Vaughan Bell

Mar 5, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Jordan Reid |Charles Cole |Nabeela S. Malik |Vaughan Bell

1 INTRODUCTION Psychotic symptoms are characterised by delusions, hallucinations, and paranoia (positive symptoms) as well as difficulties with thinking, blunted emotions, and low motivation (negative symptoms) (Jablensky, 2010).

May 6, 2023 | thelancet.com | Vaughan Bell

Surgeons have had a surprisingly outsize impact on the history of psychology. The modern concept of psychological trauma partly originates with surgeon John Erichsen's diagnosis of “railway spine”. Erichsen, who worked at University College Hospital (UCH), London, UK, noticed how some people escaped railway accidents without injury but experienced persisting psychological distress.