The University of Reading is running this trial in collaboration with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust and NHS Devon Partnership NHS Trust. To find out more about anxiety and bipolar disorder…Read More >
Tag: mental health
Diagnostic labels for mental health conditions are not always useful
Putting a name to a mental health condition can allow faster access to public services and supportive patient groups – but these diagnostic labels are of limited use to clinicians…Read More >
Tackling teenage depression
Depression is now the world’s leading health problem, causing more disability than any other disease according to the World Health Organisation. Reading neuroscientist Dr Ciara McCabe tells us about her…Read More >
Creativity, Spirituality and Mental Health
The University Chaplaincy’s next Café Théologique will be held on Monday 4th June, 7.30pm-9pm, Zero Degrees Bar, Bridge Street. The speaker is Revd Dr Joanna Collicutt, Karl Jaspers Lecturer in…Read More >
Improving anxiety for people with Autism
Many autistic children perceive the sensory world around us differently. Some autistic children for example are overwhelmed by sounds or touch. This can make everyday situations such as visiting a busy supermarket a…Read More >
People with depression use language differently – here’s how to spot it
The ‘language of depression’ can be spotted using computer analysis which looks for patterns of words used by those who are suffering from the disorder, explains PhD researcher Mohammed Al-Mosaiwi in…Read More >
Talking with voices – sharing best practice on auditory hallucinations
By Dr Craig Steel, Deputy Director of the Charlie Waller Institute for Evidence Based Psychological Treatments Last weekend (17-21 November 2017), Dr Dirk Corstens (a psychiatrist from the Netherlands and chair…Read More >
