Monthly Archives: December 2015

Post Of The Week – Sunday 27th December 2015

December 27, 2015 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Depression, Research Methods, Social Influence, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) David Kilcullen On ISIS David Kilcullen is a former colonel in the Australian Army. His academic background is in the social sciences. He has acted as an adviser to governments on threats from Islamist extremists. Here, he speaks at length about what we know and don’t know about these extremists. https://radio.abc.net.au/programitem/pgX460EDLV?play=true We’ve been looking […]

Post Of The Week -Saturday 19th December 2015

December 20, 2015 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Depression, Memory, Research Methods, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Plain Packaging For Cigarettes This link takes you to the breakfast show on BBC Radio Bristol. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03862bs#play If you wind to 2 hrs 12 mins on the programme, you can hear Olivia Maynard from the University Of Bristol explain some research into plain packaging. Essentially, the lack of visual cues on the packaging forces […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday December 12th 2015

December 12, 2015 · by · in Attitudes To Mental Illness, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Neuroscience, Research Methods, Stress, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) TED – Daniel Levitin On Stress In this video, Daniel Levitin explains what stress does to our thinking and explains what we might do about it. Along the way, he refers to NNT, Number Needed To Treat, a concept from medical statistics which we use when looking at therapies for Depression.   2) Researching […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday 5th December 2015

December 5, 2015 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Cognition And Development, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Neuroscience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Blocking Ghrelin The point of understanding neural mechanisms associated with hunger and satiety is that it makes it possible to intervene to prevent obesity. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/12/151203135959.htm This study concerns ghrelin. Ghrelin is released from the digestive tract when it is empty. It found that blocking gherlin reduced foraging and eating behaviour in hamsters while injecting […]