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CBT Archive
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‘A new look at psychosis.’ Ivan Tyrrell and Richard Bentall discuss patient-centred new approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychosis.
Ivan Tyrrell and Richard Bentall discuss patient-centred new approaches to the understanding and treatment of psychotic illness. Tyrrell: You have written a... -
Beat the Blues! Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (cCBT) at Advocacy in Wirral.
Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (cCBT) NHS Wirral have contracted Advocacy in Wirral to provide a computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (cCBT) service... -
Depressed? Don’t blame your genes. Report from the Times Newspaper.
Britain is depressed. Especially its women. Oliver James. Times Newspaper Recently the Irish author Marian Keyes announced on her website that she... -
Psychological Therapies – A Review of the Current Therapies Available (a service receiver’s view).
Psychological Therapies A Review of the Current Therapies Available. A Service Receiver’s View. Over the years I have been lucky enough to have... -
Tips for Getting the Most out of Psychotherapy (a service receiver’s view).
Tips for Getting the Most out of Psychotherapy (a service receiver’s view) To access psychological therapies it must be agreed by your... -
A Survivor’s Inspiring Experience of Recovery using Wellness Recovery Action Planning. Scottish Recovery Network.
MY EXPERIENCE OF RECOVERY Amanda Scott, peer support worker and WRAP facilitator, shares her recovery journey and experiences of self-awareness, setting... -
“My Ideal Community Psychiatric Nurse” A Personal View.
My Ideal CPN. A Personal View. My ideal CPN would take the time to get to know me, my illness history... -
‘People don’t suddenly become psychotic or depressed out of the blue, there’s always a disaster that they suffer.’ Dorothy Rowe: A life in psychology.
‘People don’t suddenly become psychotic or depressed out of the blue, there’s always a disaster that they suffer’ “If you make happiness... -
Black Dog Tribe. Ruby Wax and her new website to unite people with mental health difficulties.
Quote from Ruby Wax in the Guardian: “When I was institutionalised with depression, I wasted hours of everybody’s time in therapy... -
“Antidepressant use in England soars.” The Guardian. Why not offer some other solutions instead?
Editors note: I have just read the following article and once again I am shocked to see there seems to be... -
Personal experience of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). Did it work for me?
Personal experience of CBT – did it work for me? I’ve had a long term diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder and experienced... -
Recovery The Norm? You Must Be In Western Lapland.
Schizophrenia seems to be disappearing in Western Lapland. Since the early 80′s, there has been a 90% drop in number... -
Men & Depression. Informative RCPsych article.
This article is for: any man who feels depressed anyone whose husband, partner, brother, father and male friend seems depressed. Men seem to suffer from... -
Living Life to the Full …helping you to help yourself. Great website with a free Cognitive Behavioural Therapy course.
About the Site The Living Life to the Full course is a life skills course that aims to provide access to high... -
Antidepressants are a lifeline for women like me – We’d rather not be on antidepressants, but millions of women would struggle to function without them
Antidepressants are a lifeline for women like me We’d rather not be on antidepressants, but millions of women would struggle to... -
Centre for Mental Health. (Used to be Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health). An excellent website with lots of up to date info for everyone.
Centre for Mental Health aims to help to create a society in which people with mental health problems enjoy... -
Are Talking therapies the best way of helping people with mental health problems?
Talking therapies are often cited as the best way of helping people with mental health problems. However Richard Gray, a... -
How to cope with anxiety, strategies for dealing with this common but debilitating problem
Chartered Psychologist, Dr Dominick Micklewright discusses ways of coping with the problem of anxiety, and gives strategies for dealing with it. ... -
Family Tree – support for carers
Contact details – Family Tree, the Stein Centre, St Catherine’s Hospital, Birkenhead, CH42 OLQ Tel: 0151-488-7708 Email: family.tree@cwp.nhs.uk Website –... -
Information about self-harming from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
This article provides information about self-harm and is for anyone who is harming themselves, or feels that they might. We... -
Charities welcome mental health spending boost
Charities have welcomed Government plans to increase access to psychological therapies designed to treat common mental health problems such as... -
Antidepressant use rises as recession feeds wave of worry
Prescriptions have doubled in decade, NHS figures show, with doctors warning drugs are covering for counselling shortage Guardian.co.uk, Friday 11 June... -
Mental health coalition scores manifesto hat-trick on talking therapies
In a major breakthrough for the We Need To Talk coalition all three main political parties have stated their commitment... -
‘Therapy helped my mind and my work’
By Jane Elliott Health reporter, BBC News Mark made about 500 cold calls a week Three years ago Mark Young was under...
