Today I entered “Dr. Cant's Amazing Exploding World”. It started with an explosion of yoghurt from a packaging crisis all over his greasy egg which he then proceeded to eat whist being attacked by a cockroach. Afterwards – and I quote – I feel a bit queasy now”. Then at breakfast the drink bottle he was pouring into the already dilute korkade exploded over him causing much stickiness and wetting. Finally as we were getting into the “rickshaw” to go to Istanbul (the restaurant not the well known city) he confided in me that he crashes cars....Arrived safely at Istanbul.

Apart from the introduction to this world the day went well with a session on psychosis followed by a visit to the police hospital where my group saw a man with thought disorder which provided an opportunity to demonstrate that you could do more sophisticated cognitive tests to assess different areas of the brain and to explain the difference between mania and schizophrenia. (Dr. Cant nearly arrested for taking photos of the group at the hospital...). The afternoon was spent on mood disorders with Dr. Ameira talking about bipolar disorder and myself starting on depression ending with a role play on psychoeducation to a depressed patient using DUST SHIPS. Final act of the day was MCQ’s and prize giving – Dr. Ameira clearly a closet Wills and Kate fan...