collaborative practice
Guidance for psychological therapists: information for GPs advising patients on antidepressant withdrawal
“The Defeat Depression Campaign was successful in changing wary public opinion. Now, 24 years on, some patients are still being given the same story about chemical imbalances, a theory that has never been proven, and about withdrawal not existing.” This…
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Real-world effectiveness of antipsychotic treatment in psychosis prevention in a 3-year cohort of 517 individuals at clinical high risk from the SHARP (ShangHai At Risk for Psychosis)
Lasting Damage from Prescribed Drugs
Trauma-informed practice: a paradigm shift in the education of mental health nurses
The Life Scientific: Richard Bentall on the causes of mental ill health
Taking MDMA could help to treat alcoholism, study suggests
Chiara Giordano reports for The Independent: “Taking MDMA could help treat alcohol addiction , according to a new study. During an eight-week trial in Bristol, 14 people with alcohol problems were given a controlled amount of the party drug, also known as ecstasy , during…
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Now Norway is offering drug-free treatment to people with psychosis
National Centre for Creative Health
The National Centre for Creative Health (NCCH) – a new organisation – has arisen from a two-year inquiry by the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Arts, Health and Wellbeing. The inquiry led to the publication of the Creative Health report in 2017. Since then, the APPG…
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The Roots of Love
“Everybody has a mother and a father. It is such a universal and self-evident fact that we mostly take it for granted and sometimes even forget about it. Yet these are two of the most significant relationships in our lives.”Zvagito…
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