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Traci Pedersen, writing on the PsychCentral website , reports that: “A growing body of research has shown the significant benefits of natural settings on human cognition and mental health. But until now, it has been difficult to quantify these benefits in a useful manner for…
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In this 40 minute podcast , Prof. Laurence Simon discusses an article – “It’s Not Just a Chemical Imbalance” – written by Kelli Maria Korducki in the New York Times. The podcast comes from his The Stories We Live By series, which is subtitled “Retelling our own life stories that are creative…
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This article by Nicola Slawson inThe Guardian newspaper begins: “ Arts and Minds , a leading arts and mental health charity, has been running weekly art workshops for people experiencing depression, stress or anxiety in Cambridgeshire for the past seven years. Led by an…
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In the video below, Dr. Gabor Maté explains why he links significant risk factors for chronic illness (including mental illnesses such as depression) to the suppression of healthy emotions. His talk includes topics such as: The human attachment drive (being taken…
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“In an article titled Morality-Driven Illnesses , Chuck Ruby, Executive Director of the International Society for Ethical Psychology & Psychiatry (ISEPP) has written: “In response to political pressure, The World Health Organization’s legislative body just ratified a June 2018 proposal to redesignate…
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The issues surrounding so-called “evidence-based” practice are relevant to healthcare generally, and perhaps especially relevant to mental healthcare. The same applies to the key importance of contextualisation. The article cited above – Contextualizing science in the aftermath of the evidence-based medicine…
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