The lure of ‘cool’ brain research is stifling psychotherapy
Allen Frances is an American psychiatrist. He was chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University School of Medicine in North...
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- Mar 13, 2020
- 6 min
Caroline’s death gives us a glimpse into the messy reality of mental health
A theme emerged during sessions with several of my patients this week: the extent to which they had been impacted by the loss of Caroline...
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Paul Christopher Mollitt
- Jul 7, 2019
- 4 min
We Need To Talk About Love Island
I was about to draw the blinds last week in case my posh neighbours saw me watching ITV’s annual summer ratings hit, when I saw that they...
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Kieran Setiya
- Jan 30, 2018
- 5 min
How Schopenhauer’s thought can illuminate a midlife crisis
Despite reflecting on the good life for more than 2,500 years, philosophers have not had much to say about middle age. For me,...
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- Sep 29, 2017
- 1 min
Shrink
http://www.spielbergs.video/shrink Shrink is a short-form series created by Alex Karpovsky and Teddy Blanks in which smart, charismatic...
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Susan Cain
- Mar 30, 2017
- 2 min
The Power of Introverts - TED Talk
Why you should listen Susan Cain is a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant -- and a self-described introvert. At least...
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By Michael Hobbes
- Mar 30, 2017
- 25 min
The Epidemic of Gay Loneliness
“I used to get so excited when the meth was all gone.” This is my friend Jeremy. “When you have it,” he says, “you have to keep using it....
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Kelly Wynne
- Nov 10, 2016
- 5 min
Anxiety Is An Invalid Excuse.
Anxiety is an invalid excuse. I just got back to my room after a failed attempt to go to class. I’m sitting here, writing this, trying to...
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George Monbiot
- Oct 13, 2016
- 4 min
Neoliberalism is creating loneliness. That’s what’s wrenching society apart
What greater indictment of a system could there be than an epidemic of mental illness? Yet plagues of anxiety, stress, depression, social...
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Karin Peeters
- Jul 28, 2016
- 5 min
'Inside they hate what they are doing': the therapist the City bankers turn to
Sky series Billions has left viewers enthralled with its depiction of life at a top hedge fund – and in particular by the character of...
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- Jul 11, 2016
- 1 min
Daniella Westbrook: In Therapy
Danniella Westbrook opened up about her troubled and turbulent life on Channel 5 series In Therapy For the past 20 years, the EastEnders...
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Anna Moore
- Jun 6, 2016
- 6 min
Introverts of the world, rise up!
Susan Cain was an introverted child and suffered because of it. Now she wants to help young people reclaim the power of the quiet,...
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Lisa Firestone PhD
- May 26, 2016
- 5 min
How Your Attachment Style Impacts Your Relationship
Our style of attachment affects everything from our partner selection to how well our relationships progress to, sadly, how they end....
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Paul Christopher Mollitt
- May 9, 2016
- 6 min
What is Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT)?
What is DIT? DIT is a time-limited (16 sessions) psychodynamic therapy that has been specifically developed for the treatment of...
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- May 2, 2016
- 1 min
Couple's Therapy - 'Agreeing to therapy shows that you care'
Therapist Andrew G Marshall describes what relationship therapy can do for couples on the rocks and what to expect from your sessions
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Richard Bentall
- May 2, 2016
- 1 min
Mental illness is a result of misery, yet still we stigmatise it
Patients are being shunned in the mistaken belief they have biological defects. In fact the evidence shows that most have endured traumas
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Clare Allan
- May 2, 2016
- 1 min
Mental health problems aren’t all in the brain
Divorcing mental ill health from its social and political context, as the BBC’s recent In the Mind Series did, implies wider issues of...
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Independent
- May 2, 2016
- 1 min
Telling boys they are 'crying like a girl' could cause mental health problems in later life,
Telling boys that they “cry like a girl” can be harmful to their mental health in later life because it means they lose touch with their...
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Oliver Burkeman
- Feb 17, 2016
- 1 min
Therapy wars: the revenge of Freud
Cheap and effective, CBT became the dominant form of therapy, consigning Freud to psychology’s dingy basement. But new studies have cast...
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