A first of its kind in Canada, the study found parents of young children reporting high levels of life or parenting stress were less...

It's been estimated that up to 88% of survivors of sexual assault suffer from persistent nightmares that can occur multiple times per...

I was recently looking for some research on a separate project and came across this early pioneering study in language and emotional...

I was delighted to be invited to speak at DHI's Concerned Other Conference Reach Out 2020. Despite the challenges of lock down, DHI...

COVID is impacting on drug and alcohol use globally. One of the first reports to look at international data has just been published. ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In uncertain times, supporting your friends and family can help them make it through. But your comforting words can have different...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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