David Zigmond

David Zigmond’s Videos 

Dr David Zigmond veteran NHS psychiatrist , GP and founder of the BHMA has published many writings . Meet him here in these videos speaking at the launch of his books at the Royal Society of Medicine and elsewhere .

Icarus Plummeting Book Launch
February 2026

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Icarus Plummeting Book Launch. 4:14

1. A cartoon portrait of the author. 2:25

2. Why write a book? 1:23

3. Riddles, conundrums, what has been left behind? 9:57

4. Introduction to readings. 2:18

5. Endurance, Involution, Evolution. 0:44

6. Reading: Endurance. 8:54

7. 'I cannot imagine this being possible now'. 1:14

8. What has happened? 1:27

9. Helping endurance; beyond science. 1:10

10. Reading: Involution. 9:51

11. My own degeneration. 0:46

12. Reading: Evolution. 11:20

13. Why not just have health psychologists? 1:50

14. What can we do about it? 1:24

15. What used to work better? Smaller? 3:18

16. What are the benefits to patients of the current system? 2:28

17. Can we really afford personal care? 5:18

18. A patient's retrospective: "a compassionate framework." 3:07

19. Psychosomatics: the limits of computers. 2:02

20. Why Icarus Plummeting? 1:48

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Talk to University of the Third Age: 2nd July 2018
Apr 2018

Long version of video (12 mins)
October 2015

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