Sue Holttum suggests that biological explanations for distress may easily be over-emphasised.
Guest post: What will help prevent tragedies like Mid Staffs happening again? Time for a shift in attention.
It seems to have become fashionable to criticise the NHS – or in newspaper-speak to ‘attack’ it. Of course scrutiny of public services is important, but the relentless focus on […]
Guest post. The manufacture of madness? Why social construction in psychiatry is not as simple as it seems
Anyone who has spent time reading or listening to psychologists recently is likely to have encountered the idea that mental health problems are ‘social constructs’. What is meant by this […]
Athletic identity: Hercules’ muscle or Achilles heel?
Last November England cricket batsman Jonathon Trott departed from Ashes tour of Australia due to a long-standing ‘stress-related illness’. This was a shock for some of the media. Do such […]
Is it time to call time on Community Treatment Orders?
Every so often I come across an article on Community Treatment Orders (CTOs). Usually the view expressed is critical and it always produces a stab of disquiet. More on the […]
Time to change for Time to Change?
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.
In praise of Alfie
The Big Alfie and Annie Rose Storybook ambushed me the other day. It was sitting in the window of a charity shop while I was on my way somewhere. Sentimentality […]
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.