Genevieve Dingle

Social Isolation Predicts Frequent Attendance in Primary Care

Author: Editorial 28th September 2018 0 Comments

Currently, mental health services in the UK are mostly accessed through General Practitioners (GPs), by means of a GP-conducted first assessment of the patient’s mental health. This gives particular relevance to a study reported in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine , the abstract of which…
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a wellbeing society

Annals of Behavioral Medicine, Fabio Sani, General Practitioners, Genevieve Dingle, GPs, Jolanda Jetten, Juliet Wakefield, loneliness, primary care, social isolation, Tegan Cruwys

Addiction and the importance of belonging

Author: Editorial 27th September 2018 0 Comments

Writing in The Psychologist , Genevieve Dingle takes a social identity route in and out of substance use: “In 1990 I arrived in London for a ‘gap year’, staying with some friends-of-friends for a few weeks while looking for a job and…
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a wellbeing society

addiction, Genevieve Dingle, smoking, social identity, social prescribing, substance abuse