Editorial

Mental Illness as a Crisis of Meaning in Modern Society

Author: Editorial 8th June 2022 0 Comments

The producers (Eternalised) of this 19-minute video say: “Modern society has seen a massive spike in mental illness. Why could this be? We will be exploring the characteristics of modernity and associate it with the rise of mental illness through…
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a wellbeing society

Culture & Society, depression, Eternalised, existentialism, meaning, modernity, videos

He Spurred a Revolution in Psychiatry. Then He ‘Disappeared.’

Author: Editorial 6th June 2022 0 Comments

The Mad in America website cites a New York Times‘ article , which begins: “On the second day of the annual convention of the American Psychiatric Association in 1972, something extraordinary happened. While the assembled psychiatrists, mostly white men in dark…
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a coherent system

American Psychiatric Association, history of psychiatry, homosexuality, Mad in America, New York Times, psychiatry

Therapy Beyond Good and Evil

Author: Editorial 3rd June 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “A nonjudgmental psychology is failing patients who need to hear hard truths”, this article by James Mumford has been published on The New Atlantis website. It begins: “It appears innocuous at first. The psychologist writes one word at the center…
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a coherent system

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, James Mumford, psychology, Talking Therapies, The New Atlantis, values

Children are wrongly diagnosed with ADHD if they fall behind at school, warns neurologist

Author: Editorial 2nd June 2022 0 Comments

This report by Anita Singh has been published in the Daily Telegraph. It begins: “Children are being wrongly diagnosed with ADHD when they are just falling behind, according to a leading neurologist, who said the medical profession was too quick to label people….
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collaborative practice

ADHD, Anita Singh, autism, Daily Telegraph, depression, diagnostic labelling, Education, Suzanne O’Sullivan

The Idea of the Brain: A History

Author: Editorial 1st June 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Mathew Cobb. The publishers say: “This is the story of our quest to understand the most mysterious object in the universe: the human brain. Today we tend to picture it as a computer. Earlier…
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Uncategorised

artificial intelligence, books, brain, consciousness, evolution, evolutionary biology, Mathew Cobb, neuroscience, Research

Blackness ever blackening: my lifetime of depression

Author: Editorial 30th May 2022 0 Comments

As published on the Mosaic website: How do I explain an existence dominated by the bleakest, darkest moods? And do I even want to? By Jenny Diski “I was such a moody child. That’s what my parents said. “She’s such a moody…
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collaborative practice

depression, Jenny Diski, Mosaic

This Is Your Brain on Food

Author: Editorial 27th May 2022 0 Comments

Subtitled “An Indispensible Guide to the Surprising Foods that Fight Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and More”, this book has been written by nutritional psychiatrist Dr. Uma Naidoo. The publishers say: “Did you know that blueberries can help you cope with…
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collaborative practice

ADHD, books, depression, diet and mental health, food, nutritional psychiatry, OCD, PTSD, Uma Naidoo

Neuropolis: A Brain Science Survival Guide

Author: Editorial 26th May 2022 0 Comments

This book has been written by Robert Newman. The publishers say: “Are we our brains? How can you map the mind? Can brain scans read our minds? Based on Rob Newman’s live stand-up show and new BBC Radio 4 series, his…
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a coherent system

books, brain, evolutionary biology, neuroscience, New Approaches, reductionism, Robert Newman

The Psychologist

Author: Editorial 25th May 2022 0 Comments

This article by Charlotte Beale has been published by Mad in the UK It begins: “One day, after very many preceding days, I decided to stop functioning. I lay in my mother’s bed, which was sodden with hours of tears, and…
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collaborative practice

CBT, Charlotte Beale, Mad in the UK, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, Schema Focus Therapy, Talking Therapies, trauma