Hodges' Model: Welcome to the QUAD: psycho-political

Hodges' model is a conceptual framework to support reflection and critical thinking. Situated, the model can help integrate all disciplines (academic and professional). Amid news items, are posts that illustrate the scope and application of the model. A bibliography and A4 template are provided in the sidebar. Welcome to the QUAD ...

Showing posts with label psycho-political. Show all posts
Showing posts with label psycho-political. Show all posts

Sunday, August 17, 2025

TDS - 'Tariff Derangement Syndrome' ...

... is that all you have to worry about?


Individual
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      INTERPERSONAL    :     SCIENCES               
HUMANISTIC  --------------------------------------  MECHANISTIC      
 SOCIOLOGY  :    POLITICAL 
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Vasan S, Padhy RK. Tardive Dyskinesia. [Updated 2023 Apr 24]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2025 Jan-. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK448207/

Morrison PD, Jauhar S, Young AH. The mechanism of action of clozapine. Journal of Psychopharmacology. 2025;39(4):297-300. doi:10.1177/02698811251319458

Taylor D, Watanabe K. Tardive dyskinesia: understanding current challenges in diagnosis and treatment. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology. 2023;13. doi:10.1177/20451253221144347

'syndrome'?

Jablonski S,  Syndrome--a changing concept. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 1992;80(4), 323–327.

Calvo F, Karras BT, Phillips R, Kimball AM, Wolf F. Diagnoses, syndromes, and diseases: a knowledge representation problem. AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2003;2003:802. PMID: 14728307; PMCID: PMC1480257.

Previously: 'psychosis' : 'mental illness'

My prompt: Claire Jones. Trump picks Powell critic and rates ally for Fed board. FTWeekend. 9-10 August 2025, p.6.

Monday, June 30, 2025

Assisted Dying Bill - UK

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      INTERPERSONAL    :     SCIENCES               
HUMANISTIC  --------------------------------------  MECHANISTIC      
 SOCIOLOGY  :    POLITICAL 
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Group


Choice by dying person of how they die

Anticipation of role of AI

Where does mental illness 'lie'?

Decision needs approval by two doctors

Change in relationship between:
INDIVIDUAL -
Prognosis of < 6 months

Terminal diagnosis

Anticipation of role of AI

Seek assistance to end their life

Decision needs approval by two doctors

What of patients who are comatose?^
Profound Societal Change

Quality of Life

Quality of Death

Impact of 'poor' death on others - friends and family

Vulnerabiity of certain groups

Lest we forget what happened to the nursing and care home sector during COVID*

and the STATE

UK - House of Lords

Oversight Panel: 
Legal figure e.g., King's Counsel; and a Psychiatrist

Doctors and care workers not compelled to take part in assisted dying

What about the psycho-POLITICS of anorexia, severe depression?





^Brian M. Rosenthal. They woke as doctors prepared to remove their organs. The New York Times International Edition, 11 June 2025, p.6. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/us/kentucky-organ-donations.html