Monthly Archives: July 2019

Post Of The Week – Tuesday 30th July 2019

July 30, 2019 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Neuroscience, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Young, British And Depressed Channel 4 broadcast a programme with this title as part of Dispatches yesterday. I don’t have a link but it should be possible to find it however you access Channel 4. It looked at two specific issues. One was about whether it makes sense to put a label on the […]

Post Of The Week – Monday 22nd July 2019

July 22, 2019 · by · in Early Social Development, Eating Behaviour, Memory, Nature - Nurture, Neuroscience, Social Influence, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Slaughterhouses Of Souls When we study the effects of institutionalisation and in particular Rutter’s research on Romanian orphans, we tend not to dwell too long on how bad the conditions were from which the orphans were taken. This article from three and a half years ago sets that record straight. Although some children were […]

Post Of The Week – Thursday, 11th July 2019

July 11, 2019 · by · in Addictive Behaviour, Eating Behaviour, Memory, Social Influence, Stress, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Screen Time Here is a piece of video from Andrew Przybylski about the effects of screen time. This piece from The Guardian also by him covers similar ground. It’s an example of popular fears being out of step with the science.   2) And On Gambling …. Andrew Przybylski comments at the end of […]