New Approaches

A philosophical argument against evidence-based policy

This article by Rani Anjum and Stephen Mumford was published (May 2016) in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. Its subject – evidence-based policy and practice – is as relevant to mental healthcare as it is to biophysical healthcare. The…
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‘The water literally washes the anxiety away’

Amy Gladwell reports for the BBC : “Many of us associate the sea with feeling happy, relaxed and switching off from life’s stress. But there’s growing belief that being near, on, in, or under water has a far more powerful impact on our mental,…
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Social services are broken. How can we fix them?

Hilary Cottam – author of Radical Help – wants to redesign the welfare state using the power of relationships. This has relevance to the subject of mental health not only because the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is a major part of…
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The new science of psychedelics

Writing in The New Statesman , Tim Martin says: “Seventy-five years ago, in April 1943, the research chemist Albert Hofmann did something distinctly out of scientific character. Impelled by what he later called a “peculiar presentiment”, he resolved to take a second look…
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The Development of Green Care in Western European Countries

This review-article appeared in EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing. The publishers say that it: “… represents a review of green care across Western European countries. The following questions are addressed: What is green care, and what are its basic goals? What are the most commonly…
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