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Youth mental health now a priority for UK General Practitioners
Statistics from the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) show that 50% of adults with mental health problems will have presented by the age of 15 and 75% by the age of 18 – this is powerful information which points to the importance of early intervention. Juxtapose this with the fact that (according to Dr…
A new peer counselling initiative for North London
My GP practice in North London is pretty switched on, by my estimation (which is, of course, not to say that it necessarily is). So I was intrigued to discover a new initiative starting up in which patients registered at the practice can join a group called ‘Talk for Health’, billed as ‘a programme for…
Greener pastures for the New Year
Happy New Year from all at 96 Harley Psychotherapy! May 2014 herald green shoots, steady growth and forward momentum. Staying with the green theme, I couldn’t help but notice a new study published by the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology which offers encouraging news for those who are planning to move to areas with…
Merry Christmas from all at 96 Harley Psychotherapy
Well, we’re almost at the back door of another year – another ending, no less. Those of us who have been on the wrong side (or perhaps the right?) of the archetypal therapist’s tissue-topped coffee table know all too well what this can mean – anything from melt-down to the quiet joy of recognising…
‘Tis the season to be jolly – what’s the role of antidepressants?
It’s Christmas, that wonderful time of year when we deck the halls, gather together in community and sing carols to herald the arrival of the newborn Christ-child – right? Maybe not. For many people, the festive season is now, not only devoid of any spiritual significance, but also associated with the consequences of widespread…
Mental health and casual sex. What sort of bedfellows?
I have no doubt there are those who would argue for the benefits of sex, sex and more sex. Loosening us up, chilling us out, opening us up to creativity – why, it’s a surprise there are not more of us putting it about. Perhaps such lines of thinking can be traced back to Sigmund…
Schizophrenia Awareness Week, November 11-17, 2013
R.D. Laing And so it is upon us – Schizophrenia Awareness Week 2013, now with just two days to go until the closing gong. So here I am doing my bit, in the hope that my small action here will help to de-stigmatise what must be an incredibly difficult condition to live with. I have…
Good news for paedophiles
The American Psychiatric Association (APA) has recently re-classified paedophilia in their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, mark five (DSM-V). In a move towards destigmatising the disorder, the organisation has changed their terminology to describe paedophilia as a ‘sexual orientation’, thereby opening the door to paedophiles arguing that their behaviour (as per the precedent…
