Highlights from the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry (January - March of 2024)
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THE NORDIC PSYCHIATRIST
The Nordic Journal of Psychiatry, formerly “Nordisk Psykiatrisk Tidsskrift”, is an international journal that publishes excellent...
A week in psychiatry with Goda Tikniūtė
This time, Goda Tikniūtė gladly agreed to describe his work week.
Life is an uncertain project
In this unpredictable world the only factors we can control 100% are our own attitudes and behaviour. Nobody can deny us to think or do...
Suicide prevention; intrinsic uncertainty and clinician’s responsibility
Suicide is a complex and not well-understood phenomenon. In a meta-analysis of the international literature, we estimated that around 27%...
Uncertainty and forensic psychiatry
Interview with Andrew Forrester, professor of forensic psychiatry at Cardiff University.
Time is what you need it for
Interview with Annette Strömgren, MD, Ph.D.
Ontological overload
Humans can be considered their own interface. Our ability to perceive, interpret and react to sensory impressions and information can be...
The unbearable uncertainty of being. Is psychiatry the cure?
Uncertainty is a part of life, perhaps one of the few things we truly have knowledge about. We all must come to terms with the fact that...
Mental disorder diagnostics: embracing variability and accepting uncertainty
“Phaedrus: And what is the other principle, Socrates? Socrates: That of dividing things again by classes, where the natural joints are..."
Death´s uncertain hour – a psychiatrist´s reflection on uncertainty
If anything is certain, it is the fact that our physical and mental reality is surrounded by layers of uncertainty. Just think about the...
How certain is a psychiatric diagnosis?
Interview with Peter Øvig, well-known Danish journalist and author.
Please don’t read this!
Ok, if you do, I’m sorry. The title was sort of a click-bait to get you interested. A cheap trick and not very intelligent. The reason...
From uncertainty to understanding: decoding AI's impact on mental health and society
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a transformative technological force, on par with the advent of the internet and smartphones.