An Open Letter to the World Health Organization and American Psychiatric Association

4 minute read Researcher and Clinician, Professor Peter Kinderman (University of Liverpool) has shown exceptional leadership in an open letter to the leaders of the American Psychiatric Association and World Health Organization. iDose invites you to not only read this related article, but get involved if you judge it to be constructive (Feb. 19th, 2020)

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A psychiatric diagnosis is far from perfect, but can be more than an unkind ‘label’

7 minute read "When I was training as a clinical psychologist, I had a rotation in a low-cost psychotherapy clinic. Among the first people I met was a young man who believed that he might be responsible for harm coming to his family if he didn’t engage in time-consuming rituals, including arranging his shoes very particularly for up to half an hour," writes Huw Green, University of Cambridge (Feb. 19th, 2020)

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Can Your Diet Help Heal You from Trauma

"I’ve worked with trauma survivors throughout my career as a therapist, and I don’t think I’ve ever recommended that they change their diet as part of treatment. But my recent discussion with trauma specialist and psychiatrist Dr. James Gordon, author of The Transformation, has made me rethink the role of nutrition in healing from trauma," writes Seth J. Gillihan, University of Pennsylvania (Dec. 11th, 2019)

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