The MindFields College Blog

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MindFields College runs a wide program of seminars and workshops throughout the UK. A sample of the titles on offer include; ‘How to break the cycle of depression’, ‘From stress to psychosis - a new look at the mental […]

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I’m going on holiday to France for a week so here’s some links to some articles and news items for you to read while I’m away as I may not be able to post!
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Violent Video games slow our processing of happy faces - Just 15 minutes playing a violent video game can […]

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“Mental illness is now the second largest reason for UK workers taking time off, a report suggests.
A study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found an increasing amount of sickness leave is due to depression or stress.
Analysis of the records of 30,000 people found only muscle-related problems such as bad backs were cited […]

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The Journal of Neuroscience features a study which suggests that episodes of severe stress and worrying are enough to kill off new neurons in the brain .
“The researchers found that in young rats, the stress of encountering aggressive, older rats did not stop the generation of new nerve cells in the hippocampus.
However, it did […]

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No straight jackets? 
Here’s a cheerful feature from The Guardian about a new male psychiatric ward in South London called The Tarn.  Everyone working at the centre recognises the importance of creating a safe, responsible, stimulating and status rich environment for the severely unstable and often violent men who live there - and the article reports […]

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I’m not quite sure why I haven’t noticed this before but here is an excellent video from the very beginning of this year about wasted money in the NHS, much thanks to Burning Our Money for this.
The other videos are also worth watching - but I can’t sit down to more than one at once […]

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Next week I’ll be interested to watch a program on Channel 4 about several people with severe agoraphobia being treated with a “revolutionary” new treatment. See here to read an archived Human Givens Journal article about how two counsellors researched the ‘rewind technique’ for treating phobias, trauma and panic attacks (all problems stemming from anxiety), […]

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A few weeks ago it emerged that the Youth Justice system in the UK has reached a crisis point - with literally only a few beds available.
In response, the Government is targeting parents with their £4 million “super nannies” scheme - which will install 80 child psychologists in high crime areas to teach parents good […]

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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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When clinical trials compare the effectiveness of different therapeutic schools and approaches, the results are very interesting.
Many studies have concluded that the difference in effectiveness between psychological therapies is minimal, however, when you examine the data* it’s clear that this result is produced by the mean and that there are clear differences in effectiveness between […]

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