Phil HarrisNov 14, 20181 minAutism Study Show Male Trait BiasA large scale study has found that people with autism show higher male trait scores in systemic thinking over empathetic thinking, above...
Phil HarrisNov 14, 20184 minPain: All in the Mind?I am currently looking at psychological pain management techniques that can reduce the intensity of withdrawal symptoms in detoxification...
Phil HarrisNov 12, 20183 minHow Do We Think?It is one of the most fundamental questions in neuroscience: How do humans think? Until recently, we seemed far from a conclusive answer....
Phil HarrisNov 12, 20182 minWhy Did Our Brains Expand?A theory called the cultural brain hypothesis could explain extraordinary increases in brain size in humans and other animals over the...
Phil HarrisOct 15, 20182 minSchizophrenia: Too Diverse to Diagnose?Schizophrenia is an extremely variable psychiatric disorder which is diagnosed based on the presence of specific symptoms. Thomas Wolfers...
Phil HarrisOct 15, 20181 minA Revolution in Diagnosis of Mental Illness?In lectures and training in mental health I stress how current psychiatric diagnosis is really a short-hand for the presenting signs and...
Phil HarrisSep 1, 20185 minFree Online Compassion Training from the Center for Healthy MindsWorking with trauma is hard. Being exposed to the pain and suffering others can have significant impact on us as a worker and as a human...
Phil HarrisSep 1, 20182 minFree Online Cognitive Reappraisal Training for Depression, Anxiety and Poor Impulse Control from theWithout realizing it we make use of emotion regulation strategies all the time and they are crucial for everyday life. This is the...
Phil HarrisAug 22, 20183 minKill with Kindness: Why Too Much Empathy is a Bad ThingPeople who empathize easily with others do not necessarily understand them well. To the contrary: Excessive empathy can even impair...
Phil HarrisAug 10, 20183 minPoor Impulse Control: Most Kids Have ItChildren who struggle with weak cognitive control at an early age are at most risk for trouble in adulthood following their engagement in...
Phil HarrisAug 10, 20183 minIf... Then...: Two Influences of Dopamine on MotivationDo dopamine neurons have a role in causing cues in our environment to acquire value? And, if so, do different groups of dopamine neurons...
Phil HarrisAug 9, 20182 minMental Health: Beyond NeurotranmissionPsychiatric medications have focused heavily on neurotransmitters as the basis of mental health disorders.Researchers at Columbia...
Phil HarrisAug 9, 20183 minA Whole New World of FearIn lectures I describe that there are two types of fear in humans, innate and learned. Whilst innate fears are located in the amygdala,...
Phil HarrisJul 19, 20185 minWhat the Fruit Fly Tells Us About Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll.Nothing cheers me up as much as a quirky research study on the humble fruit fly. We share approximately 65 per cent of our DNA with...
Phil HarrisJul 19, 20182 minThought Controller: Position VacantWhile we can "decide" to think about certain things, other information -- including activities we have learned like counting -- can enter...
Phil HarrisJul 12, 20183 minStress Affects Schizophrenia DifferentlyStressful situations affect the brain and body differently in people with schizophrenia compared to people without the mental illness or...
Phil HarrisJul 4, 20182 minMechanism for Gender Differences in Mental Health Identified?Researchers have recently begun to realize that biological sex plays a key role in disease risk. Sex plays a role in hypertension,...
Phil HarrisJul 4, 20182 minThe Three Best Ways to Have FunEveryone's so busy these days that it is easy to think you need to schedule time to have fun. But be careful about how you do that, said...
Phil HarrisJul 4, 20181 minTeenage Brain: Stepping UpSome brain networks become more densely connected during adolescence while others become less so, according to a new analysis published...
Phil HarrisJul 4, 20183 minEmotional Pitch and SpeechIn teaching Motivational Interviewing I describe how we need to listen to the emotional emphasis of the client's statements rather than...