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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, 20205 min read
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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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Mar 13, 20206 min read
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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...
Paul Christopher Mollitt
Jul 7, 20194 min read
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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,...
Kieran Setiya
Jan 30, 20185 min read
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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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Sep 29, 20171 min read
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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...
Susan Cain
Mar 30, 20172 min read
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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....
By Michael Hobbes
Mar 30, 201725 min read
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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...
Kelly Wynne
Nov 10, 20165 min read
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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...
George Monbiot
Oct 13, 20164 min read
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'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...
Karin Peeters
Jul 28, 20165 min read
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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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Jul 11, 20161 min read
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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,...
Anna Moore
Jun 6, 20166 min read
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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....
Lisa Firestone PhD
May 26, 20165 min read
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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...
Paul Christopher Mollitt
May 9, 20166 min read
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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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May 2, 20161 min read
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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
Richard Bentall
May 2, 20161 min read
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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...
Clare Allan
May 2, 20161 min read
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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...
Independent
May 2, 20161 min read
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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...
Oliver Burkeman
Feb 17, 20161 min read
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