The Time to Change campaign is the biggest mental health stigma busting campaign in the UK, receiving an estimated £21 million between 2007 and 2011. Given this level of investment I […]
Guest Blog: Dancing with DSM
Psychiatrist Glen Simblett reflects on what DSM diagnosis might mean in the consulting room and offers the unusual metaphor of dance to think about how we might best help people.
Mandela: more earthly than heavenly
Masi Noor, a psychologist researching forgiveness, considers the nature of Nelson Mandela’s main achievement and argues that it is something to which we can all aspire.
Lawson vs Saatchi: How do victims and perpetrators find one another?
It’s been hard to miss the fallout from Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi’s divorce this week. Despite all of the dirty laundry being thrown around in public, I still find […]
Is shaming the ‘pill-shamers’ shutting down debate?
‘Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.’ – Benjamin Franklin Over the past year I’ve immersed myself in Twitter. Like many I started tentatively, following the usual parade of […]
Borderline personality disorder: Abandon the label, find the Person
There are many problems with the label “Borderline Personality Disorder” argues Steven Coles, but among the worst is where it directs our gaze. In 1980 the mental health industry invented a […]
Guest blog: I believe in diagnosis but the DSM is just a door-stop
Over the last few months we’ve regularly featured pieces taking a critical line on the new Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and on psychiatric diagnosis more generally. […]
Guest Post: In Praise of Creative Maladjustment
We are pleased to have our first guest post. In this entry Peter Kinderman writes about the role of psychologists and makes a plea for social engagement.