He'll never see the light of day again. Another incident to be mentioned in the forthcoming obituary for social care in the UK. Drug use certainly complicates these conditions massively but a go… (View Post)

It comes from the Samaritans media guidelines, here: https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/media-guidelines/media-guidelines-reporting-suicide/ They are interesting, whether it's helpful o… (View Post)

I've met a few famous people, only one where we both took mushrooms, but the only encounter I genuinely enjoyed was, I was sat at the Mound in Edinburgh, reading a copy of A Scanner Darkly, and … (View Post)

It's not just the lack of people to provide talking therapy, but on an NHS-basis, psychiatric hospitals prioritise hiring nurses over other staff. Largely, the money decisions in Edinburgh are m… (View Post)

The Scotland Act requires that all laws must be compatible with the European Conventions. (Whether that has always been achieved I don't know). (View Post)