan, SA, Hank, D. and Rogers, D. (2008) Catatonia in present day society ...
... Acknowledgements We are grateful to Claire Brittain and Jean Spooner for typing the manuscrip... more ... Acknowledgements We are grateful to Claire Brittain and Jean Spooner for typing the manuscript and to Dr Irene Lampert who trans-lated both of the original German language papers. References Bakheit AMO. Kennedy PGE. Behan PO. ...
The characteristic behavioural constellation of Kluver–Bucy syndrome is believed to be diagnostic... more The characteristic behavioural constellation of Kluver–Bucy syndrome is believed to be diagnostic of bilateral temporal lobe damage, even in the partial syndrome. The case described is that of a 54 year old woman with gross atrophy of her right temporal lobe following neurosurgery who developed hyperphagia (with driven food-seeking behaviour), placidity and hyposexuality. Her case thereby meets criteria for the partial syndrome but without evidence of bilateral damage. The discussion covers the various presentations of hyperphagia, the significance of the symptom cluster of Kluver–Bucy syndrome and the management difficulties presented by hyperphagia.
International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2004
We report the successful treatment of selective mutism in a child with pervasive developmental di... more We report the successful treatment of selective mutism in a child with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). There are several studies and case reports in which Fluoxetine has been reported effective in diminishing adult social anxiety and increasing speech in public settings. The literature is much smaller for children. The efficacy of fluoxetine supports the argument that selective mutism is a developmental equivalent of social anxiety disorder. To our knowledge this is the first description of successful treatment when the selective mutism is complicated by PDD.
Narcolepsy is a common disorder with a prevalence of 0.56/1000. Patients present with a classic t... more Narcolepsy is a common disorder with a prevalence of 0.56/1000. Patients present with a classic tetrad of excessive daytime sleepiness, cataplexy, sleep paralysis and hypnagogic hallucinations, which is seen only rarely in children. The term 'narcolepsy' is taken from Greek and means 'seized by somnolence'; it was first described in 1880 by Gelineau. This article is a case study of an 11-year-old male with pseudonarcolepsy. He presented to accident and emergency with episodes of falling asleep at inappropriate and unexpected times, often falling to the floor. Pseudonarcolepsy is a term coined to describe the phenomenon in which a patient presents with the symptoms and signs of narcolepsy, but the origin is psychogenic. Differential diagnosis, investigation and possible aetiology are discussed, along with treatment and outcome.
Arthur Conan Doyle's spiritualist interests are often viewed today as idiosyncratic for a medical... more Arthur Conan Doyle's spiritualist interests are often viewed today as idiosyncratic for a medical professional and anachronistic for the late Victorian era. However, historians of the era recognise that there was widespread fascination at this time in the possibility of communicating with the dead and the development of extraordinary mental powers like telepathy. Conan Doyle studied medicine in Edinburgh where the study of mesmerism and its role in therapy continued for much longer than the rest of Britain. The university and medical school produced most of the major names of British medical mesmerism including the physician James Braid, who coined the term hypnotism. By the late nineteenth century, there were many distinguished physicians and scientists who shared Conan Doyle's spiritualist views. The Society for Psychical Research (SPR) was the elite London association that investigated these possibilities using a scientific methodology. Hypnotism and the trance state were...
The emergence of therapeutic hypnotism or suggestive therapy at the end of the nineteenth century... more The emergence of therapeutic hypnotism or suggestive therapy at the end of the nineteenth century in Britain has been conceived as a primitive, irrelevant or even preposterous form of fringe medicine. However, this thesis argues that hypnotism while dismissed for its associations with spiritualism, popular Victorian entertainment and quackery, can be profitably understood as an important form of early psychotherapy and a potent technique for inducing the body’s own healing through the placebo effect. It centres on the life of Charles Lloyd Tuckey, a successful London society doctor who was the first to advocate the ‘New Hypnotism’ in the United Kingdom despite strong resistance within the general public and the medical profession. Largely overlooked, Lloyd Tuckey’s life, work and correspondence shed light on a significant occluded chapter of both medical history and popular culture, and the intersection and interaction of the two. Offering new critical and historical approaches, thi...
... Acknowledgements We are grateful to Claire Brittain and Jean Spooner for typing the manuscrip... more ... Acknowledgements We are grateful to Claire Brittain and Jean Spooner for typing the manuscript and to Dr Irene Lampert who trans-lated both of the original German language papers. References Bakheit AMO. Kennedy PGE. Behan PO. ...
... Cornic, F., Consoli, A., Tanguy, M.-L., Bonnot, O., Périsse, D., Tordjman, S., Laurent, C. an... more ... Cornic, F., Consoli, A., Tanguy, M.-L., Bonnot, O., Périsse, D., Tordjman, S., Laurent, C. and Cohen ...Melissa, P., Delbello, MD, Keith, D., Foster, MD, Ste-phen, M. and Strakowski, MD (2000) Case report ... Morgan, SA, Hank, D. and Rogers, D. (2008) Catatonia in present day society ...
... Acknowledgements We are grateful to Claire Brittain and Jean Spooner for typing the manuscrip... more ... Acknowledgements We are grateful to Claire Brittain and Jean Spooner for typing the manuscript and to Dr Irene Lampert who trans-lated both of the original German language papers. References Bakheit AMO. Kennedy PGE. Behan PO. ...
The characteristic behavioural constellation of Kluver–Bucy syndrome is believed to be diagnostic... more The characteristic behavioural constellation of Kluver–Bucy syndrome is believed to be diagnostic of bilateral temporal lobe damage, even in the partial syndrome. The case described is that of a 54 year old woman with gross atrophy of her right temporal lobe following neurosurgery who developed hyperphagia (with driven food-seeking behaviour), placidity and hyposexuality. Her case thereby meets criteria for the partial syndrome but without evidence of bilateral damage. The discussion covers the various presentations of hyperphagia, the significance of the symptom cluster of Kluver–Bucy syndrome and the management difficulties presented by hyperphagia.
International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, 2004
We report the successful treatment of selective mutism in a child with pervasive developmental di... more We report the successful treatment of selective mutism in a child with pervasive developmental disorder (PDD). There are several studies and case reports in which Fluoxetine has been reported effective in diminishing adult social anxiety and increasing speech in public settings. The literature is much smaller for children. The efficacy of fluoxetine supports the argument that selective mutism is a developmental equivalent of social anxiety disorder. To our knowledge this is the first description of successful treatment when the selective mutism is complicated by PDD.
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