Descartes – A New Vision for Mental Health

The Universe, Life and Everything…: Dialogues on our changing understanding of reality

Author: Editorial 30th September 2022 0 Comments

Co-written by Sarah Durston and Ton Baggerman (with other contributors), this book has relevance to the creation of a well-being society and some of the changes in cultural values and perspectives that are needed for this. The publishers say: “Our current…
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a wellbeing society

consciousness, Culture & Society, Descartes, Isaac Newton, meaning-making, neuroscience, philosophy, Sarah Durston, scientism, Ton Baggerman

Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain

Author: Editorial 17th August 2022 0 Comments

This book comes from Antonio Damasio. The publishers say: “In the centuries since Descartes famously proclaimed, ‘I think, therefore I am,’ science has often overlooked emotions as the source of a person’s true being. Even modern neuroscience has tended until recently…
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a wellbeing society

Antonio Damasio, books, Descartes, emotional intelligence, emotions, neuroscience, rationality, reason

D For Diagnosis – What’s in a Name?

Author: Editorial 28th August 2019 0 Comments

In this 30 minute BBC radio broadcast , Claudia Hammond investigates the constantly shifting nature of diagnostic labels. The programme’s introductory text says: “Ever since the 17th Century philosopher Rene Descartes introduced the concept of dualism; the idea that our psyche or minds…
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a coherent system

audio, BBC, Claudia Hammond, Descartes, diagnostic labelling, drapetomania, neurasthenia, psychiatric diagnoses, psychiatry