Niall Boyce

@nboyce.bsky.social

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Editor at The Lancet by day. Crime novelist Nick Beckett by night. “The Book of Martyrs” coming in 2027 from Baskerville (UK) and Pegasus (US).

Text: What’s the best cure for depression? Ryan, County Armagh It’s tempting to give you a funny response to this, but depression ain’t funny — I’ve suffered from it. What I did, and what I recommend you do, is talk to your GP about it. Personally, I’m on a low dose of an antidepressant called Zoloft (sertraline), and it does the job. You hear a lot of people say that antidepressants just put a sticking plaster on the problem, instead of solving the cause. They may have a point, but it’s easy to say that if you ain’t depressed. The big problem for me with antidepressants is that they affected my sex life. Trying to get down to some action these days is like trying to raise the Titanic. I suppose it would be depressing if I weren’t on antidepressants. As it is, I can live with it.
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Text: Mental health experts, therefore, should not be too quick to dismiss or condemn Shrinking for its technical inaccuracies or the ethical and professional boundaries that Jimmy oversteps. The show can instead be considered as a gentle provocation, an exploration of Jimmy's view that "Sometimes people need more" than Paul's rigid approach, which risks the therapist becoming a "mental health robot". What barriers, it asks, do clinicians put up, and why?
A city at night with the overlaid text: What can we do about cognitive impairment in psychosis? Plus: mental health in the city; do people want AI therapists?; and the pitfalls of "mental health awareness" thoughtformation.substack.com
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Text: Mosh pit Mosh Pit tickets will be scanned on entry and ticket holders will be issued with a wristband for access to the pit. Mosh Pit guests will be required to leave any baggage larger than A4 size in the cloakroom.
Text: Bring It on Down Next up? Some pummelling to get the mosh pit going. Oasis at their heaviest and most political will see pints of lager flying.
Text: Dear Niall Boyce, I am pleased to inform you that the examiners for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy for which you are a candidate have reported that you have satisfied them in the examination: Field of Study: English Literature Thesis title: 'Am I not my selfe at that time?' Sleep, Dreams, and Selfhood in Early Modern England
The Third Doctor in "Doctor Who", played by Jon Pertwee, falling out of the TARDIS having just arrived on Earth after regenerating.