Category: technical

How to write an abstract, not.

Posted on By pukeko
This paper is in JAMA psychiatry. It is the final and complete report of the Turnaway project, that followed women who had an abortion and those who were denied (I'm not sure how that happens in the land of Roe v Wade) an abortion. This is part of the… Read More

Apple delenda est.

Posted on By pukeko
A conversation this morning. "Hi I have two phones that the boys have that need fixing" "OK" "This one was dropped. It is a Motorola G. It needs a new screen. Can you fix it?" "Sure. (checks model number). It is the first model. We can… Read More

WordPress 4.7 update.

Posted on By pukeko
Well, Wordpress has produced a new core theme, which includes (at last) a static front page -- which I don't use. It does allow rotating photos on the front and it does scale really well. It does have a clean output. But I need it to do excerpts.… Read More

Is this generation fragile or cosseted?

Posted on By pukeko
Yesterday I was having lunch with a colleague. We both do sessions in the psychiatric emergency room. And we are seeing young men, acutely suicidal, following rejection by a partner. We both reflected on our young years. We were rejected. We were… Read More

The prodrome of psychosis is a deficit state?

Posted on By pukeko
The election seems to be mad, and instead of concentrating on that I'm reading journals and doing work. This is in JAMA Psychiatry pre publication stack. It is a fairly well done case control study. The associations they find are descriptive and the… Read More

The consequences of the Hirsch Factor.

Posted on By pukeko
It is interesting going through a promotions review[1]. The committee look at your metrics, and note how many papers you have published, and how many are read. This may not be the best metric. I was in a group which did the NZ Mental health Survey:… Read More

Science is not the narrative.

Posted on By pukeko
I do not trust peer review, and I do my fair share of it. Last night I packed the work bag for this morning, and in went the work I had not read during the holiday that I have to review: a good two-inch stack of paper. Peer review, you see, is a… Read More