Stop blaming mental illness

Stop Blaming the Septum.

PURPOSE To identify if isolated surgical violation of the orbital septum predisposes to "middle lamellar" scarring and subsequent postblepharoplasty lower eyelid retraction. METHODS A retrospective review of patients who underwent transconjunctival blepharoplasty in either a postseptal (orbital septum undisturbed) or preseptal (septal incision required) plane was performed. Patients undergoin...

A Reassessment of Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Illness.

David Oliver: Stop blaming patients for emergency visits.

The NHSWales chief is urging patients “not to clog up accident and emergency units,” the BBC recently reported. The story? Four fifths of patients using emergency departments didn’t need hospital admission or treatment. The inference? Such attendances were frivolous, entirely avoidable, or irresponsible. The Welsh “Choose Well” programme, reasonably enough, aims to steer patients to appropriate...

Stop blaming the victim: a meta-analysis on rape myths.

Although male rape is being reported more often than before, the majority of rape victims continue to be women. Rape myths-false beliefs used mainly to shift the blame of rape from perpetrators to victims-are also prevalent in today's society and in many ways contribute toward the pervasiveness of rape. Despite this, there has been limited consideration as to how rape prevention programs and po...

HOW TO STOP BLAMING: Six Principles For Accountability Design

The question is: how has the system responded to the rigid rules and controls that have been imposed from the top? Did it improve the system, or did it produce gaming and compliance roleplaying? Have system leaders just blindly gone along with this whole "blame culture" that has been nurtured by Queen's Park to deflect blame from the inner circle of connected operators? Are there any leaders wh...