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The helpful delusion: Evidence is growing that mental illness is more than dysfunction, with enormous implications for treatment

Author: Editorial 28th November 2022 0 Comments

This article by Prof. Justin Garson has been published in Aeon magazine. It begins: “Most people thought my dad lived alone. He didn’t. He lived with God and the French actress Catherine Deneuve. They were outside of him but somehow projected…
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Aeon, depression, evolution, evolutionary biology, hearing voices, psychiatry

Think of mental disorders as the mind’s ‘sticky tendencies’

Author: Editorial 29th October 2021 0 Comments

This article by Kristopher Nielsen has been published in Aeon. It begins: “What exactly are mental disorders? The answer to this question is important because it informs how researchers should go about trying to explain mental disorders, how the public responds…
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The helpful delusion: Evidence is growing that mental illness is more than dysfunction, with enormous implications for treatment

Think of mental disorders as the mind’s ‘sticky tendencies’