As with ‘Catch It’, this app is designed only to illustrate some of the basic ideas of ‘cognitive behaviour therapy’ or CBT. in their work. It is a very popular …
As a Professor of Clinical Psychology, the ideas that I research and write about have real significance. I work (part time, unpaid) in the UK’s NHS as a clinical psychologist. …
When we published the research paper that we discussed last week, several people asked if there were practical steps that they could take to improve their own emotional health and …
In addition to the smartphone app, which isn’t suitable for everyone, we’ve tried to offer other ways to learn from some of the day-to-day work of clinical psychologists. Here, you …
This interactive spreadsheet, explained in the video, allows you to see how biological problems, social problems, life events and rumination can have an effect on mental health. You can input …
Clinical psychologists often (although by no means always) use a specific therapeutic strategy called ‘cognitive behaviour therapy’ or CBT in their work. It is a very popular approach to therapy. …
As a practicing clinical psychologist, the point of doing research is to make a difference in practice. In this brief video, I explain some of the implications of the findings …
As a Professor of Clinical Psychology, I have argued for a long time that our mental health is essentially a psychological issue, and that biological, social, and circumstantial factors affect …
In this video, I explain the large study we conducted with the help of the BBC, testing out the relationships between the variables in my model of mental health and …
In this week’s videos and papers we discuss the role of life events and environmental factors – nurture – in the development of mental health problems. This video introduces the …
A brief critique of the week’s discussions, and an introduction to next week’s material. In this brief video, I discuss both the strengths and weaknesses of the biological approaches to …
A brief video introducing and explaining the origins of the manifesto for psychiatry – a ‘wake up call’ – drawn up by Nick Craddock and colleagues in 2008.
Welcome to the course. There are two different approaches to education; teaching and learning. Teaching involves giving students information, with the student being something of a passive recipient. That might …
In this week’s videos and papers we discuss the role of biological factors – nature – in the development of mental health problems. We hear again from Professor John Quinn, …