‘Pin It or Bin It’ – a (second) smartphone app
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 …
Course: Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture
Doing things differently (perhaps…)
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. …
Psychological therapies and five ways to wellbeing
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 …
More examples of self-help…
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 …
The interactive model
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 …
“Catch It’ – a smartphone app
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. …
Implications of a psychological model
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 …
Making sense of things
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 …
Testing the model
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 …
Bio-psycho-social models
A brief video discussing the complex relationship between biological and social accounts of mental health and well-being.
Life events and mental health
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 …
Integrating biological and social approaches
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 …
Consequences of a biological model: a manifesto for biological psychiatry
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.
Different ways to learn
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 …
What does the brain actually do?
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, …
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Psychology and Mental Health: Beyond Nature and Nurture