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Oct 14, 20222 min read
The Pandemic: The Personality Changer
The research on personality is probably the most reliable and statistically robust area of all studies of human nature. Essentially, the...
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Phil Harris
Sep 8, 20221 min read
Youth Survey: Drug and Alcohol Use in Decline
The latest UK survey of 10,000 children aged between 11-15 shows significant declines in alcohol, smoking and drug use in young people. ...
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Phil Harris
Oct 14, 20212 min read
The Halo Effect & Anxiety
For some teenagers, the new school year means reuniting with their friends. For others, it means an increase in anxiety and in the...
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Phil Harris
Jul 4, 20211 min read
PRIDDY Toolkit: New Intervention for Young Drinkers
An interesting new (and free) tool kit to support young people who are drinking has just been realised by Humankind. Based on the AUDIT,...
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Phil Harris
Feb 24, 20213 min read
ADHD & College Achievement
According to a 2017 UCLA study, students with ADHD make up about 6% of the college student population and represent the most common type...
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Phil Harris
Feb 19, 20213 min read
"Frenemies": Bullying Re-examined
Teens who bully, harass, or otherwise victimize their peers are not always lashing out in reaction to psychological problems or unhealthy...
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Phil Harris
Oct 21, 20203 min read
Demand for Developmentally Informed Prevention Strategies
There are well documented risk factors associated with developing substance use disorder across all age groups. A recent study from IUPUI...
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Phil Harris
Sep 10, 20205 min read
Adolescent Risk Taking: Key Brain Development Identified
As any parent will tell you, no two children behave in exactly the same way. It is part of what makes each individual unique. So, why do...
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Phil Harris
Apr 27, 202017 min read
Personality Part I: The Research Base
I recently watched the Netflix documentary “Three Identical Strangers.” Without too much of a spoiler alert, triplets who were separated...
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Phil Harris
Mar 6, 20202 min read
Youth Offending: Excitement versus Skills
Offending in young people is deeply entwined with impulsive behavior and particular group norms. This is supported by a recent study...
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Phil Harris
Feb 12, 20201 min read
The End of Family?
Outside of work, I am a very keen family historian. It fascinates me how people lived everyday lives in past millennia and how their...
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Phil Harris
Jan 14, 20203 min read
Parenting: High Demand Children with Low Resourced Parents in Hospital
I have long suggested that parenting does not belong solely to a parent. Parenting style is determined where the resources of a parent...
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Phil Harris
Jan 14, 20206 min read
Infection: What Role Does it Have in Schizophrenia?
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...
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Phil Harris
Dec 19, 20193 min read
Matching Traits to Careers
Traits are often much stronger than talents in predicting where people are most happiest. When developing peoples sense of their future...
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Phil Harris
Dec 12, 20191 min read
DHI: The Vision Project
Throughout 2019, Developing Health & Independence (DHI), have been marking their 20th anniversary as a charity by looking to the future....
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Phil Harris
Sep 23, 20192 min read
Teen Popularity: What Matters?
Adolescents place a lot of emphasis on popularity and they are keenly aware of the difference between being liked and being popular. If...
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Phil Harris
Sep 23, 20193 min read
Being There for Young People
Studies over the past 20 years have found a correlation between the number of adverse childhood events (such as death or divorce) and...
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Phil Harris
Aug 30, 20193 min read
Parental Burnout
This is a timely study after the end of the long summer holiday. In lectures I often discuss how parenting is bi-directional. Parenting...
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Phil Harris
Jul 30, 20194 min read
If Only I Knew Then What I Know Now....
How many times have you wished you could give your younger self a piece of advice? Robin Kowalski, professor in Clemson University's...
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Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20195 min read
A Named Emotion is a Processed Emotion
In lectures I often stress the importance of naming emotions in the client in the here and now. My mantra is always that a named emotion...
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