Monthly Archives: June 2018

Post Of The Week – Sunday 24th June, 2018

June 24, 2018 · by · in Biopsychology, Early Social Development, Eating Behaviour, Models Of Abnormality, Nature - Nurture, Neuroscience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Romanian Orphanages One criticism of the English And Romanian Adoptees study is that it only deals with the children who were adopted, not those left behind. It therefore gives a more optimistic picture of recovery because the children picked for adoption may have been more resilient. This article describes research done on children who have […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday June 16th, 2018

June 17, 2018 · by · in Cognition And Development, Depression, Early Social Development, Nature - Nurture, Social Influence, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) The Genetics Of Depression There are two articles here. This one just out from the EDIT Lab looks at a paper published last year. It focuses on 44 genetic variations associated with depression. It makes the claim that “depression is largely a disorder of the brain”. In our course, we are encouraged to think […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday 9th June 2018

June 10, 2018 · by · in Depression, Eating Behaviour, Nature - Nurture, Neuroscience, Research Methods, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Individual Differences Here is the latest blog from the EDIT Lab on individual differences. There is a reference in there to t tests and distributions which is relevant to us.   2) Depression And Inflammation When we study depression, we focus on depression as a disorder of thought. For evaluation, we consider whether depressions […]

Post Of The Week – Saturday 2nd June 2018

June 2, 2018 · by · in Biopsychology, Cognition And Development, Depression, Early Social Development, Memory, Nature - Nurture, Neuroscience, Research Methods, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs I happened to watch the second episode of this two part series. It is here. A substantial amount of the programme is devoted to the use of antidepressant drugs for adolescents. The programme features some important arguments from experts in this area and explains how clinical guidelines are […]