Is there such a thing as an evil personality type? This is a challenging question for many in the field. By and large, people who are...

In lectures and training on young people, I suggest that young people form peer groups which are determined by shared values. As a...

For those who have attended lectures or training with me will know, I am very interested in laughter as an emotion. Particularly how...

It's often been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, revealing what we think and how we feel. Now, new research reveals that...

Alcohol consumption increases in both the young old, who sense of meaning changes upon retirement, and the old old, who battle with...

Research on how adults deal with adversity has been dominated by studies claiming the most common response is uninterrupted and stable...

Shifts in values is vital for recovery in both mental health and addictions, especially for those who experience the most complex...

A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(JAACAP) reports on a...

Children who struggle with weak cognitive control at an early age are at most risk for trouble in adulthood following their engagement in...

Many people think of psychedelics as relics from the hippie generation or something taken by ravers and music festival-goers, but they...

Do dopamine neurons have a role in causing cues in our environment to acquire value? And, if so, do different groups of dopamine neurons...

Moral dilemmas are often critical feature of working with clients in everyday practice, especially when they become stuck in difficult...

I love what moral dilemmas can tell us about our brains and how we make decisions. This is a great example of a moral dilemma which pits...

Psychiatric medications have focused heavily on neurotransmitters as the basis of mental health disorders.Researchers at Columbia...

If you're a parent who feels your college-age children would choose their friends over you, a new UCLA psychology study has a reassuring...

In lectures I describe that there are two types of fear in humans, innate and learned. Whilst innate fears are located in the amygdala,...

Working with families I always emphasis that parenting is not the fixed attribute inherent within the parent. Parenting is determined by...

Here is a really interesting article published in the Big Think that explains the links between sleep and PTSD. Click here to read.

It has long been believed that only the minority of people could recover from schizophrenia. However, a Norwegian research team have...

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...