New Approaches
More money will not fix our broken welfare state. We need to reinvent it
The welfare state has relevance to the subject of mental health because the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is a major part of the wider welfare system. And the ideas of Hilary Cottam – author of Radical Help , concerning the reinvention…
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Blue Mind
Subtitled The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier, Healthier, More Connected, and Better at What You Do, this book has been written by marine biologist and researcher Wallace J Nichols. The publishers say :…
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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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Everything You Know About Addiction Is Wrong
The TED-talk editors write: “What really causes addiction – to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail first-hand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their…
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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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Madlove: A Designer Asylum
Lost Connections – Uncovering the real causes of depression and the unexpected solutions
This book was written by Johann Hari (January, 2018). The publishers say: “What really causes depression and anxiety – and how can we really solve them? New York Times best-selling author Johann Hari suffered from depression since he was a…
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