Co-Production in Mental Health
collaborative practice
Introducing Multi-Lens Therapy
The following article by Dr. Eric Maisel was also published in Psychology Today (February 3rd, 2019). It is Part 1 of a series introducing multi-lens therapy (the related follow-on articles will appear in Psychology Today): Introducing Multi-Lens Therapy What exactly is causing…
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Third Wave CBT Integration for Individuals and Teams: Comprehend, Cope and Connect
The publishers say : “This book [published December 2017] introduces a therapy that starts from the perspective of the immediate experience of the individual -‘what it feels like to be me, now’. Developed by the authors, this new, transdiagnostic approach to mental…
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Antidepressants are not antidepressants – an alternative approach to drug action and implications for the use of antidepressants
“Antidepressants are not antidepressants – an alternative approach to drug action and implications for the use of antidepressants” is an article written by Dr. Joanna Moncrieff (psychiatrist) and published in the BJPsych Bulletin (Jan. 30th 2018) as part of their “Against…
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Because We Are Bad: OCD and a Girl Lost in Thought
The publishers say: “As a child, Lily Bailey knew she was bad. By the age of 13, she had killed someone with a thought, spread untold disease, and ogled the bodies of other children. Only by performing an exhausting series…
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Varieties of Anomalous Experience
In the video below you can watch Dr. Etzel Cardeña, Thorsen Professor of Psychology at Lund University, Sweden, as he talks about a variety of what are sometimes called – in psychological terms – “anomalous experiences”. His talk links to…
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Video: The Biological Mind
In this video, Alan Jasanoff, a pioneering neuroscientist, talks about the ideas and concepts that are set out in his book The Biological Mind: How Brain, Body, and Environment Collaborate to Make Us Who We Are:
Science Media Centre: A lesson in Spellcasting
From the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry : “There is a very, very long background story to this cartoon. I will try my best to be brief, but please do bear with me. First of all, let me translate the Latin Spell. ARGUMENTUM AD VERECUNDIAM:…
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PSYCHLOPS (Psychological Outcome Profiles)
PSYCHLOPS (Psychological Outcome Profiles) is a short, one page mental health outcome measure that can be used during the course of any psychotherapeutic intervention. It promotes a patient-centred definition of therapy outcome, is patient-generated and can be self-completed. It’s not intended…
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Let Them Eat Prozac
First published in 2006 and written by psychiatrist David Healy, the full title of this book is Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression. The publishers say (within a North American context): “Prozac. Paxil….
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