Neuroscience
For when you've had enough of journal articles:
Is anger a mental illness? Four experts debate in a Guardian podcast.
An interview with Lorna Martin, author of the book "Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown".
Watch Newsnight's report on the Brain Gym nonsense being taught in thousands of British schools, including critical comments from Colin Blakemore.
Bipolar Nation - Prospect Magazine asks whether bipolar disorder is about to take over from depression as the next diagnostic fad?
ABC Radio's All in the Mind continues with episodes on chimpanzee psychology and another on our irrationality (MP3 files).
- No Schizophrenia?
2 NAMES, 1 DISEASE: Does schizophrenia=psychotic bipolar disorder? in Current Psychiatry suggests that schizophrenia is actually severe bipolar I psychosis and not a separate diagnosis. A comprehensive review references questions going back many years,...
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: A new series is starting this evening on BBC Radio 4, entitled Am I normal? The series asks how professionals draw the line between someone who is OK and someone who isn't? The first episode tackles...
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: Britain has become the true Prozac Nation, claims Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg. From New York magazine: Kids lie all the time - they've learned how to from their parents. A recent episode of Horizon...
- Elsewhere
Psychology-related radio clips, podcasts, magazine features and more, for when you've had enough of journal articles: ABC Radio's All in the Mind series has continued with programmes on panic, blindness and the brain, and the neurobiology of suicide...
- Fda: Saphris (asenapine) Approval, Schizophrenia And Bipolar
From the FDA: FDA Approves Saphris to Treat Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Saphris tablets (asenapine) to treat adults with schizophrenia, a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder, and to treat...
Neuroscience
Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles:Is anger a mental illness? Four experts debate in a Guardian podcast.
An interview with Lorna Martin, author of the book "Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown".
Watch Newsnight's report on the Brain Gym nonsense being taught in thousands of British schools, including critical comments from Colin Blakemore.
Bipolar Nation - Prospect Magazine asks whether bipolar disorder is about to take over from depression as the next diagnostic fad?
ABC Radio's All in the Mind continues with episodes on chimpanzee psychology and another on our irrationality (MP3 files).
- No Schizophrenia?
2 NAMES, 1 DISEASE: Does schizophrenia=psychotic bipolar disorder? in Current Psychiatry suggests that schizophrenia is actually severe bipolar I psychosis and not a separate diagnosis. A comprehensive review references questions going back many years,...
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: A new series is starting this evening on BBC Radio 4, entitled Am I normal? The series asks how professionals draw the line between someone who is OK and someone who isn't? The first episode tackles...
- Elsewhere
For when you've had enough of journal articles: Britain has become the true Prozac Nation, claims Lib Dem Leader Nick Clegg. From New York magazine: Kids lie all the time - they've learned how to from their parents. A recent episode of Horizon...
- Elsewhere
Psychology-related radio clips, podcasts, magazine features and more, for when you've had enough of journal articles: ABC Radio's All in the Mind series has continued with programmes on panic, blindness and the brain, and the neurobiology of suicide...
- Fda: Saphris (asenapine) Approval, Schizophrenia And Bipolar
From the FDA: FDA Approves Saphris to Treat Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Saphris tablets (asenapine) to treat adults with schizophrenia, a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder, and to treat...