There's a good review by Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian of the film Precious, which features Mariah Carey as a social worker.
Continue reading Precious 'treated with too much reverence'.
January 2010 Archives
Good post on the Situationist blog about the Rosenhan experiment from the 1970s, in which a team of US faked mental illness to get admitted to psychiatric wards and how difficult it was to get off them, even after they stopped faking illness.
A new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry suggests that years before adults develop schizophrenia, they experience cognitive difficulties as children, including problems with verbal reasoning, working memory and attention.
Continue reading Study suggests possible childhood clues to adult schizophrenia.
Despite a major government initiative to tackle it, nothing much seems to be happening when it comes to the over-representation of black and minority ethnic people in the mental health system in the UK.
Continue reading Continuing over-representation of BME groups in mental health system.
I posted last week about young people who were feeling depressed with the real world after seeing the science fiction film Avatar.The story seemed an interesting reflection of our times but I couldn't offer much analysis beyond that.
Luckily someone else has...
Continue reading Avatar update: why we long for fictional worlds.
Astonishing story from the Telegraph.
Continue reading DJ Steve Penk plays Van Halen's Jump as woman leaps from bridge.
This raises a lot of questions. The French are apparently expected to introduce a law in six months which would make chronic psychological abuse of a spouse an offence which could lead to three years in jail.
Continue reading French consider criminalising psychological abuse within marriage.
There's a piece in the Telegraph today suggesting that depression and migraine may share the same gene and scientists hope this may lead to more effective treatments as a result.
Continue reading Does the medical model of mental health really reduce stigma?.
Telling your boss what you think of them is apparently good for your health, reducing feelings of stress.
Continue reading Telling your boss what you think of them.
It appears some young audience members are finding themselves left rather depressed with the real world after watching the science fiction film Avatar.
Continue reading After Avatar: The disappointment of the real.
Furious Seasons reports on a new study linking consumption of a "Western" diet, including fried, refined and sugary foods and beer, and depression and anxiety in women.
Continue reading Processed food linked to depression.
More on mindfulness. A week after the Mental Health Foundation called for mindfulness based therapy to be routinely available on the NHS, it appears that a mindfulness course is being run in a Kent school.
Continue reading Mindfulness introduced in school.
Charity Rethink is campaigning to change the law that prevents people becoming jurors if they are being treated for a mental health problem.
Continue reading Rethink campaigns against mental health jury ban.
There is a fascinating article by Ethan Watters in the New York Times, arguing that the US and broadly Western model of mental health has been colonising the rest of the world and it's not necessarily a good thing.
Continue reading The Americanisation of mental illness?.
Margaret Drabble has written a piece in the Observer about middle-aged women and depression and how particular conditions appear to come in and out of fashion.
Continue reading Margaret Drabble on women and depression.
This may well be an important moment for social workers in the UK. A small victory could signal the start of a more assertive approach to their dealings with the media.
Continue reading Social workers start turning the tide over media coverage.
There's an interesting video below about the science of motivation at work. Try to ignore the fact it's essentially a business seminar and you'll discover some illuminating messages.
Continue reading Would greater autonomy motivate social workers?.
Just to update you on the alternative Christmas message from teenagers, that was organised by Barnardo's and screened on social media sites.
Continue reading Alternative "Teens' Speech" gets lots of views.
There's a very interesting piece in The Independent written by a recovering alcoholic about his struggle to overcome his addiction and the lack of appropriate help he feels he received from support services.
Continue reading Alcoholism and personal responsibility.
Good to see the Mental Health Foundation calling for mindfulness based therapy to be available on the NHS.
Continue reading Mindfulness on the NHS?.
Recently published research suggests that teenagers who go to bed early are more likely to have better mental health.
Continue reading Sleep, mental health and making those resolutions stick.
We run a regular poll on the Community Care homepage, asking readers about their opinion on various topical social care issues. Our most recent poll asked readers if they felt more optimistic about social care now than at the start of 2009 and the results are striking.
Continue reading Social workers pessimistic about 2010.
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