Psychosis and schizophrenia
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People with psychosis can heal by rebuilding their life stories
by Henry R Cowan
Therapeutic relationships
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Psychodynamic therapy helped me overcome trauma when CBT couldn’t
by Lucia Osborne-Crowley
Self-harm and suicide
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How to support someone who is self-harming
A person harming themselves is not attention-seeking but attention-needing. Reach in and show them you’re listening
by Rory O’Connor & Ellen Townsend
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How conspiracy theories bypass people’s rationality
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A vast, thrilling world of nature unfolds outside of human time
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Sports and games
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In sport, as in life, tactical fouling is fundamentally wrong
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Parenting and families
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Why parenting books are not really written for the parents
by Olga Mecking
Stories and literature
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‘Once upon a time…’ Deconstructing our insatiable appetite for stories
Directed by Aisling Chin-Yee
Poetry
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Sufi love poetry is in vogue, but few grasp its radical meaning
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Meaning and the good life
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How to cope with an existential crisis
Has the world gone grey? Are you wondering what life is for? Kierkegaard’s philosophy could help you rediscover your zing
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Emotion regulation
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What geometry taught me about awe, love and grief
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History and philosophy of mental illness
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One woman’s six-word mantra that has helped to calm millions
by Judith Hoare
Cognitive and behavioural therapies
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Can a short behavioural boot camp really grind anxiety to dust?
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Painting and sculpture
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Stretched between dignity and despair, Giacometti’s fragile human figures
Directed by Michael Gill
Neuroscience
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The brain has a team of conductors orchestrating consciousness
by Morten L Kringelbach & Gustavo Deco