Who is engaging with who?
Article this week in the Guardian: “Concerns raised over number of children not engaging with nature”. Chock full of statistics on the scale of the… Read More »Who is engaging with who?
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Bullying: A Long Tail
New research published in The Lancet Psychiatry reveals the extent of the damage from childhood bullying. Professor Wolke from the University of Warwick began studying… Read More »Bullying: A Long Tail
Anxious? Lonely? Depressed? You are not alone.
A survey by the Mental Health Foundation revealed that of the 2300 adults in the study group, 19% said they felt anxious a lot or… Read More »Anxious? Lonely? Depressed? You are not alone.
The real reason people stray – and it’s not sex
Interesting article in the Telegraph today to which I contributed: Psychotherapist William Pullen believes that couples in their fifties and sixties often stray because they… Read More »The real reason people stray – and it’s not sex
Depression Care Program Eliminates Suicide
An extraordinary decade-long anti-suicide programme in Detroit has been a stunning success. Suicides dropped by 75% within 4 years and from 2008 through 2010 there… Read More »Depression Care Program Eliminates Suicide
Seeing more clearly
Marcel Just of Carnegie Mellon University, P.A, has been experimenting with evidence based tests for psychiatric illnesses. Subjects were asked to imagine one of 16 actions, such… Read More »Seeing more clearly
Depression/Bullying App
The British Government is pushing a new approach to combat over-medicalization of depression in young people. Norman Lamb, the care minister, is promoting a multi-media strategy… Read More »Depression/Bullying App
Moving Out of Depression
A new study has once more confirmed what we all already knew – people who exercise regularly are significantly less likely to be depressed. Conducted… Read More »Moving Out of Depression
Kelly McGonigal.
“Kelly McGonigal, PhD, is a health psychologist and lecturer at Stanford University, and a leading expert in the new field of “science-help.” She is passionate… Read More »Kelly McGonigal.
Mindfulness, meditation, medication. Which one is best for depression?
A new study from The John Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, analysed 47 studies involving 3,500 patients comparing the use of placebos versus mindfulness, transcendental meditation,… Read More »Mindfulness, meditation, medication. Which one is best for depression?