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Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness

Author: Editorial 27th June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Anne Harrington. The publishers say: “Anne Harrington explores psychiatry’s struggle to understand mental disorder in biomedical terms. Harrington shows how little the biological revolution had to do with breakthroughs in science and why the field…
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Anne Harrington, biomedical model, books, history of psychiatry, psychiatry, social influences

Medicalising everyday life doesn’t help anyone’s mental health

Author: Editorial 26th June 2019 0 Comments

“Not all suffering is mental illness. Pretending it is raises false hopes and puts pressure on an already strained NHS”, writes Adrian Massey in The Guardian . His opinion piece begins: “I have a growing sense of unease about the Americanisation of…
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Adrian Massey, bereavement, common life problems, medicalisation, normality, pathologisation, psychiatry, resilience, self-reliance, The Guardian, worried well

A Prescription for Psychiatry: Why We Need a Whole New Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing

Author: Editorial 21st June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Peter Kinderman. The publishers say that it: “… lays bare the flaws and failings of traditional mental health care and offers a radical alternative. Exposing the old-fashioned biological ‘disease model’ of psychiatry as unscientific…
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books, coercion, emotional distress, individual uniqueness of client and patient, medical model, Peter Kinderman, psychiatry, psychosocial factors

Forests for wellbeing

Author: Editorial 20th June 2019 0 Comments

Forestry England say : “Forests are places you can seek adventure, make memories and find escape. For 100 years we’ve been looking after the nation’s forests, so that they can take care of you. From urban woodlands and historical places, to…
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Forestry England, Forests, nature, Research, Trees, wellbeing

Two-hour ‘dose’ of nature significantly boosts health – study

Author: Editorial 19th June 2019 0 Comments

Damian Carrington, reporting for The Guardian , writes that: “A two-hour ‘dose’ of nature a week significantly boosts health and wellbeing, research suggests, even if you simply sit and enjoy the peace. The physical and mental health benefits of time spent in parks, woods or the beach…
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Damian Carrington, Natural England, nature, Scientific Reports (journal), The Guardian, tranquility, wellbeing

The Power of Neurodiversity: Unleashing the Advantages of Your Differently Wired Brain

Author: Editorial 14th June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Thomas Armstrong. The publishers say : “ADHD, dyslexia, autism: the number of illness categories listed by the American Psychiatric Association has tripled in the last fifty years. With so many people affected, it is time to…
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ADHD, American Institute for Learning and Human Development, autism, books, Culture & Society, disabilities, dyslexia, learning disabilities, neurodiversity, Thomas Armstrong

What is Neurodiversity?

Author: Editorial 13th June 2019 0 Comments

In this new video from the Counselling Channel, Stephen Munt (counselling psychologist) introduces the subject of Neurodiversity. The video also features a person who has faced and overcome challenges with their neurodiversity and differences.

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abnormality, Clients & Patients, Counselling Channel, dyslexia, neurodiversity, normality, Stephen Munt, videos

The UK should stop obsessing over GDP. Wellbeing is more telling

Author: Editorial 12th June 2019 0 Comments

Writing in The Guardian , Dan Button says: “This morning, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) released the latest set of GDP figures. It is a familiar exercise common to most countries: a day when the broad state of an economy is judged according…
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Dan Button, gdp, gross domestic product, New Zealand, The Guardian, Wales, Well-being of Future Generations Act, wellbeing

New Zealand Government’s Wellbeing Budget

Author: Editorial 7th June 2019 0 Comments

The people of New Zealand have now seen the first ever government budget to make national wellbeing the top priority: the 2019 Wellbeing Budget . Mental health has received the biggest funding and investment boost on record: NZ$1.9bn (£980m). This includes NZ$0.6bn for…
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budget, gdp, Grant Robertson, gross domestic product, Gross National Happiness, Jacinda Arden, New Zealand, wellbeing

Ask an Autistic #1 – What is Stimming?

Author: Editorial 6th June 2019 0 Comments

Amythest Schaber, who is autistic, talks about stimming (and neurodiversity) in the 11 minute video that you can watch below. She writes: “What is stimming? Why do Autistic people do it? What are some common stims among the Autistic population?…
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Amythest Schaber, Ask an Autistic, autism, neurodiversity, proprioception, stim, stimming, Vestibular, videos

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