An an article published on October 2, 2018, Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: GPs’ perspective on management highlighted to me on Twitter via Dubhgas Taylor, I want to highlight one of the problems we are facing. It reports on a ‘mixed-methods systematic review by Jennings and colleagues aimed to develop a better understanding of general practitioners’…
It may be a long video, but I recommend viewing t it. There are some tragically stark similarities to the way people with dementia have been ‘Psychiatrized’ primarily, due to BPSD. Yet another nail in the BPSD coffin… and why we must #BanBPSD. BPSD is mostly a ‘Psychiatrization’ of normal human responses to dementia. Like…
It is the final day of World Alzhimers Month 2018, and I decided to end the month by saying I am tired! Go figure… I helped orchestrate 30 blogs on the DAI website, as part of their campaign for this month, #Hello blog/vlog series. Please follow the link and read them, if for no other…
Medicated and Motivated – NOT!!!!!! Questioning the abusive practice of chemical restraint. Guest blog by Leah Bisiani MHLthSc/DipBus/RN.1/Dementia Consultant Republished with permission as part of my Rethinking Dementia: Normal Human Responses series for World Alzheimer’s Month… #BanBPSD “Elder abuse is one of the vilest indicators of ageist discrimination within our current civilization. Whilst the concealed ignominy…
I really love this quote, and felt it quite relevant to this blog series about the need to #BanBPSD. Fronteirs in Neurology state: “Behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), also known as neuropsychiatric symptoms, represent a heterogeneous group of non-cognitive symptoms and behaviors occurring in subjects with dementia.” Thankfully, at least in my opinion, there…
In an effort to keep the #BanBPSD series going, I want to highlight a comment written by Peter Gordon from Scotland, who has become a dear friend, and is also a psychiatrist in Scotland who has been advocating for improved practice. He advocates also for a more transparent medical industry for many years, and I will…
Let’s STOP Pathologising Normal Human Responses For #WAM2018, and on day 3, I am continuing my series of blogs, highlighting why many other people also believe we need to BanBPSD. On June 9, 2018 Susan Macaulay wrote an open letter to members of the dementia community worldwide, highlighted below. She outlines what happened to her…
