We Become What We Think
Author Archive: Editorial
Where Is the Evidence for “Evidence-Based” Therapy?
“Buzzword. noun. An important-sounding usually technical word or phrase often of little meaning used chiefly to impress.” This article has been written by psychotherapist Dr. Jonathan Shedler. It begins: “Evidence-based therapy” has become a marketing buzzword. The term ‘evidence based’ comes…
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Psychoanalysis and the Re-Enchantment of Psychiatry: Jonathan Shedler, PhD
This interview comes from Conversations in Critical Psychiatry – an interview series from psychiatrist Awais Aftab for Psychiatric Times. The series explores critical and philosophical perspectives in psychiatry and engages with prominent commentators within and outside the profession who have made meaningful criticisms of the status…
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Medicating Normal (a film)
Thinking on My Feet: The small joy of putting one foot in front of another
Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing
Challenging, compromising or colluding? Some thoughts on trying to bring about change in mental health systems
This presentation from Dr. Lucy Johnstone ( Consultant Clinical Psychologist) is aimed at mental healthcare professionals. It was delivered at a conference – POSITIVE ACTION FOR CHANGE IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES – hosted by PCCS books in 2015. You can view…
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Is psychiatry dying? Crisis and critique in contemporary psychiatry
Beyond diagnosis: developing an outcome orientated approach
This presentation by Sami Timimi (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist) was given at a 2015 Conference – POSITIVE ACTION FOR CHANGE IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES. The conference was hosted by PCCS Books, who say: “The presentation addresses evidence that highlights why…
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Scientific supremacy as an obstacle to establishing and sustaining interdisciplinary dialogue across knowledge paradigms in health care and medicine
