audio – A New Vision for Mental Health

Why Good People Do Bad Things, and the Search for the Holy Grail of Psychotherapy with Dr. Jonathan Shedler

Author: Editorial 2nd March 2023 0 Comments

This podcast is described as follows: “In life we often keep repeating the same patterns, even if they are not beneficial to us. And even if we become aware of this, we likely may still not understand ourselves. That’s because we don’t…
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audio, Jonathan Shedler, psychoanalysis, Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychotherapy, Talking Therapies

Is Psychiatry Working?

Author: Editorial 24th February 2023 0 Comments

This series of 30 minute podcasts from BBC Radio 4 has six episodes: Crisis : Writer Horatio Clare and psychiatrist Femi Oyebode discuss psychiatric crisis care with patients and clinicians. Detention : How do we treat people, often against their will, under…
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audio, BBC, BBC Radio 4, coercive psychiatry, diagnostic labelling, involuntary detention, psychiatry, psychotherapy

Easier than curing a toothache? The Story of Lobotomy

Author: Editorial 16th May 2022 0 Comments

This podcast is from the BBC. The producers say: “It is remembered as the most barbaric medical procedure of the 20th century, but lobotomy was once hailed as a miracle cure. Claire Prentice explores the archives to uncover the hidden history…
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audio, BBC, Claire Prentice, Egas Moniz, history of psychiatry, Howard Dully, lobotomy, psychiatry, Wylie McKissock

Laurie Santos – Cognitive Scientist, Professor of Psychology at Yale University

Author: Editorial 14th January 2022 0 Comments

In this 23 minute interview, Stephen Sackur – host of the BBC’s HARDtalk – speaks to American psychologist Professor Laurie Santos, whose work on the science of happiness has won her an audience of millions far beyond the lecture theatre….
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audio, BBC, happiness, HARDtalk, Laurie Santos, podcast, Stephen Sackur, wellbeing

Combatting Structural Racism and Classism in Psychiatry: An Interview with Helena Hansen

Author: Editorial 18th October 2021 0 Comments

In this interview , published on Mad in America (and relating more to an American context), Richard Sears talks to psychiatrist and anthropologist Helena Hansen about bringing structural competency to psychiatry while rebuilding communities through activism and mutual aid. Here is…
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audio, black people, gender, Helena Hansen, Mad in America, neuroscience, psychiatry, racism, Richard Sears, social prescribing, socio-economic class, stigma, structural competency, USA

A History of Delusions

Author: Editorial 27th September 2021 0 Comments

This excellent podcast (57 minutes) from the BBC explores many different aspects of delusions, including some of their causes, and some ways of best helping those who experience them. Presented by clinical psychologist Prof. Daniel Freeman, the podcast’s coverage also includes:…
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angelica ronald, antibody-mediated psychosis, audio, BBC, Belinda Lennox, Daniel Freeman, delusions, Dorothy Wade, encephalitis, Felicity Waite, ICU Delirium, immune system, inflammation, paranoia, podcast, psychiatry, psychosis, Richard Bentall, virtual reality

Jung

Author: Editorial 9th June 2021 0 Comments

“Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens”Carl Jung There are many people no longer with us whose ideas, actions, writings, thoughts (etc) feed into a modern-day new vision for mental health. Carl Gustav Jung is one of them. This…
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Andrew Samuels, archetypes, audio, BBC, Brett Kahr, Carl Jung, collective unconscious, Freud, In Our Time, individuation, Melvyn Bragg, psychoanalysis, Radio Four, Ronald Hayman

Just One Thing – with Michael Mosley: Cold Shower

Author: Editorial 26th April 2021 0 Comments

Investigations continue into whether experiencing immersion in cold water has positive effects on wellbeing and mental health – and if it does have positive effects, how do these occur? See, for example, Can cold water swimming treat depression? This 15 minute BBC podcast features Dr. Michael Mosely….
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audio, BBC, cold showers, cold water swimming, depression, immune system, Michael Mosley, Mike Tipton, stress, wellbeing

Just One Thing – with Michael Mosley – Eat Some Bacteria

Author: Editorial 23rd April 2021 0 Comments

This 14 minute BBC podcast features Dr. Michael Mosely. It explores the science behind probiotics and “How fermented foods might be the key to a healthy brain, body and mind.” The programme-makers say: “In this episode, Michael speaks to expert Kirsten…
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audio, BBC, depression, diet and mental health, fermented foods, gut microbiome, immune system, Kirsten Berding Harold, Michael Mosley, New Approaches, probiotics, psychobiotics

Defining mental illness

Author: Editorial 7th April 2021 0 Comments

This 42 minute podcast is from BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week series, hosted by Andrew Marr. The producers say: “Reports of a mental health epidemic among young people both leading up to and during the pandemic are now widespread. Sally…
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Andrew Marr, audio, BBC, children and adolescents, Defining mental illness, Lucy Foulkes, psychosomatic illness, Radio Four, Sally Holland, Suzanne O’Sullivan