Uncategorised – A New Vision for Mental Health

‘The headset helps my depression so I can be a dad again’

Author: Editorial 27th March 2024 0 Comments

Nicki Fox reports for the BBC: “A father-of-two said a headset that stimulated his brain using electronic pulses had been a ‘key part’ of his recovery from depression. Ashley Riley, from Northamptonshire, took part in an NHS trial that used the…
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Alex O'Neill-Kerr, BBC, depression, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, Flow Neuroscience, neuroscience, New Approaches, Nikki Fox

What’s it like to set up a Mental Health Political Party?

Author: Editorial 4th March 2024 0 Comments

The producers (From Therapy to Social Change) of this podcast say: “Dr Ben Mullings, counselling psychologist, has been a fierce advocate for mental health reform in Australia. In this podcast dialogue, Ben describes his journey of establishing the Alliance for Better…
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Alliance for Better Access, audio, Australia, Australian Mental Health Party, Ben Mullings, From Therapy to Social Change, Mick Cooper, podcast, politics

I can’t picture things in my mind. I didn’t realize that was unusual

Author: Editorial 28th February 2024 0 Comments

“People with aphantasia can’t mentally visualize things. Mental imagery is a spectrum, and we lie outside it, in the dark” Shayla Love reports for The Guardian: “I discovered I had aphantasia by accident. When you live your entire life without a…
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aphantasia, mental visualisation, mind’s eye, Shayla Love, The Guardian

Yuletide break

Author: Editorial 28th December 2023 1 Comment

We are taking a break over the Yuletide and New Year period, but will return on January 2nd.

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The Age of Acronyms

Author: Editorial 13th December 2023 0 Comments

This blog-post by Stephanie Foster has been published by Psychiatry at the Margins. It begins: On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me Another version of CBT “‘The Twelve Days of Acronyms’ parody song danced in my…
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acronyms, CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, Psychiatry at the Margins, Stephanie Foster, Talking Therapies

Transforming Mental Health Care with Cultural Narratives and Metaphors

Author: Editorial 29th November 2023 0 Comments

“In an influential paper, Laurence Kirmayer explores how cultural narratives and metaphors shape our experience of mental health and recovery.“ This article by Justin Karter has been published in Mad in America. It begins: “In a groundbreaking academic article, Laurence J. Kirmayer , a…
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cultural poetics, cultural psychiatry, Culture & Society, Justin Karter, Laurence Kirmayer, Mad in America, metaphor, narrative

Madness and Method: Exploring the Realm of Unconventional Reasoning

Author: Editorial 9th November 2023 0 Comments

This article by Justin Garson has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “What is madness? Is it merely a colloquial term for ‘mental illness,’ one that is alternatively reviled and reclaimed? Is it merely the lack of reason? Or…
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Arthur Wigan, idiocy, Immanuel Kant, insanity, John Locke, Jonah Bossewitch, Justin Garson, Mad in America, madness, Sofia Jeppsson, Wouter Kusters

Kyrie Farm: An ecological approach to mental health

Author: Editorial 20th October 2023 0 Comments

This podcast has been published by Mad in Ireland, who say: “We are delighted to present this first ‘Fields of Healing Podcast’, literally from a field, with the potential to bring healing to many who otherwise may not have the opportunity….
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audio, Ciara Glynn, ecological paradigm, ecology, Eoin Galavan, Gould farm, Ireland, John McKeon, Kyrie Farm, podcast

Decline in Independent Activity as a Cause of Decline in Children’s Mental

Author: Editorial 16th October 2023 0 Comments

“”Our thesis is that a primary cause of the rise in mental disorders is a decline over decades in opportunities for children and teens to play, roam, and engage in other activities independent of direct oversight and control by adults.”…
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children and adolescents, Children’s independent mobility, David Bjorklund, David Lancy, Locus of control, pediatrics, Peter Gray, self-determination theory, The Journal of Pediatrics, wellbeing

Psychobiotics and the need for better interventional data

Author: Editorial 14th September 2023 0 Comments

This article (with relevance to mental health) has been published in BMC Medicine. It begins: “Gut microbiota composition has been associated with multiple health outcomes: various studies employing predictive genetic studies and randomised controlled trials suggest this is the case. More…
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anxiety, BMC Medicine, depression, diet, gut microbiota, nutritional psychiatry, probiotics, psychobiotics, Research