Articles by our Dr. in Residence
- Dr Venetia Young -
Venetia’s presentation as part of her Radical Birds work (click on the title to view)
Published in BJGP Life, 8th June 2023
”Humans like sheep have a basic need to feel safe. They can’t function well until that need is met. Their fears need to be named including the causes. Fear is not an illness needing sedating. It is a call to action. Sedation may make animals less able to defend themselves.”
Published in BJGP Life, 4th March 2023
”If we invited the shepherd farmer to look at our flocks of patients, how would he see them enabled to live as fulfilling a life as possible? He might describe how sheep in flocks do well together but also need to be seen as individuals to thrive. He might see the damage done in the second Elizabethan age of focusing on symptoms rather than what has happened.”