Dr. Jay Watts, writing in The Guardian newspaper: “When people ask whether mental illness is real or not, my suspicion is that they really mean: does mental illness have a physical, material cause, in the same way as cancer or a broken…
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The Big Anxiety brought together artists, scientists and communities to question and re-imagine the state of mental health in the 21st century. It presented over 60 events across Greater Sydney (Australia) from September 20th – November 11th 2017, tackling the…
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The publishers say: “This edited volume provides an answer to a rising public health concern: what drives the over-prescription of psychiatric medication epidemic? Over 15% of the UK public takes a psychiatric medication on any given day, and the numbers…
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Co-authored by Andrew Clark, Sarah Fleche, Richard Layard, Nattavudh Powdthavee and George Ward, the publisher writes: “What makes people happy? Why should governments care about people’s well-being? How would policy change if well-being was the main objective? The Origins of…
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Below is 7 minute video from Laura Delano, who introduces her website – Recovering from Psychiatry (www.RecoveringfromPsychiatry.com) – and extends a warm welcome to those who believe in – or who are starting to wonder that perhaps there could be…
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Germany now has a Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing, run by the Gina Schöler (pictured above), who has written that: “The Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing offers a creative view on the wide field of happiness and wellbeing. As Minister…
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The publishers describe this book (2015) by Louis Cozolino as “the story of why psychotherapy actually works”. They continue: “That psychotherapy works is a basic assumption of anyone who sees a therapist. But why does it work? And why does…
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Writing in The Psychologist (Feb. 8th 2018), Esther Ford, a trainee Educational Psychotherapist, questions what is missing from the education system: might aspects of psychoanalytic thought be part of the answer? She says: “Like many, I am increasingly frustrated with our education…
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From an article in Newsweek magazine : “It’s morning in Nahariya, a tiny Israeli town near the Lebanese border, and 4-year-old Benjamin is repeatedly smashing his head against the wall. He spins wildly in circles, screeching at full volume. As his mother tries frantically to…
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Written by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, this book (first published in 2009) highlights the “pernicious effects that inequality has on societies: eroding trust, increasing anxiety and illness, (and) encouraging excessive consumption”. It shows that for each of eleven different health…
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