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Episode 067: Austin O’Carroll talks about the Triple F**k Syndrome

In this episode we interview Dr Austin O’Carroll who is a GP based in Dublin and founder of Safetynet Ireland and North Dublin City GP Training, and co-founder GPCareForAll.

Paper: The Triple F**k Syndrome: How medicine contributes to the systemic oppression of people born into poverty

Austin argues that the label of personality disorder is inappropriate and harmful to patients who have suffered adverse social environments in childhood. By simultaneously ignoring social causation and denying the possibility of therapy the diagnosis perpetrates a systematic injustice against those who are labelled.

The Triple F**k Syndrome: How medicine contributes to the systemic oppression of people born into poverty

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