Personality disorders have been richly illustrated by filmmakers. Think of attention-seeking Scarlett in Gone with the Wind. Or the villains in Silence of the Lambs and The Talented Mr. Ripley.
L’expertise universitaire, l’exigence journalistique
Articles sur Mental health
Affichage de 1801 à 1820 de 2055 articles
Measures to co-locate employment support for mental health service users in Jobcentres may be less valuable than placing them elsewhere.
We’ve been assuming too much about how and why people hear voices.
A rich mix of genes and experience goes into the sum of us, from childhood into adulthood.
The idea that we can achieve happiness by maximising pleasure and minimising pain is both intuitive and popular. The truth is, however, very different.
Many asylum seekers, including children, have experienced conflict, family separation and significant human rights violations. So how does immigration detention affect their mental health?
One in three adults in the UK – or 16m people – rarely or never read for pleasure. A new survey of 4,164 adults, including both those who read and those who don’t, found that adults who read for just 20…
The psychologist David Lykken once wrote that most violent crime could be prevented by cryogenically freezing all males aged 12 to 28. Although this option might be appealing at times for high school teachers…
Most of us would admit to feeling shy from time to time, or anxious about public speaking: the larger the crowd the greater the terror. It’s also not unusual to feel awkward while making small talk with…
At a staff away day a few months ago we discussed well-being, both physical and psychological, in the workplace. I suggested, half tongue-in-cheek that we get a departmental dog – not practical on many…
Families and friends share memories all the time; “You’ll never guess…”, “How was your day?”, and “Do you remember when…” are rich daily fodder. Sharing memories is not only a good way to debrief and reminisce…
Mental illness runs in families. This is well known and uncontroversial. There is much that we could do to reduce this risk, but we currently do almost nothing. A parent with mental illness is several…
People in Sydney and the broader community are feeling shocked, anxious, and sad about the actions of a lone, unstable person that led to the tragic loss of lives in the siege early this week. But there’s…
As the country reels from the Sydney siege and its unhappy end, many will be wondering what can be done for the hostages stuck for hours with the gunman in the Lindt café. The answer may be surprisingly…
In the run-up to Christmas we find our to-do lists bloated with added chores: present shopping, card writing, preparing to travel or receive guests. We are bombarded with adverts telling us what to buy…
In 1954, the first director-general of the World Health Organisation, Dr Brock Chisholm, famously stated: “Without mental health there can be no true physical health.” More than half a century later, we…
After much controversy, the Senate passed the Maritime Powers Legislation Amendment (Resolving the Asylum Legacy Caseload) Bill 2014 late last week. One aspect of the law – the “fast track assessment…
Deciding to disclose information about a non-obvious disability at work is complicated and potentially risky, no matter what you do for a living. For people with a mental health issue, like bipolar disorder…
Around 350 million people worldwide have depression. Antidepressant medications are often prescribed to treat the condition, alongside talking therapies and lifestyle changes such as regular exercise…
Health and social workers often choose their profession because they want to help people. But seeing trauma and suffering on a regular basis can have a deep impact on these workers. “Compassion fatigue…
Les contributeurs les plus fréquents
-
Professor emeritus, The University of Melbourne
-
Professor of Psychology, The University of Melbourne
-
Co-Director, Health and Policy, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney
-
Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
-
Professorial Fellow in Psychiatry, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Lecturer in Social Work, University of Salford
-
Senior Lecturer, Centre for Positive Health Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences
-
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Determinants of Child Development, Owerko Centre at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary
-
Fellow, Centre for Mental Health Research, Australian National University
-
General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University
-
Honorary Fellow, Department of Health Sciences, University of York
-
Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
-
Professor and Personal Chair, Swansea University
-
Clinical Psychologist and Professor in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Dalhousie University
-
Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen
