In an article in Aero magazine , Lisa Marchiano writes: “The London Times recently carried a story about an avalanche of self-harm among British school children. According to the article , “school nurses are dealing with panic attacks, self-cutting, overdoses and eating disorders rather than…
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In 2013 the British Psychological Society released a report whose abstract reads: “… there is need to move away from psychiatric diagnoses such as schizophrenia, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, personality disorder and conduct disorder, which have significant conceptual and empirical…
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Published in 2016, and edited by Prof. Andrew Miles, the publishers of this book say: “Despite exponential increases in biomedical and technological advance over the 100 years that have radically transformed the scope, possibility and power of clinical practice, there…
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The BBC (Alex Therrien) reports: “Think of magic mushrooms and LSD and it’s likely that science is not the first thing that springs to mind. Psychedelic drugs are more likely to be associated with hippies and the counterculture of the…
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Richard Godwin, writing in The Guardian : “Shortly after I sat down to read up on the auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on health in the Lancet , the drilling began – an angry, jagged, intermittent frenzy of metal on plaster. Our downstairs neighbours…
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Coercion in Community Mental Health Care: International Perspectives, July 2016, edited by Andrew Molodynski, Jorun Rugkåsa and Tom Burns … The publishers say: “The use of coercion is one of the defining issues of mental health care. Since the earliest…
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Person-Centred Healthcare Research, edited by Brendan McCormack, Sandra van Dulmen, Hilde Eide, Kirsti Skovdahl, and Tom Eide (2017) … The publishers say: “Person–Centred Healthcare Research provides an innovative and novel approach to exploring a range of research designs and methodological…
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This book was written by Johann Hari (January, 2018). The publishers say: “What really causes depression and anxiety – and how can we really solve them? New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a…
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Into the Woods and Out Again: A Memoir of Love, Madness, and Transformation , by Dina Glouberman (June 2018). The publishers say: “1971 was the year Dina Glouberman went mad. Now, for the first time, Dr Dina Glouberman, renowned psychotherapist and author, co-founder of the world famous Skyros Holidays, creator of Imagework therapy,…
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