Medical approaches to mental health often seem under fire. Huw Green reviews a spirited defence of a medically oriented psychiatry. The Medical Model in Mental Health: An Explanation and Evaluation […]
I’ve been waiting for this since I was a child
Guest blogger Nell Butler on the recently launched ‘Power Threat Meaning Framework’ In 2000 I made a short documentary about being in state care as a child. The response from […]
Genetic research into ‘schizophrenia’ – how much can it actually tell us?
Lucy Johnstone and Richard Bentall talk about the role of genes in mental health What causes mental health problems? Following the publication of Oliver James’s book Not in Your […]
The allure of the new
As human beings, we are attuned to notice the special or different. We also tend to like simple answers to complex questions. Perhaps they make us feel more in control […]
20 years on: Finally our myopic brain obsession is on the wane
Professor John Read, back in the UK after a long period away, is struck by some important changes in the way we view mental health problems.