International Perspectives on Mental Health: Critical issues across the lifespan
Author Archive: Editorial
Eco-Informed Practice: Family Therapy in an Age of Ecological Peril
Experiences of therapists who integrate walk and talk into their professional practice
The Anatomy of Loneliness
The links between loneliness and mental ill-health are well-established. In 2018 the BBC conducted a “Loneliness Experiment”, concerning which there are three radio broadcast episodes : Episode 1 : 55,000 people completed the BBC Loneliness Experiment. Claudia Hammond reveals the results and…
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The School of Life: An Emotional Education
This book has been written by Alain de Botton. The publishers say: “We spend years in school learning facts and figures but the one thing we’re never taught is how to live a fulfilled life [editor’s note: see Bad Education ]. That’s why…
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‘If the land is sick, you are sick’: An Aboriginal approach to mental health in times of drought
This article in Mosaic has been written by Georgina Kenyon: “A coal truck roars past, stirring up red dust that blows over the famished cattle and sheep lying in grassless paddocks. The carcasses of dead kangaroos lie next to empty water troughs. There is…
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Young People Hearing Voices: What You Need to Know and What You Can Do
This book has been written by Sandra Escher and Marius Romme. The publishers say that it: “… is a unique, innovative book providing support and practical solutions for the experience of hearing voices. It is in two parts, one part for…
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Psychiatric diagnosis ‘scientifically meaningless’
As reported in ScienceDaily : “A new study, published in Psychiatry Research, has concluded that psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools to identify discrete mental health disorders. The study, led by researchers from the University of Liverpool, involved a detailed…
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Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder
New Vision for Mental Health: An Ecological Paradigm
