Here is an oldish interview with Joe Griffin answering questions on REM sleep, depression, psychosis, trauma, conflict and cult behaviour, published in New Scientist in April 2003:
We live in mad times. The WHO predicts depression will soon rank second in the global disease burden, suicide rates are rising, and the trauma caused by war, conflict […]
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The Dreamcatcher - New Scientist interview with Joe Griffin
February 15th, 2007 · 13 Comments
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“We’re being cruel to teenagers by forcing them to function in the morning”
January 22nd, 2007 · 4 Comments
DJemaa el Fna and the Koutoubia Minaret at night
Fruit stalls against the medina walls
Me looking out from the balcony
I have returned from Marrakesh (which is an incredible city), to this article from the Western Mail posted on our HG forum about teenagers and sleep:
“Timetabling academic subjects such as English and maths for the start […]
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How the link between REM sleep and depression affects the treatment of Bipolar Disorder
January 5th, 2007 · 17 Comments
( go here if you’re searching for general information on depression and REM sleep)
Psychotherapy is a specialised branch of education and feartheseeds has hit the nail on the head by asking a question on the comments for this post about how knowledge of the link between REM sleep (the brain state in which dreaming occurs) […]
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The link between dreaming and depression
December 9th, 2006 · 9 Comments
Our College Principal, Ivan Tyrrell, explains why depressed people wake up still feeling exhausted and tired and discusses the link between depression and dreaming.
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Posted by: Eleanor
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The Times: Parents demand prozac for high achieving children/anxiety “masks” depression?
November 17th, 2006 · No Comments
Two articles about depression in The Times today came to my attention.
Firstly, Lucy Bannerman reports on research which shows that 36% of medical professionals feel “bullied” by parents into prescribing dangerous anti-depressant drugs as a “quick-fix cure” for children who are under pressure to do well in exams. What is even more alarming is that […]
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The Origins of the Human Givens Approach
November 9th, 2006 · 2 Comments
Here is some background from our Human Givens Institute website on the origins of the human givens approach. I thought it would be interesting reading for people new to the concept who might be visiting this blog:
It is now commonly realised that there is a core set of principles for stabilising the human mind, creating […]
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New book “How to Master Anxiety” has just arrived!
November 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment
Hot off the press, the very first delivery of the next title in our ‘Essential help in troubled times - the human givens approach’ series has just arrived.
We experienced a lot of anxiety ourselves in getting this book to print, so it’s very satisfying to finally be able to hold a copy!
Here’s some further information […]
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How worrying leads to depression
November 1st, 2006 · 11 Comments
Anyone who worries unconstructively is in danger of clinical depression. Depression is not selective - to take recent examples from the media: the famous, single mothers, politicians, men, women are all susceptible to depression.
When you worry incessantly about something which can’t be immediately solved or is circular, you generate unresolved emotional arousal. Once an […]
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