How to (sleigh) ride your emotions this Christmas: Santa knows if you’re naughty or nice, but not if you’re sad or stressed. For people feeling down this holiday period, here are some evidence-based tips for managing your emotions, by Valentina Bianchi, Paul Garrett, Lindsie Arthur-Hulme, Dr Ella Moeck, & Dr Katharine Greenaway, University of Melbourne. […]
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Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at ‘Essentially Grey’ a new exhibition of pictures by Hanna ten Doornkaat at The MUSE Gallery, London which explores how colours influence our mood and emotions Research has shown that environment and calming colours influences the speed of patients’ recovery. Your emotions and mood are influenced by the colours around […]
So much of our focus on the Polyvagal Theory centres around honouring and validating the ventral vagus and teaching people to move up from the dorsal states and into the light of the ventral states. According to the polyvagal theory the ventral vagus – the second branch of the parasympathetic nervous system and our newest […]
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RSM webinar: Sport and mental health: What can psychiatry teach us? This is the first of a series of Mind Matters webinars presented by the RSM Psychiatry section – Thursday 30 July, 6.00pm to 7.00pm This webinar is an exploration of the relationship between sports and mental health in both the general population and in elite […]
It’s child’s play: how parents can help young children adjust to post lockdown life – five tips from a Priory psychiatrist UK schools’ lockdown has had a significant impact on children’s mental health But the loosening of lockdown restrictions increases opportunities for children to play, helping them adjust to the ‘new normal’ Parents playing alongside […]
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‘We are They: Where id was ego shall be’ Jane McAdam Freud: Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at ‘We are They: Where id was ego shall be’ at Gazelli Art House, a though-provoking exhibition of exciting, new work by Jane McAdam Freud, great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud, which explores our unconscious beliefs and shadow selves In […]
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The English psychoanalyst John Bowlby teaches us about Attachment Theory, which is quite simply the best way to understand how and why relationships are tricky. […]
With thirty-five years of experience between us, and thousands of hours spent working with senior leaders, the most common theme that rears its head time and again is imposter syndrome, or some version of it. We find even those at the very top battle regularly with feelings of not being up to the job. Blessed […]
A major University of Melbourne-led review has questioned whether women’s ongoing need for safety, support and holistic healing following family violence are adequately addressed by current therapies. The comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis of the effectiveness of psychological therapies for women who experience intimate partner violence (IPV) and abuse is published by the Cochrane Database of […]
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A new study shows machine learning can be used to predict aspects of a person’s personality from their electrical brain rhythms by Hayley Jach, Dr Daniel Feuerriegel and Associate Professor Luke Smillie, of University of Melbourne, Australia (first published in Pursuit). As we think, fear, love and dream – 86 billion neurons are firing electrical […]
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