Social anxiety disorder seems to be rooted, as Sartre plausibly pointed out, in the fact that most of what we are is a projection of what others think of us. We should all be afraid of “the look” of another person because it's an …
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Life Bugs and the need to find Some Stress Hacks
As you go through life there comes a good deal of maturity – that is to say that you make better decisions and enjoy life based on rational learning experiences over many years, through trial and error where learning from mistakes and through the luck of close shaves or the misfortunes in life from …
Why can't we unite neuroscience and psychiatry?
Our understanding and treatment of mental disorders is primitive. Why is that? The burden on our society is huge. A quarter of women will have an episode of depression at some stage in their lives (it's about half that for men).
Do psychiatrists really think that everyone is crazy…
A diagnosis of mental illness is more common than ever – did psychiatrists create the problem, or just recognise it?