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Cindy Lamothe , writing in The Guardian newspaper, says: “Touch can be used as a tool for communicating empathy, even resulting in an analgesic, painkilling effect. To combat loneliness, let’s set up coffee dates instead of screen time. We humans aren’t meant…
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In this extract from his new book , Johann Hari, who took antidepressants for 13 years, calls for a new approach: “In the 1970s, a truth was accidentally discovered about depression – one that was quickly swept aside, because its implications were too…
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Although several years old, this paper – “NICE Under Scrutiny” still has great relevance. It looks at the impact of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on the provision of counselling/psychotherapy in the UK. Produced by…
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Prof. Stephen Joseph argues – in this extract from The Handbook of Person-Centred Therapy and Mental Health (Theory, Research and Practice), edited by Stephen and published by PCCS Books – that person-centred theory provides a robust framework for understanding and working with severe mental distress (our emphasis): “Over…
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“Locked away in a psychiatric ward, he felt trapped, helpless. Isolated from his loved ones and worthless to society. He was terrified of the injections forced on him. More than anything, he wished someone helping him could have said, ‘I’ve…
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Set within a North American context (USA), and with relevance to both mental health and physical healthcare, this documentary looks at the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry. The documentary’s producers say that it exposes “… the insidious ways that illness is…
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Have you heard of the Rosenhan experiment, conducted back in the 1970s to determine the validity of psychiatric diagnosis? Wikipedia says: “The experimenters feigned hallucinations to enter psychiatric hospitals, and acted normally afterwards. They were diagnosed with psychiatric disorders and…
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By Steven Morgan, as published on Mad in America : “I left the American South with a Jesus on my shoulder. My new world, a leftist college out West, did not take so kindly. Beliefs that earned me friends and community at home…
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A paper in Medical Humanities (otherwise known as the Journal of Medical Ethics) reports on a qualitative evaluation of a Norfolk-based network of community singing workshops aimed at people with mental health conditions and the general public. The paper’s abstract says that…
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