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Isca Wittenberg was one of the first people to undertake the child psychotherapy training at the Tavistock Clinic, set up by John Bowlby and Esther Bick after the Second World War. She is now the oldest living child psychotherapist.

Interview with our oldest living child psychotherapist: Isca Wittenberg - Mind In Mind Jane O'Rourke interviews the oldest living child psychotherapist, 98 yr Isca Wittenberg, about her life shaping thinking on child mental health.

Research found that people with extremist attitudes struggle with complex tasks that require intricate mental steps, and are not good at regulating their emotions.
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/feb/22/people-with-extremist-views-less-able-to-do-complex-mental-tasks-research-suggests

People with extremist views less able to do complex mental tasks, research suggests Cambridge University team say their findings could be used to spot people at risk from radicalisation

Richard Bentall pioneered the use of the talking therapy CBT for psychosis and conducted rigorous randomized controlled trials to find out if and why it worked.

The Life Scientific - Richard Bentall on the causes of mental ill health - BBC Sounds Why madness is in the world not in us. Prof Richard Bentall talks about his life and work.

Ketamine to treat depression and addiction at UK’s first medical psychedelic psychotherapy clinic

Ketamine to treat depression and addiction at first medical psychedelic psychotherapy clinic The class B drug is to be used by Awakn Life Sciences when its centre opens in Bristol in March, explains its chief medical officer Dr Ben Sessa

A crucial goal of therapy is to learn to acknowledge and express a full range of emotions. Negative emotions are an important part of life and accepting them is vital to our mental health.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/negative-emotions-key-well-being/

Negative Emotions Are Key to Well-Being Feeling sad, mad, critical or otherwise awful? Surprise: negative emotions are essential for mental health

With lockdowns still in place, we may find ourselves struggling to be as positive as we’d like. Now, more than ever, our mental wellbeing should be a top priority.

How to stay on top of your mental health in lockdown What is it that people say? New year, new you. But with lockdowns still in place and more tiers than we know what to do with, you may find yourself struggling to be as positive as you’d like.

Why Eastern inspired meditation and Western inspired psychotherapy work so well together.

Know Thyself or No Self? Eastern inspired meditation and Western inspired psychotherapy work well together: one attends to self, the other to no-self.

Dr Angela Joyce and Dr Tracey Jensen talk about the idea of the "Good Enough" Mother, a phrase first coined by the paediatrician and child psychoanalyst D. W. Winnicott, marking the 50th anniversary of his death.

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Zara McDermott & Baroness Morgan on Revenge P**n, The "Good Enough" mother, & Mehreen Baig on Covid 19 Jab campaign Zara McDermott & Baroness Morgan, Dr Angela Joyce & Dr Tracey Jensen and Mehreen Baig.

The NHS is establishing 40 new mental health hubs in England to offer essential support for staff struggling with trauma, amid working in the COVID-19 pandemic
https://happiful.com/new-mental-health-hubs-traumatised-nhs/

40 new mental health hubs for traumatised NHS Dozens of mental health hubs are being set up across England to help traumatised NHS staff struggling with their mental health after treating patients in the COVID-19 pandemic

The free three-hour online training course aims to equip people to provide practical and emotional support to children and young people affected by the pandemic.
https://inews.co.uk/news/psychological-first-aid-training-children-young-people-public-health-england-881568

'Psychological first aid' training to be made available for parents, carers and workers The free three-hour online training course aims to equip people to provide practical and emotional support to children and young people affected by the pandemic

Radio presenter Roman Kemp is to front a documentary exploring mental health issues and su***de in young men. It will explore what can be done to encourage people to seek help, and what preventative action can be taken.

Roman Kemp to front young male mental health and su***de documentary The radio presenter wants to show "there are ways to reach those who are suffering and need help".