“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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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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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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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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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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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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