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Podcast: The Mental Elf
Episode: Giles Newton-Howes - Is the label too taxing? Where to for the diagnosis personality disorder #BIGSPD23
Description: Before his keynote talk at the 2023 BIGSPD conference in Glasgow, Prof Giles Newton-Howes from the University of Otago in New Zealand, talks about the history of the term personality disorder and how thinking about taxonomy can help us consider the benefits and harms of diagnosis.Professor Giles Newton-Howes, Professor & Consultant Psychiatrist, University of Otago. A consultant psychiatrist and academic who works in Wellington New Zealand. After completing degrees in classical studies and chemistry he went on to finish medical school at Otago University and then psychiatric training at Imperial College in London. Family drew him back t...