by Dave Burke | May 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lockdown and the uncertainties that will follow are a challenge for everyone’s mental health. Jason Ramasami – an illustrator – and myself have made a five minute video to help you support vulnerable colleagues, family and friends…...
by Dave Burke | May 12, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is a concise guide to getting the right professional help to a colleague in a mental health emergency. The contact numbers are valid throughout the UK. You will need to research a few local numbers for some services. You can download a pdf at the bottom of this...
by Dave Burke | May 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
Personality: what is it? A combination of how you THINK, FEEL and BEHAVE. “Personality refers to a distinctive assemblage of traits—characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. It derives from a mix of inborn dispositions and inclinations along with...
by Dave Burke | Apr 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
If you know about Tony Hancock, Spike Milligan, and John Cleese you may suspect that only a thin membrane separates great comedy from mental illness and that, frequently, it ruptures. Ruby Wax is another example, ‘My career ended with a bang’, she says, ‘When I ended...
by Dave Burke | Apr 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Here are three stories from my diaries of long ago. I’ve changed the names. Simon had popped a packet of Paracetamol and a few mouthfuls of vodka when he realised that he didn’t really want to die and phoned for an ambulance. What was he thinking… what was going on...
by Dave Burke | Apr 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
Siddhartha Mukherjee is a brilliant cancer doctor and author based in New York. The prevalence of schizophrenia in his family inspired him to research and write, The Gene, an intimate history[1]. It is a wonderful book, explaining the history, and the mystery, of...
