Posts tagged with 'depression'
The association between vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm
2nd February 2023
Another interesting recent study - The association between vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm - with its abstract reading: "Objectives The purpose of this study is to determine the associations between Vitamin D supplementation, 25(OH) blood serum levels, suicide attempts, and intentional self-harm in a …
Accentuate the positive: how to go about it
13th September 2019
"You've got to spread joy up to the maximum. Bring gloom down to the minimum. Otherwise pandemonium ... Liable to walk upon the scene". Bing Crosby sings In the last blog post "Accentuate the positive: an exciting new psychotherapy development", I described the encouraging results being reported by researchers exploring …
Accentuate the positive: an exciting new psychotherapy development
4th September 2019
"You've got to accentuate the positive. Eliminate the negative. Latch onto the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr In-Between". Bing Crosby sings! I was really intrigued by the recent paper from Michelle Craske, Alicia Meuret & colleagues - "Positive affect treatment for depression and anxiety: a randomized controlled trial for a …
Chronotherapy: rapid treatment of depression by altering sleep & light
28th July 2019
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Eden Phillpotts At the recent World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies in Berlin, David Veale from King's College & the Maudsley reported on a randomised controlled trial of 'triple chronotherapy' for depression. David pointed …
CBT World Congress: 'Reimagining CBT for major depression', Keith Dobson workshop
17th July 2019
I'm at the '9th World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Therapies' in Berlin. As is routine with these kinds of events, the day before is taken up with pre-conference workshops. There are 31 of them! 18 are full-day and the rest half-day. A lot of choice. I've gone for "Reimagining …
Strength training exercises improve both physical & psychological health
5th May 2019
Poor muscle strength predicts increased vulnerability to both physical & psychological health problems and earlier death, in addition to the contribution of poor aerobic, heart-lung fitness. This is true for both men & women and for all assessed age ranges. Mechanisms underlying these effects are probably multifactorial, including metabolic/biochemical, neurological …
Recent research: articles from winter/spring journals
21st April 2019
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 27,000 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Recent psychedelic research: their use in psychotherapy (1st post)
18th December 2018
"And, my friends, in this story you have a history of this entire movement. First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you." Nicholas Klein "Those who do not have the power over the …
Recent research: articles from summer/autumn journals
13th November 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 26,500 abstracts. I also regularly tweet about emerging research, so following me on Twitter, Facebook or Google+ (click on the relevant …
Glasgow BABCP conference: 3rd day - Jaime Delgadillo on feedback and Steve Hollon on caution over antidepressants
21st July 2018
I have already written blog posts about the great half day pre-conference workshop I went to - "Glasgow BABCP conference: Pre-conference workshop - the excellent Michelle Craske on 'Exposure therapy in the 21st century'" - and the first full day of the conference - "Glasgow BABCP conference: 1st day - …