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Post Of The Week – Saturday 13th September 2014

September 13, 2014 · by · in Attitudes To Mental Illness, Depression, Eating Behaviour, Obedience, Stress, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Diets Again I posted last week a link to a BBC story about diets. There’s a dispute going on at the moment between supporters of low carb and low fat diets. This story seemed to suggest that really it doesn’t matter which you choose provided that you stick to it. This blog offers a […]

Post Of The Week – Thursday 27th March 2014

March 27, 2014 · by · in Attitudes To Mental Illness, Depression, Early Social Development, Nature - Nurture, Stress, Treating Mental Disorders · Leave a comment

1) Young People And Mental Health A couple of conversations I have had with people this week have brought the issue of young people and mental health to the fore. In the AS course, we have been looking at abnormality. Laura pointed out that if conditions like anorexia are so dangerous to significant numbers of […]

The Influence Of Childhood On Adult Relationships – Why This Is Interesting

December 12, 2013 · by · in Early Social Development, Nature - Nurture, Relationships · Leave a comment

By the time you read this in your lesson, you will know how Bowlby’s and Ainsworth’s theories have been used to show how childhood experience influences adult relationships. You will also know some evidence about Ainsworth’s attachment types and adult relationships. You will know about how this evidence has been criticised and how different methods […]

Attachments And Family Therapy

November 22, 2013 · by · in Early Social Development · 4 Comments

“A further strength of Ainsworth’s classification of attachment types is that it has been applied to the development of family therapy and systemic therapy.” Since Ainsworth defined different types of attachment forty years ago, researchers have been working to refine her findings and to use them to help people deal with difficulties in their lives. […]