Editorial: Medicalised misery — (Read)

How We Are: news, views and information
The dreaming brain • nominalisations • false memory • eating disorders • the media and ME • mental illness in prisons • depression that’s infectious • young men and suicide • bullying bosses • cannabis risks • teenage brain • adolescent self harm • drug use and psychosis • exercising for depression • the psychology of sight

“It’s not my fault, gov!”
Pat Williams ponders the human propensity to blame

How to put the heart back into social work
Jan Little shows how the human givens approach can help social workers become more effective – and less stressed

The madness of medication
Robert Whitaker explains why drugs for schizophrenia can cause more mental misery than they ever cure

Split seconds of memory
Olivia O’Leary talks to the wives of two men tragically struck by brain disease that caused permanent amnesia

The fast cure for phobia and trauma: evidence it works
Keith Guy and Nicola Guy report the impressive results of their trial of the ‘rewind technique’ in treating trauma symptoms

The urgent need for a human givens teaching hospital
Ivan Tyrrell makes the case for a dedicated in- and outpatient centre

Food for thought – and feelings
Patrick Holford says therapists can help people even more effectively if they take account of nutrition’s role in mental health

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