Patient Stories: Erik
Although this text describing Eric’s story is short, the length and extent of his suffering and distress was considerable.
Dr Ken Gillman, MD
Critical independent evaluations in psycho-pharmacology
Patient Stories: Bruno’s mother
IntroductionBruno’s account of his mother’s illness below illustrates a risk I have often mentioned, which is the problem of accepting only partial improvement, which is what often happens with the…
Patient Stories: Kath
Old Kath’s rocking chairThis is a patient story from my experience when I first came to Mackay in 1983. I set up a private practice and offered to help at…
Patient Stories: A Nurse’s Tale
Next is Sue’s account (she had a letter about this published in ‘CNS Spectrums’ (1) after my editorial (2). It illustrates that a little inventiveness and persistence gets most people…