According to the WHO’s newly released Mental Health Atlas 2014, almost one in 10 people suffer from a mental health condition, but just 1% of global health workers are working as psychiatrists, occupational therapists or social workers. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/…/mental-health-services-wh…
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Sensors in your smartphone could one day detect if you suffer from depression. According to a recent study conducted by Northwestern Medicine, information was collected from smartphone sensors to predict whether the user is depressed. Researchers found the amount of time adults use their smartphones and the number of places they go may be linked… Read more »
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The brain is notoriously hard to study and won’t give up its secrets easily. In contrast, psychotherapy research can yield relatively quick and powerful results. Given the critically important value — and popularity — of therapy, psychotherapy research deserves a much larger share of research dollars than it currently receives. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/opinion/psychiatrys-identity-crisis.html
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Encouraging people to talk openly about their mental health has been one of the biggest challenges. Another key focus has been to help p”eople respond effectively if they’re approached by a colleague to talk about a sensitive mental health-related issue. Helping people feel confident that they can manage sensitive conversations in the right way is… Read more »
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Nightmares are helpful to our survival or else they probably would have been done away with by evolution, said Deirdre Barrett, a psychologist at Harvard University. Barrett theorizes that nightmares act as the brain’s way of focusing a person’s attention on issues they need to address. http://www.livescience.com/32730-why-do-we-have-nightmares.html
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Open Harper Lee’s classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird and one line will jump out at you: “You never really understand another person until you consider things from his point of view – until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33287727
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A summer read suggestion: “This extraordinary book is about one ordinary process: talking, listening, and understanding. Its aphoristic and elegant stories teach us a new kind of attentiveness. They also unveil a delicate self-portrait of the analyst at work and show how lessons learned in the consulting room can reveal as much to the analyst… Read more »
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“Why am I sharing this small story? Perhaps because I love that psychoanalysis is a frame through which I have permission to pay close attention to peripheral vision, to things that are out of focus and not so conscious. Enigmatic dreams, childhood memories and mourning are all welcome, and they open me to my own… Read more »
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Marking the father’s day just passed this article highlights the contribution of father’s input in the child’s development. It is important not to get drawn into stereotyping mother’s and father’s approach but instead to highlight the significance of difference and plurality in the children’s life. http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-dads-play-does-for-kids-1434476561
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The mind can ‘see’ even when it appears it cannot. This article presents some interesting research around the unconscious perception and the ability of the brain to process the environment even when the visual skills are impaired. It demonstrates the depth of the human mind beyond the surface. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/health/23blin.html?_r=1
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