Citation

Braithwaite R. BJPsych Bull 2016; 40(2): 107-108.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Royal College of Psychiatrists)

DOI

10.1192/pb.40.2.107b

PMID

27088003

Abstract

In trying to explain why the portrayal of psychiatry on YouTube might be predominantly negative, Gordon et al1 fail to consider the obvious – that the producers of negative videos may actually have a point... If we want the outside world to be kind to us, we need to get our own house in order first. We need to dispense with absurd disorders from our classifications, narrow our definitions of serious illness, focus on those endogenous diseases for which we have clear meta-analytic evidence of effective treatment and restrict provision of pharmacological treatment to patients who are actually ill.

Language: en