This abstract is of a chapter in Psychological Interventions for Psychosis that has been co-authored by Marino Pérez-Álvarez & José Manuel García-Montes: “This chapter sets out the increasing evidence that makes it clear that the understanding of psychosis from the…
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“Aping pharmaceutical research methods does not elevate psychology. We should stop misleading the public to believe that emotional suffering is like medical disease, or that different kinds of psychotherapy are like different medications. These assumptions are false at every level….
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This article by Kate Quinn and Matt Sweeney has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “Heavy metal music comes with a bit of a reputation. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, there were many media reports that teenagers who listened to metal music…
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“A recent study of brain stimulation for depression found that the placebo group (sham treatment) showed more improvement than the group that received actual brain stimulation.“ This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “ In a new article in Lancet Psychiatry…
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This article by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Why does psychology struggle so much to achieve meaningful findings? In what has been termed the “replication crisis,” psychology’s much-hyped positive findings typically fail to replicate in later studies , leaving uncertainty about…
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“Research into reports of people taking their own life showed drugs can be the motive and also give them the means” This report by Sarah Knapton has been published in The Telegraph. It begins: “Antidepressants raise the risk of suicide while also giving people the means…
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