Person-Centred Healthcare Research, edited by Brendan McCormack, Sandra van Dulmen, Hilde Eide, Kirsti Skovdahl, and Tom Eide (2017) … The publishers say: “Person–Centred Healthcare Research provides an innovative and novel approach to exploring a range of research designs and methodological…
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This book was written by Johann Hari (January, 2018). The publishers say: “What really causes depression and anxiety – and how can we really solve them? New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a…
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Into the Woods and Out Again: A Memoir of Love, Madness, and Transformation , by Dina Glouberman (June 2018). The publishers say: “1971 was the year Dina Glouberman went mad. Now, for the first time, Dr Dina Glouberman, renowned psychotherapist and author, co-founder of the world famous Skyros Holidays, creator of Imagework therapy,…
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Mary O’Hagan, author of Madness Made Me: A Memoir , has prepared a Wellbeing Manifesto (with a New Zealand orientation), subtitled “A submission to the Government Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction”. The manifesto includes seven wellbeing priorities, plus a listing of foundational principles of wellbeing and twelve…
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From the blog-site of Auntie Psychiatry : Auntie Psychiatry writes: “I had the idea for this cartoon while listening to the Royal Society of Medicine podcast: Episode 1 . The spiel reads… “In this episode, Prof Sir Simon Wessely, Consultant Psychiatrist and Past President of the Royal College of…
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A study by Public Health England (July, 2015) found that people with learning disabilities are regularly prescribed psychiatric drugs without a recorded diagnosis. The report’s Executive Summary referred to a prior UK government report – Transforming Care – and noted the…
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You might find some (or all) of the following quotes interesting: “… the heart of our work is the hurt in our hearts” – extract from CPCAB philosophy . “Our selves aren’t just inside our heads- they’re spread throughout our bodies and beyond …”…
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The BBC reports (January 2018) on a study from England’s children’s commissioner: “Schools should play a bigger role in preparing children for social media’s emotional demands as they move from primary to secondary school, England’s children’s commissioner says. Anne Longfield said she…
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The BBC reports : “When you hear of a drug having side-effects you might think of a physical reaction like a rash or a headache. But according to a new US study, many commonly-prescribed drugs may increase the risk of depression. The…
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