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Self-transcendence and the relationship between mystical experience, transliminality, and dissociation: a quantitative investigation
“The notion of mystical experience as being marked by pathology, specifically, dissociation, is laid to rest in this study” This research paper , published in the Journal of Transpersonal Research, has been co-authored by Dr. Kim McCann and Dr. M. Davis. The…
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Clinical psychologists’ use of transformative models of psychosis
“Evidence suggests that some ‘psychotic’ crises, whilst painful, can also be transformative, leading to personal growth and valued outcomes.” This research paper has been published in Counselling & Psychotherapy and co-authored by Dr. Anne Cooke and Dr. Caroline Brett. The abstract says:…
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Time, not material goods, ‘raises happiness’
” … my take home message is, ‘think about it, is there something you hate doing that fills you with dread and could you pay somebody else to do that for you?’ If so, then science says that’s a pretty…
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What does care farming provide for clients? The views of care farm staff
“Diagnostic Dissent”: Experiences of Individuals Who Disagreed With Their Diagnosis
“Do antidepressants work?” A humanistic perspective
This article by Prof. Lisa Cosgrove was first published in The Humanistic Psychologist. The abstract says: “Since the approval of fluoxetine in 1987, there have been contentious debates about whether antidepressants ‘work.’ A recent meta-analysis on the efficacy and tolerability…
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ECT depression therapy should be suspended, study suggests
Is medical research now beyond redemption?
“… without so called ‘evidence’ there is no seat at the guideline table. This is the fundamental ‘commissioning bias,’ the elephant in the room, because the drug industry controls and funds most research. So the drug industry and EBM [evidence…
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