Response to personal viewpoint on revalidation

Personal Viewpoint

Personal Viewpoint

a dialogue between myself and my hallucinations. The publication of this book brought me letters from people who wanted to know how a nurse could work efficiently while being a schizophrenic. Getting the schizophrenic a job and helping him to keep it are very important tasks for psychiatrists and social workers. The way has been paved by the setting up of workshops within hospitals, so that pat...

Personal Viewpoint

old son was a persistent bed-wetter. The trouble started when he was around three, though he had been completely trained at 18 months. It began with the odd wet bed, gaining momentum fast until he was never dry. We did everything the experts advised?never scolded, loved him more, praised his prowess in other spheres. We surreptitiously docked off evening drinks and began again the business of t...

Personal Viewpoint

A community neurologist's personal viewpoint on neurological training.

A study of 200 patients referred to a community neurologist showed that 87.5% of the patients were seen in the office and only 12.5% in hospital. Neurological signs were present in 52% and 28.5% had neurological signs which materially affected the diagnosis. A questionnaire sent to several teaching centers showed that only one center sent students and residents to community neurologists' office...