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Into the Woods and Out Again: A Memoir of Love, Madness, and Transformation , by Dina Glouberman (June 2018). The publishers say: “1971 was the year Dina Glouberman went mad. Now, for the first time, Dr Dina Glouberman, renowned psychotherapist and author, co-founder of the world famous Skyros Holidays, creator of Imagework therapy,…
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The New Psychology of Health was published in May 2018 and is co-authored by Catherine Haslam, Jolanda Jetten, Tegan Cruwys, Genevieve Dingle and Alex Haslam. The publishers say: “Why do people who are more socially connected live longer and have better health than those…
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The BBC says (May 30th, 2018): “Dr Chris van Tulleken is on a mission to understand why we’re giving over three times more medicine to our kids today than we did 40 years ago. He looks into one of the…
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The BBC says (May 23rd, 2018): “Two years ago, Dr Chris van Tulleken discovered we are taking more prescription drugs than ever before – a billion prescriptions a year in the UK. He worked with a GP (General Practice) surgery…
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Alan Jasanoff, a pioneering neuroscientist, argues that we are more than our brains. The publishers say : “To many, the brain is the seat of personal identity and autonomy. But the way we talk about the brain is often rooted more in mystical…
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Prof. Katrina Skewes McFerran writes: “It’s an incredible feeling to connect in a meaningful way with angry young people who feel excluded, rejected and unhappy. My profession, music therapy, uses music to forge those connections, whether by drumming together as…
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Medical doctor Tamasin Knight has previously received psychiatric treatment and went on to write the practical guidebook Beyond Belief: Alternative Ways of Working with Delusions, Obsessions and Unusual Experiences . The book queries and rejects the usefulness of traditional psychopathological labels and treatments. It argues instead for accepting the individual’s own reality…
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Will Hall (pictured above and the author of “ What Does It Mean To Be Called ‘Crazy’ in A Crazy World? ”) has interviewed Professor Jim van Os. In relation to this he says: “With one of the highest mental health spending rates in Europe, the Netherlands is undergoing a dramatic rethinking…
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The publishers describe this book by Ayelet Waldman as: “The true story of how a renowned writer’s struggle with mood storms led her to try a remedy as drastic as it is forbidden: microdoses of LSD. Her revealing, fascinating journey…
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