European positive psychology conference in Copenhagen: national comparisons, interest conflicts & strengths again (fourth post)
27th June 2010
I blogged yesterday about the second full day of this "5th European conference on positive psychology". So how was the last morning of the conference? In order to catch my flight I only went in for the final two plenary presentations and then left at the coffee break - a …
European positive psychology conference in Copenhagen: eudaimonia, Lego, morality & kayaking (third post)
26th June 2010
Yesterday was the second full day of this "5th European conference on positive psychology". I have already blogged about the first evening and first full day. I didn't go in for the initial two plenary presentations on occupational psychology and on Danish society. I spent the time reading and writing …
European positive psychology conference in Copenhagen: Corey Keyes, Barbara Fredrickson, fitness & strengths (second post)
25th June 2010
Yesterday was the first full day of the conference. I've already written about the first evening. The full day started fairly bright and early at 8.30am. First off was a talk by Corey Keyes, a sociologist from Emory University, Atlanta. I've liked his work, but at first glance at this …
European positive psychology conference in Copenhagen: arriving, opening speeches & reception (first post)
23rd June 2010
I flew into Copenhagen yesterday afternoon. I have a low key good feeling about the place. Nice. Clean. Small enough not to feel overwhelmed. Friendly. How appropriate that Denmark, the hosts of this "5th European conference on positive psychology", have so often been ranked top in the world on life …
"Almost-midsummer lunch" - the importance of our social networks
14th June 2010
Yesterday we had our "almost-midsummer lunch". We've been doing this for years - inviting lots of friends round for a pot-luck lunch sometime around midsummer. It's great. Quite hard work and great. Catero, my wife, and I are a pretty good team at this. Shortly after each of these yearly …
How good is your GP or hospital? Listening to patient experience.
13th June 2010
"Better together: Scotland's patient experience programme" works to use the public's experience of NHS Scotland to improve health services. At the end of April they published provisional results for GP Practices throughout Scotland, and pilot results for a few initial hospitals are beginning to come through as well. I find …
New NICE guidance on alcohol misuse
10th June 2010
"Alcohol is the third leading cause of disease burden in developed countries". This month the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published the first two parts of a three-part guidance on alcohol-related problems. The first section is "Alcohol-use disorders: preventing the development of hazardous and harmful drinking" which …
A new book: "Assessing mindfulness & acceptance processes in clients"
6th June 2010
Ruth Baer's new book "Assessing mindfulness & acceptance processes in clients: illuminating the theory & practice of change" has just been published. The dust jacket description states "How does mindfulness work? Thousands of therapists utilize mindfulness-based treatments and have witnessed firsthand the effectiveness of these approaches on clients suffering from …
Recent research: articles from May journals
3rd June 2010
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 14,500 abstracts. Every few weeks I scan through all the articles I've found interesting in the previous month (in the general areas …