psychosomatic illness – A New Vision for Mental Health

Defining mental illness

Author: Editorial 7th April 2021 0 Comments

This 42 minute podcast is from BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week series, hosted by Andrew Marr. The producers say: “Reports of a mental health epidemic among young people both leading up to and during the pandemic are now widespread. Sally…
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a coherent system

Andrew Marr, audio, BBC, children and adolescents, Defining mental illness, Lucy Foulkes, psychosomatic illness, Radio Four, Sally Holland, Suzanne O’Sullivan

The Sleeping Beauties: And Other Stories of Mystery

Author: Editorial 22nd March 2021 0 Comments

This book by neurologist Suzanne O’Sullivan is relevant to the field of mental health, not least because it looks at a particular type of psychosomatic illness and explores the question: who gets to define what is and what isn’t an illness?…
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a wellbeing society

books, Culture & Society, definition of mental health, psychosomatic illness, Suzanne O’Sullivan

It’s All in Your Head – True Stories of Imaginary Illnesses

Author: Editorial 7th May 2018 0 Comments

Mental health issues affect far more people than just those seen by psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. And such issues manifest themselves in a wide variety of ways beyond the standard diagnostic symptoms beloved of psychiatrists … ways that…
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emotion-focused care

Clients & Patients, emotions, General Practitioners, mind-body connections, psychosomatic illness, Suzanne O’Sullivan