Lockdown has had a big impact on everyone but especially those who are in receipt of opiate prescribing treatments. Daily administration and prescription man...

During the lockdown there is undoubted escalation in drinking. This may bring the use of online digital treatments to the fore. At present, online interven...

In Training and in Reflective Practice sessions the issue of empathy, relationships and outcomes is often discussed. This is particularly important in Motiv...

A new study suggests that, in the right context, some people may experience psychedelic-like effects from placebos alone. The researchers reported some of th...

I always beleive that there are a lot of benefits to traning other than skills learning that are seldom explored. There is the obvious networking elements b...

A new study finds that interventions that take a multidimensional approach -- tackling the biological, social, environmental and mental health obstacles to o...

I recently watched the Netflix documentary “Three Identical Strangers.” Without too much of a spoiler alert, triplets who were separated at birth come acros...

In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But your comforting words can have different effects based on how you p...

The US Food and Drug Administration has just approved esketamine as an anti-depressant. Esketamine is the S-enantiomer of ketamine, which is more potent on ...

Offending in young people is deeply entwined with impulsive behavior and particular group norms. This is supported by a recent study that found young burgla...

Walking is one of our most natural, daily actions. Now, a new study led by a Tohoku University researcher suggests that walkers use step synchronization as a...

Psychiatrists led by Nikolaos Koutsouleris from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have used a computer-based approach to assign psychotic patie...

Outside of work, I am a very keen family historian. It fascinates me how people lived everyday lives in past millennia and how their choices, good and bad ...

In training and lectures on treatment outcomes I often suggest that doing the wrong thing in sessions with clients has a bigger impact on doing the right thi...

A great word I heard recently was anticipointment. This when you find that something you thought would be great turns out to be rubbish. Recovery may come...

Artificial intelligence may soon play a critical role in choosing which depression therapy is best for patients. A national trial initiated by UT Southwester...

What drives a person to smoke cigarettes? What role do emotions play in this addictive behavior? Why do some smokers puff more often and more deeply or even ...

I have long suggested that parenting does not belong solely to a parent. Parenting style is determined where the resources of a parent meet the needs of chi...

My first day back at work in 2020 was with a fantastic team of mental health housing workers. We had an extensive debate on the role of infectious diseases ...

Recent advances in neuroscience are unlocking how the major personality traits are linked to neural systems. One personality trait, Neuroticism, is linked t...