neuroscience – A New Vision for Mental Health

The link between stress and depression … and the 10 simple words that could help

Author: Editorial 23rd March 2023 0 Comments

“Neurological insights into how the brain processes stress, and how it can develop into depression, have led to new interventions” This article by Dean Burnett has been published in The Guardian: It begins: “It’s a damp, midweek afternoon. Even so, Cardiff’s…
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Dean Burnett, depression, hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, Jim White, neuroscience, stress, The Guardian, wellbeing

The Schizophrenia Genetics Illusion—A Century of Failure and Hype

Author: Editorial 2nd February 2023 0 Comments

“As psychologist John Read has shown , there are 15 ways that two people can meet the DSM criteria for schizophrenia without sharing any symptoms in common.” This article by Dr. Jay Joseph has been published by Mad in America. It begins:…
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Genetics, Jay Joseph, John Read, Mad in America, neuroscience, psychiatry, psychosis, schizophrenia, twin studies

The Top 10 Psychedelic Science Studies Of 2022

Author: Editorial 19th January 2023 0 Comments

This article by Zeus Tipado has been published by HealingMaps. It begins: “Before you can assemble a list of the top ten greatest psychedelic science studies of 2022, you must first read every psychedelic study of 2022. I cannot stress enough…
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HealingMaps, inflammation, Ketamine, lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), MDMA, music therapy, Nature Relatedness, neuroscience, psilocybin, Psychedelic Drug Trial, Research, stress, Zeus Tipado

Galileo’s Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness

Author: Editorial 17th November 2022 0 Comments

Mental ill-health – better described as psychological and emotional distress – fundamentally involves consciousness, a subjective awareness and experience. So, if we misunderstand the nature of consciousness, then we will not be best placed to help those in distress. But…
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books, brain, consciousness, Galileo, mind, neuroscience, Panpsychism, Philip Goff

The Universe, Life and Everything…: Dialogues on our changing understanding of reality

Author: Editorial 30th September 2022 0 Comments

Co-written by Sarah Durston and Ton Baggerman (with other contributors), this book has relevance to the creation of a well-being society and some of the changes in cultural values and perspectives that are needed for this. The publishers say: “Our current…
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consciousness, Culture & Society, Descartes, Isaac Newton, meaning-making, neuroscience, philosophy, Sarah Durston, scientism, Ton Baggerman

The role of mind in neuroscience

Author: Editorial 28th September 2022 0 Comments

After failing to find anatomical or functional correlates of a variety of psychiatric conditions, Dr. Sarah Durston (neuroscientist and Professor of Developmental Disorders of the Brain at the Department of Psychiatry at the University Medical Center Utrecht, the Netherlands) has…
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consciousness, Essentia Foundation, materialism, metaphysics, neuroscience, philosophical physicalism, psychiatry, Sarah Durston, videos

Can brain anatomy and function account for psychiatric conditions?

Author: Editorial 26th September 2022 0 Comments

Prof. dr. Sarah Durston is a Dutch psychiatrist specialized in developmental disorders. In this in-depth interview, she discusses the limits of materialism in accounting for psychiatric conditions based solely on measurable brain anatomy and function.

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brain anatomy, consciousness, Essentia Foundation, materialism, metaphysics, neuroscience, psychiatry, Sarah Durston, videos

Landmark study finds causal link between nature walks and stress reduction

Author: Editorial 14th September 2022 0 Comments

This report by Rich Haridy is published in New Atlas. It begins: “We all know a good, long walk in nature can be relaxing, but a landmark new study from researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development offers some…
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exercise, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, natural world, neuroscience, New Atlas, Research, Rich Haridy, Sonja Sudimac, stress, walking

Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain

Author: Editorial 17th August 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Antonio Damasio. The publishers say: “In the centuries since Descartes famously proclaimed, ‘I think, therefore I am,’ science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person’s true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended until recently…
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Antonio Damasio, books, Descartes, emotional intelligence, emotions, neuroscience, rationality, reason

Psychiatry beyond the current paradigm

Author: Editorial 10th August 2022 0 Comments

This article – by several co-authors – was published in The British Journal of Psychiatry 2012. The summary says: “A series of editorials in this Journal have argued that psychiatry is in the midst of a crisis. The various solutions proposed…
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biomedical model, neuroscience, psychiatry, technological paradigm