Editorial

Interview with Prof. John Read about the campaign for an independent review of ECT

Author: Editorial 30th September 2020 0 Comments

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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collaborative practice

cognitive impairment, ECT, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), John Read, Lucy Johnstone, memory loss, patient consent to treatment, placebo effect, videos

Interview: Researchers Deconstruct Ghostwritten Industry Trial for Antidepressant

Author: Editorial 28th September 2020 0 Comments

“… articles go through a lot of drafts, maybe 10-15 drafts, that get passed around between the statisticians and the marketing people at the companies and then, after most of this has already been written, they go looking for the…
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a coherent system

antidepressants, celexa, children and adolescents, citalopram, drug trials, Justin Karter, Mad in America, psychiatry

Therapy wars: the revenge of Freud

Author: Editorial 25th September 2020 0 Comments

“Cheap and effective, CBT became the dominant form of therapy, consigning Freud to psychology’s dingy basement. But new studies have cast doubt on its supremacy – and shown dramatic results for psychoanalysis. Is it time to get back on the…
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CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, Freud, Oliver Burkeman, psychoanalysis, psychodynamic psychotherapy, Talking Therapies, The Guardian

Should we, can we, halt the rise in prescribing for pain and distress?

Author: Editorial 24th September 2020 0 Comments

“Prescribers may want to move towards a ‘selective-use protocol’ based on individualised trial of medication and change depending on immediate and short-term response, 5 rather than the indiscriminate current ‘offer to all with a diagnosis’ method of practice.” Written by Prof….
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British Journal of General Practice, General Practitioners, prescribing, prescription drugs

Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild

Author: Editorial 23rd September 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Lucy Jones. The publishers say: “Today many of us live indoor lives, disconnected from the natural world as never before. And yet nature remains deeply ingrained in our language, culture and consciousness. For centuries, we…
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a wellbeing society

books, Lucy Jones, natural world, wellbeing, wilderness therapy, wilding

The pandemic is an opportunity to reconsider what makes a good life

Author: Editorial 21st September 2020 0 Comments

“Covid-19 gave us a glimpse of a less work-driven society, but it will take determination to avoid a return to the old normal “ The creation of a wellbeing society is central to reducing many of the stressors that feed…
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a wellbeing society

economic growth, economics, gross domestic product, Kate Soper, The Guardian, wellbeing

The trouble with antidepressants: why the evidence overplays benefits and underplays risks

Author: Editorial 18th September 2020 0 Comments

“Widespread prescribing has not reduced mental disability or suicide, raising questions about the assessment of evidence on effectiveness and safety of antidepressants” This essay by John B. Warren has been published the British Medical Journal (BMJ). It begins: “Depression can be…
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antidepressants, BMJ, British Medical Journal, depression, efficacy of antidepressants, John B. Warren, safety of antidepressants

Surviving Work in Healthcare:

Author: Editorial 17th September 2020 0 Comments

Subtitled “Helpful stuff for people on the frontline”, this book has been written by Dr. Elizabeth Cotton (senior lecturer specialising in employment relations and mental health work, with a particular interest in the lived experience of mental health work). The publishers…
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a coherent system

books, box-ticking, centralisation, Elizabeth Cotton, funding, productivity targets, Talking Therapies

Oliver Burkeman’s last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life

Author: Editorial 16th September 2020 0 Comments

“After more than a decade of writing life-changing advice, I know when to move on. Here’s what else I learned” In his final column in The Guardian, Oliver Burkeman writes : “In the very first instalment of my column for the…
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a wellbeing society

fulfillment, happiness, Oliver Burkeman, The Guardian, wellbeing

The Empathy Museum

Author: Editorial 14th September 2020 0 Comments

The capacity for empathy is a key factor in mental healthcare … because there is a world of difference between engaging directly and empathically with a person as compared to seeing them as someone on whom to apply “interventions”. The…
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a wellbeing society

empathy, Empathy Museum, videos, wellbeing

Author Archive: Editorial

Interview: Researchers Deconstruct Ghostwritten Industry Trial for Antidepressant

Therapy wars: the revenge of Freud

Should we, can we, halt the rise in prescribing for pain and distress?

Losing Eden: Why Our Minds Need the Wild

The pandemic is an opportunity to reconsider what makes a good life

The trouble with antidepressants: why the evidence overplays benefits and underplays risks

Surviving Work in Healthcare:

Oliver Burkeman’s last column: the eight secrets to a (fairly) fulfilled life

The Empathy Museum

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