A New Vision for Mental Health

What does care farming provide for clients? The views of care farm staff

Author: Editorial 3rd July 2020 0 Comments

This research-study article comes from Dr. Ann Hemingway, Dr. Caroline Ellis-Hill and Dr. Elizabeth Norton. It has been published in NJAS – Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences. The abstract says: “Care farming in the UK can help the agricultural community to…
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Ann Hemingway, autonomy, care farming, Caroline Ellis-Hill, Elizabeth Norton, nature, NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, personal growth, Research

The Rabbit Effect

Author: Editorial 2nd July 2020 0 Comments

This book – subtitled “Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness” – has been written by Dr. Kelli Harding. The publishers say: “When Columbia University doctor Kelli Harding began her clinical practice, she never intended to explore…
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books, friendship, kelli harding, kindness, loneliness, love, wellbeing

Can gardens, libraries and museums improve wellbeing through social prescribing?

Author: Editorial 1st July 2020 0 Comments

This blog-post from the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine begins: “Oxford University’s world-class gardens, libraries and museums could benefit the health and wellbeing of Oxfordshire residents through ‘social prescribing’, according to a report published today by an interdisciplinary team at Oxford University….
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Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, gardens, libraries, museums, social prescribing, Universal Personalised Care, University of Oxford

Green Mind Theory: How Brain-Body-Behaviour Links into Natural and Social Environments for Healthy Habits

Author: Editorial 29th June 2020 0 Comments

This article , co-authored by Jules Pretty, Mike Rogerson and Jo Barton, has been published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. The abstract says: “We propose a Green Mind Theory (GMT) to link the human mind with…
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brain plasticity, Green Mind Theory, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Jo Barton, Jules Pretty, Mike Rogerson, nature, neuroscience, wellbeing

NHS England launch a “Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care”

Author: Editorial 26th June 2020 0 Comments

In January 2019 the National Health Service (NHS) in England launched a “Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care”, aimed at giving people more choice about – and control over – their healthcare. In terms of mental healthcare this is clearly a…
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Comprehensive Model of Personalised Care, National Health Service, NHS, NHS England, Personalised Care, social prescribing, videos

“Diagnostic Dissent”: Experiences of Individuals Who Disagreed With Their Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 25th June 2020 0 Comments

“Researchers investigate the first-person experiences of people who disagreed with their psychiatric diagnosis of psychosis.“ This article has been written by Zenobia Morrill and published (2018) on Mad in America. It begins: “Faith Forgione, a student at Fordham University, NY, recently…
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diagnosis, diagnostic labelling, Faith Forgione, Mad in America, psychiatry, psychosis, Research, Zenobia Morrill

“Do antidepressants work?” A humanistic perspective

Author: Editorial 24th June 2020 0 Comments

This article by Prof. Lisa Cosgrove was first published in The Humanistic Psychologist. The abstract says: “Since the approval of fluoxetine in 1987, there have been contentious debates about whether antidepressants ‘work.’ A recent meta-analysis on the efficacy and tolerability…
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antidepressants, depression, humanistic psychology, Lisa Cosgrove, person-centred, Research, ResearchGate, The Humanistic Psychologist

The Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic

Author: Editorial 22nd June 2020 0 Comments

“The Lives They Left Behind reveals the vast historical inadequacies of a psychiatric system that has yet to heal itself.” This book has been co-authored by Darby Penney and Peter Stastny, with photographs by Liza Rinzler. The publishers say: “When Willard…
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asylum, books, Darby Penney, Peter Stastny, psychiatry

Healing Voices

Author: Editorial 19th June 2020 0 Comments

“Healing Voices” is a documentary directed by PJ Moynihan and co-produced by PJ Moynihan and Oryx Cohen. It comes from Digital Eyes Film and is described as: “… an award-winning documentary which explores the experiences commonly labeled as ‘psychosis’ in…
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documentary, extreme states, films, hearing voices, psychiatry, psychosis, schizophrenia, videos

Intelligent Kindness: Rehabilitating the Welfare State

Author: Editorial 18th June 2020 0 Comments

Following on from Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare , this book turns its attention to the UK’s welfare state. It has been written by John Ballatt, Penelope Campling and Chris Maloney. The publishers say: “At a time of renewed concern about health, social care, and national…
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books, Chris Maloney, compassionate practice, John Ballatt, kindness, organisational culture, Penelope Campling, welfare state