I am a psychiatrist and poet. This blog deals with issues arising from the multifold interactions between medicine, psychiatry, literature and philosophy.
Expertizes
BOOKS
My publications include Mindreadings: literature and psychiatry; Madness at the Theatre; Sims’ Symptoms in the Mind: textbook of descriptive psychopathology 4-6th editions; Psychopathology of Rare and Unusual Syndromes.
Scientific Publications
POETRY
My volumes of poetry include Naked to Your softness and Other Dreams; Wednesday is a Colour; Forest of Transformations; Adagio for Oblong Mirrors; Master of the Leopard Hunt; Indigo, Camwood & Mahogany Red; Selected Poems
Influences
Experiences
Honorary Professor of Psychiatry Birmingham
1999-
Chief Examiner RCPsych
2002-2005
Consultant Psychiatrist Birmingham
1986-2021
Visiting Professor
University of Ibadan
University of Western Australia
University of Auckland
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