The world’s first museum dedicated to growing up celebrates Britain’s pioneering role in youth culture and self-expression Calling all former New Romantics, punks, Mods and Rockers: Britain’s first museum devoted to youth culture needs you to turn out your cupboards, retrieve photos of your youthful selves and send them in. Don’t worry about how wacky […]
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As shops reopen, a Priory specialist talks about the changing face of shopping – and why, for some, ‘shopping addiction’ won’t have gone away: Compulsive buying disorder (CBD) or ‘oniomania’ is believed to affect 8-16% of the UK population Any addiction – including shopping addiction – is a way of changing or avoiding emotions, says […]
Behavioural science key to success of ‘test and trace’ app says British Psychological Society The British Psychological Society (BPS) has today published a briefing informed by leading behavioural psychologists which highlights the importance of behavioural science in the success of the Government’s new Covid-19 digital contact tracing app. With the app requiring people to perform […]
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Life in lockdown is having a significant impact on our health. Recognising the triggers for over-eating or increased alcohol intake during the pandemic; experts look at how to curb the cravings • Over-eating or ‘emotional eating’ can become a food addiction • Certain foods stimulate the brain’s secretion of opiate-like, “feel-good” chemicals such as serotonin […]
Priory’s online therapy service enables people to access help from expert therapists from their home. During this difficult time, people needing help for mental health conditions like depression, anxiety, stress, panic and conditions including OCD can find themselves unable to access a qualified therapist. The Priory Group, the mental healthcare specialists, has launched a service, […]
Researchers from Northumbria University are asking adults aged 65 or over to spare some time to help with their latest research into reducing loneliness in older people and improving function in everyday tasks. Currently, there are nearly 12 million people aged 65 and above in the UK. In 50 years there are projected to be […]
Findings from 10-country survey reveal lack of information and support ‘is an important gap’ for many cancer patients London, 24 July 2019 – People with cancer have trouble accessing appropriate psychological support, a new global report published today by the All.Can international cancer initiative reveals. Patient insights on cancer care: opportunities for improving efficiency reveals […]
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“With the ‘wellness world’ forever growing, pursuit of the ‘healthiest’ diet is at an all-time high. Yet along the way, it seems that just about every food group has been vilified, eating styles criticized and weird concoctions seen as the ‘holy grail’. The nutrition world has become a minefield.” So says Rebecca Jennings, nutritional therapist […]
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Survivors of gun violence in the USA suffer years of trauma and pain due to a destructive combination of government policies which ignore their needs, Amnesty International said today as it released new research into the experiences of gunshot survivors. Describing gun violence in the USA as a “human rights crisis”, Scars of Survival: Gun […]
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Around forty per cent of transgender people have attempted to take their own lives at some point in time. That’s a shocking, harrowing statistic, supplied by the National Centre for Transgender Equality. And yet, having worked with such patients at my clinic for many years, it’s also not one that surprises me. We need to […]
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