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....

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

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

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

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...

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

Traits are often much stronger than talents in predicting where people are most happiest. When developing peoples sense of their future...

Most people who experience severe trauma recover their health. But 23 percent develop PTSD, a difficult-to-treat illness that combines...

Spirituality has increasing become an important focus in drug and alcohol recovery. Whilst hard to define and quantify from a research...

Throughout 2019, Developing Health & Independence (DHI), have been marking their 20th anniversary as a charity by looking to the future....

Do bad dreams serve a real purpose? To answer this question, researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and University Hospitals...

I have recently had a series of debates with psychologists, social workers and family workers around the country regarding Attachment...