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PTSD after July 7 bombings, “The Trickster: medicine’s forgotten character”, and the Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust

November 30th, 2006 · No Comments

- The health protection agency has release a report stating that 80% of survivors of the London bombings of July 7th last year have been left with with “emotional upset”. 80% of these were referred to counsellors and specialised post traumatic stress disorder services. Read what Joe Griffin has to say about treatments for post […]

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Tags: Human Givens · Emotional needs · New Labour · Counselling · Counsellors · Joe Griffin · Young Offenders · The UK Today · Psychotherapist · Gangs · Mind and Body · Resources · Research · Media · Government · Anxiety · PTSD · Neuroscience · Psychology · News

A breeding ground for crime

November 29th, 2006 · No Comments

The crucial question of “how should street crime be tackled?” has risen again after the sentencing of those responsible for killing the young London lawyer Thomas Rhys Pryce.  Donnel Carty (aged 19) and Delano Brown (aged 18) robbed Pryce of his mobile phone before stabbing him in the heart.
It’s very interesting to read on the BBC […]

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Tags: Aggression · New Labour · Gangs · Emotional needs · Human Givens · Young Offenders · The UK Today · Binge drinking · Fear · Politics · Media · Tony Blair · Government · Alcohol · Crime · News

Mental Health Bill 2004 still fails to acknowledge or promote the importance of meeting emotional needs

November 27th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The proposed Mental Health Bill 2004 still has some serious flaws.
The Government needs to go back to the basic principles of primary care: helping people get their innate physical and emotional needs met. These needs, the ‘human givens’, are each individual’s genetic inheritance. (Our biology determines that we cannot avoid needing food, water, attention, status, […]

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Tags: Insecurity · New Labour · Political Awareness · Counselling · Schizophrenia · Clinical Depression · Social Policy · Asperger's syndrome · Aggression · Anti-psychotics · Young Offenders · Mental Health Bill 2004 · Human Givens · Psychosis · ENA Project · Emotional needs · CBT · Aspergers · Government · Anxiety · Psychology · Tony Blair · Research · Media · Politics · Mental Health · Depression · Anti-depressants · Alcohol · Psychotherapy · NHS · Addiction · Regulation · Publications · News

The UK needs more than ‘Supernannies’

November 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments

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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