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Can we all be superheroes?

Can we all be superheroes?

What do superheroes mean to us and who can identify with them? John McGowan is joined by Clinical Psychologists Lauren Bryan, Gina Harwood and Alan Hebben-Wadey to talk about superheroes. […]

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How to be a blues buster!

How to be a blues buster!

Blue Monday cheer-up tips are glib argues John McGowan, so what do you say when you’re asked for some? “But I’m quite sure that you’ll tell me, just how I […]

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Podcast: What is Home?

Podcast: What is Home?

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 […]

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Podcast: The politics of mental health

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 […]

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Podcast: Working so that people don’t need us anymore

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 […]

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Podcast: Race and Mental Health

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 […]

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Podcast: Shit happens and it drives us crazy

Podcast: Shit happens and it drives us crazy

Anne Cooke, Rachel Terry and John McGowan discuss whether there is a viable alternative to psychiatric diagnosis.   The beginning of February saw the launch of an ambitious document  aiming to offer a […]

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Podcast: Zero Suicide (an idea whose time has not, and should not, come)

Podcast: Zero Suicide (an idea whose time has not, and should not, come)

This week John McGowan discusses whether trying to eliminate suicide entirely is a possibility or even a helpful aim. This week’s podcast is recording of a public lecture given in […]

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Ask us Anything: Podcast Christmas Special

Ask us Anything: Podcast Christmas Special

This week we tried something a little different and invited our listeners to ‘ask us anything’. Absolutely anything at all. The topics ranged from our usual territory of mental health […]

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