empathy – A New Vision for Mental Health

The importance of empathic listening for making meaning of distress

Author: Editorial 17th April 2023 0 Comments

This article by Robert Murphy has been re-published by Mad in the UK. It begins: “Psychiatry has failed to provide a definitive explanatory framework for mental illnesses, despite more than a hundred years of scientific and medical research. Its failure results…
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biomedical model, diagnostic labelling, empathic listening, empathy, Mad in the UK, madness, meaning-making, psychiatry, Robert Murphy

Effects of biological explanations for mental disorders on clinicians’ empathy

Author: Editorial 6th October 2022 0 Comments

This study by Matthew S Lebowitz and Woo-kyoung Ahn has been published on the PubMed website. The abstract says: “Mental disorders are increasingly understood in terms of biological mechanisms. We examined how such biological explanations of patients’ symptoms would affect mental…
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biological explanations, biomedical model, dehumanisation, dehumanization, empathy, essentialism, Matthew S Lebowitz, PubMed, Woo-kyoung Ahn

Sweet Harmony

Author: Editorial 16th February 2022 0 Comments

With relevance to wellbeing, this podcast (presented by Mathew Syed) is about the effects of singing in harmony and comes from BBC Sounds. It is part of their “Sideways” series, which explores the ideas that shape our lives with stories…
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Angie Hobbs, BBC, BBC Sounds, communication, empathy, harmony, Ian Cross, Mathew Syed, music, singing

‘They saw me as mad and needing to be medicated’ | Modern Masculinity

Author: Editorial 31st May 2021 0 Comments

This 14 minute video comes from The Guardian. The producers say: “In this episode of Modern Masculinity, journalist Iman Amrani speaks to Chris, who after being diagnosed with schizophrenia spent a long time in the mental health system. They discuss medication,…
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anger, antipsychotics, compassion, emotions, empathy, Iman Amrani, listening, madness, masculinity, psychiatry, psychosis, Rufus May, schizophrenia, The Guardian, videos, warrior archetype, working class

Our Wild Calling: How Connecting with Animals Can Transform Our Lives — and Save Theirs

Author: Editorial 15th April 2021 0 Comments

This book has been written by Richard Louv. The publishers say: “Richard Louv’s landmark book, Last Child in the Woods, inspired an international movement to connect children and nature. Now Louv redefines the future of human-animal coexistence. Our Wild Calling explores these powerful and…
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Animal assisted therapy, books, empathy, natural world, nature, nature-based therapy, non-domestic animals, Richard Louv, wellbeing

The Healing Power of Compassion with Dr Julian Abel

Author: Editorial 16th December 2020 0 Comments

This podcast features Dr. Julian Abel in conversation with Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, who writes: “Today’s conversation is about one of my favourite topics – compassion. Compassion doesn’t just make us feel good but it can have powerful effects on our health…
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audio, compassion, compassionate practice, empathy, Frome Project, Julian Abel, New Approaches, person-centred, podcast, Rangan Chatterjee, social relationships

The Empathy Museum

Author: Editorial 14th September 2020 0 Comments

The capacity for empathy is a key factor in mental healthcare … because there is a world of difference between engaging directly and empathically with a person as compared to seeing them as someone on whom to apply “interventions”. The…
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empathy, Empathy Museum, videos, wellbeing

Emotional Intelligence

Author: Editorial 1st May 2020 0 Comments

This book has been written by Daniel Goleman. Its full title is “Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more than IQ”. The publishers say: “The ground-breaking bestseller that redefines intelligence and success. Does IQ define our destiny? Daniel Goleman argues…
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Culture & Society, Daniel Goleman, emotional intelligence, emotions, empathy, impulse control, motivation, neuroscience, persistence, social deftness

The Phenomenology of Depression: What It’s Like When the ‘Dark Fog’ Descends

Author: Editorial 22nd May 2019 0 Comments

Sam Woolfe (freelance writer and blogger) has written : “Phenomenology is a philosophical movement, founded by Edmund Husserl (1859 – 1938), which concerns itself with direct experiences. Phenomenologists study the nature of consciousness as it is experienced subjectively in the first person….
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Clients & Patients, depression, Edmund Husserl, empathy, Karl Jaspers, Ludwig Binswanger, Nassir Ghaemi, phenomenology, psychiatry, Sam Woolfe

Zero Degrees of Empathy

Author: Editorial 1st March 2019 1 Comment

The publishers say: “Simon Baron-Cohen, expert in autism and developmental psychopathology, has always wanted to isolate and understand the factors that cause people to treat others as if they were mere objects. In this book he proposes a radical shift,…
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autism, books, brain, cruelty, empathy, empathy spectrum, empathy-erosion, evil, neuropsychology, neuroscience, New Approaches, Simon Baron-Cohen