Psychology’s Ghosts: The Crisis in the Profession and the Way Back
What are the constructivist approaches?
The question of subjectivity and the creation of meaning is one of enormous importance to the field of mental health. In this context, consider the following Frequently Asked Question from the website of Constructive Foundations (an interdisciplinary journal): “What are the constructivist approaches?…
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Depression and Me
In “Depression and Me” – a 1 hour TV programme from the BBC – Alastair Campbell talks candidly about his experiences of living with depression. And after 30 years of taking antidepressant drugs that haven’t stopped his depressions, he also explores whether radical…
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Imperial launches world’s first Centre for Psychedelics Research
Mental Health, Psychiatry and the Arts: A Teaching Handbook
This teaching handbook has been edited by Victoria Tischler. The publishers say: “This comprehensive book explores how visual art, cinema, music, poetry, literature and drama can inform the teaching and practice of psychiatrists and mental health professionals. Edited and written by…
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Madness and the demand for recognition
The Phenomenology of Depression: What It’s Like When the ‘Dark Fog’ Descends
Sam Woolfe (freelance writer and blogger) has written : “Phenomenology is a philosophical movement, founded by Edmund Husserl (1859 – 1938), which concerns itself with direct experiences. Phenomenologists study the nature of consciousness as it is experienced subjectively in the first person….
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The Growth Delusion: The Wealth and Well-Being of Nations
The creation of a wellbeing society is vital if we are to foster long-term improvements in general emotional and psychological health. Yet in any new vision of mental health, many of the largest negative impacts on wellbeing stem from a…
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Young People Hearing Voices: What You Need to Know and What You Can Do
Hearing Voices: A Common Human Experience
