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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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Cultural Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing: Spiritual Interpretations of Symptoms in Medical Practice

This book has been written by Dr. Natalie Tolbert. The publishers say: “As human migration brings an ever more diverse range of people, cultures and beliefs into contact, Western medical systems must adapt to cater for the different approaches it encounters…
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The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Survive and Thrive When the World Overwhelms You

This book has been written by Elaine Aron. The publishers say: “How to cope when the world overwhelms you. For those people who:have a keen imagination; are labelled too shy or too sensitive; who perform poorly when being observed even though…
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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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Interview with Prof. John Read about the campaign for an independent review of ECT

This video-interview with Prof. John Read was conducted by Dr. Lucy Johnstone as part of the A Disorder For Everyone online festival, held September 18, 2020. It includes a discussion of ECT compared to the placebo effect, the risks of brain…
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