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Psychology — Mental health Aeon

WebDeep brain stimulation not only treats psychiatric disease – it changes the whole person, boosting confidence and openness. Julian Kiverstein, Erik Rietveld & Damiaan Denys. More. Psychology Essays from Aeon. World …

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How peer support can help with the mental health care …

WebIn the context of mental health, peer support is a process through which people who share similar lived experiences or social backgrounds support others …

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Made in our own image: why algorithms have mental …

WebBeing like our brains, these algorithms are increasingly at risk of mental-health problems. Deep Blue, the algorithm that beat the …

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How the dualism of Descartes ruined our mental health

WebIn the 17th century, René Descartes’s dualism of matter and mind was an ingenious solution to the problem this created. ‘The ideas’ that had hitherto been …

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What the science of happiness says about the self and …

WebHis most recent book is The Science of Happiness: Seven Lessons for Living Well (2024). In 2018, a tragic period enveloped the University of Bristol, when …

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Patient, know thyself: how insight helps to treat psychosis

WebPatient, know thyself: how insight helps to treat psychosis. is a practising psychiatrist in the NHS and the director of the University College London Institute of Mental Health. His latest book is Into the Abyss: A …

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Gentle medicine could radically transform medical …

WebGentle medicine could radically transform medical practice. is a reader in philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Medical …

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The danger of absolute thinking is absolutely clear Aeon …

WebAbsolutist thoughts are unqualified by nuance and overlook the complexity of a given subject. There are generally two forms of absolutism; ‘dichotomous thinking’ and ‘categorical imperatives’. …

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Psychology — Psychiatry and psychotherapy Aeon

WebThe p-factor is the dark matter of psychiatry: an invisible, unifying force that might lie behind a multitude of mental disorders. Alex Riley. More. Psychology Essays from Aeon. World-leading psychologists, …

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For a child, being carefree is intrinsic to a well-lived life

WebThis, in turn, requires governments that are willing to take mental health seriously from an early age and create policies that put carefreeness centrestage of what …

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Fatal nurture: what a rare disorder says about ‘bad …

WebFatal nurture: what a rare disorder says about ‘bad mothers’. is a lecturer in the history of medicine and medical humanities at the University of Sheffield. He is the author of A History of Self-Harm in …

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Psychology — Latest Aeon

WebThe real Miss Julie. Victoria Benedictsson assumed a male identity, achieved literary stardom, and took her own life. Then Strindberg stole it. Psychology Essays from Aeon. …

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The Still Alice effect: not all Alzheimer’s is like this

WebWidespread belief in genetic essentialism continues to influence public opinions on the determinants of health and disease. Alzheimer’s is accordingly often …

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A nine-step guide to a sensible microdosing programme

WebFor initiating a sensible microdosing programme, follow the steps below: 1. Complete a physical and mental health assessment. As with any psychotropic substance …

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What can psychedelic science teach psychiatry about psychosis

WebIn the past two decades, the US National Institute of Mental Health, the largest funder of mental health research in the world, has introduced a new framework …

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Don’t worry about feeling sad: on the benefits of a blue period

WebRecent research suggests that experiencing not-so-happy feelings actually promotes psychological wellbeing. A study published in the journal Emotion in 2016 took …

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Why there’s no such thing as the mind and nothing is mental

WebThe no-mind thesis is entirely compatible with the idea that people are conscious, and that they think, feel, believe, desire and so on. What it’s not compatible …

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Time alone (chosen or not) can be a chance to hit the reset button …

WebNote, solitude – time alone – is not synonymous with loneliness, which is a subjective sense of unwanted social isolation that’s known to be harmful to mental and …

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What a spiritual high shares with a mental breakdown

WebSpiritual highs and mental breakdowns are both products of the same evolved brain system granting us the power to transform. Pat Allerton, vicar of St Peter’s …

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Don’t take life so seriously: Montaigne’s lessons on the

WebNot taking life quite so seriously – the pursuit of happiness notwithstanding – might then be Montaigne’s key to dying well. After all, there might be no surer inner …

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Gregory Bateson changed the way we think about changing

WebSeeking to condense Bateson’s work into one core concept, one can say that, above all, he proposed a paradigm shift in the way we think of ourselves as purposeful, …

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How climate change and disease helped the fall of Rome

WebWe have public health, germ theory and antibiotic pharmaceuticals. We will not be as helpless as the Romans, if we are wise enough to recognise the grave threats …

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