Peter Kinderman – A New Vision for Mental Health

A proposal to introduce formal recording of psychosocial adversities associated with mental health using ICD-10 codes

Author: Editorial 2nd March 2022 0 Comments

This article by Kate Allsop and Peter Kinderman has been published in The Lancet. It begins: “It is well known that poverty and social inequity are major determinants of our mental health, 1 and the United Nations Special Rapporteur 2 characterises mental health…
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Kate Allsopp, Peter Kinderman, psychosocial factors, The Lancet

Is It Time to Reconsider the ‘Disease Model’ of Mental Health?

Author: Editorial 4th August 2021 0 Comments

“A prominent U.K. psychologist believes we should change the way we talk about depression, anxiety, and other forms of psychological distress” This article has been written by Markham Heid and published on the Elemental website. It begins: “In2013, the British Psychological…
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British Psychological Society, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, disease model, Elemental, Markham Heid, pathologisation, Peter Kinderman, psychiatry, psychosocial factors

A Manifesto for Mental Health: Why We Need a Revolution in Mental Health Care

Author: Editorial 18th November 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Peter Kinderman. The publishers say: “A Manifesto for Mental Health presents a radically new and distinctive outlook that critically examines the dominant ‘disease-model’ of mental health care. Incorporating the latest findings from both biological neuroscience…
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biomedical model, biopsychosocial model, books, manifesto, Peter Kinderman

The New Laws of Psychology: Why Nature and Nurture Alone Can’t Explain Human Behaviour

Author: Editorial 9th July 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Peter Kinderman. The publishers say: “This controversial new book describes how human behaviour – thoughts, emotions, actions and mental health – can be largely explained if we understand how people make sense of their…
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books, diagnostic labelling, model of mental well-being, Peter Kinderman, psychology, wellbeing

Psychiatric diagnosis ‘scientifically meaningless’

Author: Editorial 11th July 2019 0 Comments

As reported in ScienceDaily : “A new study, published in Psychiatry Research, has concluded that psychiatric diagnoses are scientifically worthless as tools to identify discrete mental health disorders. The study, led by researchers from the University of Liverpool, involved a detailed…
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Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders, diagnostic labelling, John Read, Kate Allsopp, nosology, Peter Kinderman, psychiatry, Research, ScienceDaily

A Prescription for Psychiatry: Why We Need a Whole New Approach to Mental Health and Wellbeing

Author: Editorial 21st June 2019 0 Comments

This book has been written by Prof. Peter Kinderman. The publishers say that it: “… lays bare the flaws and failings of traditional mental health care and offers a radical alternative. Exposing the old-fashioned biological ‘disease model’ of psychiatry as unscientific…
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books, coercion, emotional distress, individual uniqueness of client and patient, medical model, Peter Kinderman, psychiatry, psychosocial factors

Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture

Author: Editorial 11th October 2017 0 Comments

Learn how a psychological understanding of our emotions and behaviour gives us new ways to improve mental health and well-being: this free, online course is available from FutureLearn (the Open University). The course description says that: “Over six weeks, you will explore…
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courses, FutureLearn, nature, nurture, Peter Kinderman, psychiatry, psychology