Author Archive: Editorial
Psychiatric Diagnosis and the Power of Names
This research article , co-authored by Claire Chang and Ronald Bassman, has been published in the Journal of Humanistic Psychology. The article’s abstract says: “Psychiatric diagnosis is accepted and pervasive in mental health care and adjoining social systems throughout the world. The…
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Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams
“Two-thirds of adults throughout all developed nations fail to obtain the recommended eight hours of nightly sleep. I doubt you are surprised by this fact, but you may be surprised by the consequences.” Sleep deprivation, including disrupted sleeping patterns, is…
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Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing: Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice
The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Survive and Thrive When the World Overwhelms You
The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking
This book has been written by Susan Cain. The publishers say: “Our lives are driven by a fact most of us can’t name and don’t understand: whether we’re an introvert or an extrovert. This defines who our friends and lovers…
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What accounts for ‘England’s green and pleasant land’? A panel data analysis of mental health and land cover types in rural England
This research paper has been published in Landscape and Urban Planning. Highlights: Rural land cover associations with mental health estimated from hybrid models.Intra-rural change to more natural space associated with mental health change.Land cover types differentially associated with mental health within individuals.Farmland,…
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Are mental health disorders ever purely biological?
“Think about the basic framework of this proposition: an animal that has evolved for millions of years, roughly 350,000 in the present form, experiences its greatest century to date in terms of population expansion, while simultaneously billions of our brains…
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Wellbeing: A Complete Reference Guide
The six volumes comprising the full set of this reference guide have been published by Wiley, who say that it “brings together leading research from across the social sciences.” The series editor is Prof. Cary Cooper. The six volumes: Wellbeing in Children and Families :…
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Pharmaceuticals as a market for “lemons”: Theory and practice
“Markets for ‘lemons,’ in which customers fall victim to a product or service with flaws, and sellers profit from not disclosing hidden risks or dangers, are a theoretically rich but unexplored domain for social scientists studying information asymmetry, where sellers…
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