On the edge of Brexit the panel discuss the meaning of home. You could fairly say the UK is on the cusp of a huge change. When we recorded this […]
Podcast: The politics of mental health
The panel try to make sense of mental health policy and politics This week Anne, Rachel and John are joined by two special guests to discuss the politics of mental health. What […]
The top ten films about growing up
John McGowan gives a quick psychological tour of some coming-of-age classics Our term is up and running in Tunbridge Wells and our Clinical Psychology doctorate course has recently welcomed […]
Podcast: Working so that people don’t need us anymore
John McGowan talks to six clinical psychology trainees just about to qualify Every September we say goodbye to a qualifying cohort of our clinical psychology trainees. They’ve been with […]
The trouble with penalties
With England having a rare penalty win in the World Cup, John McGowan considers what shoot-outs tells us about national prowess . Though football is, perhaps briefly, looking like it’s […]
Podcast: Understanding Your Teenagers
This week Alex Hassett discusses how brain research may help us understand the teenagers in our lives In this podcast we have the audio from our most recent public […]
Guest Post: Fewer Conferences, More Conversations
Photo: Pushing Up Daisies Festival. Skull cake: Thyme for Tiffin Akiko Hart makes a plea for mental health to go outside mental health I am, for my sins, a […]
Podcast: Race and Mental Health
Rachel Terry, Laura Lea, John McGowan and guests discuss two recent high profile publications on the subject of race in mental health Though the effects of race and ethnicity on mental […]
Don’t turn Britain’s schools into mental health centres
Jennie Bristow argues that government plans for ‘Mental Health First Aid’ risk pathologising ordinary childhood while doing little for those with more serious difficulties Britain’s schools are changing: not just in terms of […]