Posts tagged with 'depression'
Glasgow BABCP conference: 1st day - lecture rant, Anke Ehlers on PTSD, a workshop on the 'strong & curious therapist', and more.
19th July 2018
Yesterday was the first full day of the two & a half day (plus one day of pre-conference workshops) BABCP summer conference in Glasgow. It feels like I've been going to these annual BABCP get-togethers for a thousand years. In so many ways, I think they're great ... although, for …
Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA): a well-tolerated dietary supplement with helpful anti-inflammatory & anti-depressive properties
16th June 2018
I was intrigued to see the recent paper by Ghazizadeh-Hashemi et al - "Palmitoylethanolamide as adjunctive therapy in major depressive disorder: A double-blind, randomized and placebo-controlled trial" - with its abstract reading: "Experimental studies provide evidence for antidepressant effects of Palmitoylethanolamide (PEA) in animal models of depression. We aimed to …
Recent research: articles from spring journals
1st May 2018
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 well over 26,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Recent research: articles from summer/autumn journals
23rd October 2017
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 well over 25,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Reappraisal training can help hugely in coping with difficult experiences
27th August 2017
Reappraisal (changing the meaning we give to experiences) has been repeatedly shown to be one of the most effective ways we have to regulate our emotions. It's one of the star components of effective emotion-regulation, coping-skill toolkits ... and it's important to realise that these toolkits can be very helpful …
36 Depression-relevant abstracts: July '17 newsletter
25th July 2017
Here is a downloadable PDF of these research studies. Andreas, S., H. Schulz, et al. (2017). "Prevalence of mental disorders in elderly people: The european mentdis_icf65+ study." The British Journal of Psychiatry 210(2): 125-131 http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/210/2/125 Background Except for dementia and depression, little is known about common mental disorders in elderly …
Recent research: articles from spring/summer journals
23rd July 2017
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 25,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant icon …
Recent research: articles from the winter journals
28th March 2017
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 close to 25,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
New study highlights potential value of dietary change in depression treatment
21st February 2017
At the end of last month, a fascinating new research study was published in the open access journal BMC Medicine. The article is "A randomised controlled trial of dietary improvement for adults with major depression (the ‘SMILES’ trial)" and its abstract reads "Background The possible therapeutic impact of dietary changes …
Recent research: articles from late summer journals
2nd November 2016
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 well over 24,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …