A selection of writing on psychotherapy, relationships, culture and related subjects.
Christmas is a time to celebrate, sing, dance, and be merry. But this doesn’t always happen. Because the way we feel doesn’t always line up with how we’re ‘supposed’ to act at Christmas. Especially when you are thousands of miles away from those you love.
The British Psychological Society continues to lead the way in our understanding of human suffering. In its October 2020 report, readers are given an up-to-date primer on what is meant by the term ‘depression’.
Women from around the web share their perspectives on life over 30 whilst single and childless.
Pornhub is one of the most popular websites on Earth. It’s also ‘infested with rape videos’, writes Nicholas Kristof for The New York Times.
Another psychiatrist breaks ranks to expose the myths, corruption and pseudoscience, undergirding psychiatry.
That’s how many minutes you have to spend each day.
Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain is the second book by neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett. Here are some highlights with commentary.
Rather than helping to explain, psychiatric diagnoses like ‘ADHD’ do more to obscure what really matters. Sami Timimi's latest book explains why.
How many of us are blindly repeating behaviours that, at one time or another, were advantageous (if not life-saving), without realising that the environment in which these habits were developed no longer exists?
The pandemic and responses to it (e.g. lockdowns, school closures) continue to impact the well-being of young adult Americans.