Rethinking Risk Taking in Youth
In training I always make the distinction that what is termed risk taking behavior in young people is really them trialing out adult...
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Phil Harris
Aug 17, 20172 min read
Mental Health Education in School Works
A growing body of evidence suggests that mental health education programmes can be very effective in reducing the prevalence of problems...
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Phil Harris
Jul 25, 20171 min read
Depression and Cannabis Use Linked in Youth
Young peoples drug and alcohol problems are rarely freestanding but linked to a wide range of other mental health and behavioral...
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Phil Harris
Jul 24, 20171 min read
Conduct Disorder: Gender Differences Identified
A recent study at Bath University of 200 teenagers has revealed interesting gender differences between teenage males and females with...
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Phil Harris
Jul 24, 20171 min read
Invite to Speak at the Royal College of GPs
I have just been invited to speak at the Royal College of GPs 10th PCCSF conference in Birmingham.The theme is Safeguarding Adolescents...
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Phil Harris
Jul 11, 20171 min read
What is Right with Kids Growing Up Under Stress?
Studies of children growing in stressful environments always views them from a deficit lens. However, many of the behaviors that are...
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Phil Harris
Jul 11, 20171 min read
Cannabis: How Did We Get Here?
An excellent review of the historical developments in cannabis markets, leading to the current practices of smoking synthetic cannabis is...
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Phil Harris
Jul 11, 20171 min read
Guest Post: Guidance for Parents
Erica Jacobs, a passionate campaigner for young people and substance misuse prevention in Colorado has contacted me with an excellent...
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Phil Harris
Jun 15, 20171 min read
More Cannabis but the Same People
I was very intrigued by the presentations of clients seeking help with legal highs or new psycho-active substances. For a period of...
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Phil Harris
Jun 11, 20172 min read
Gateway Theory Revisited
There is a great deal of confusion between "Stepping Stone Theory" and "Gateway Theory" in terms of understanding the evolution of drug...
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Phil Harris
Jun 7, 20171 min read
Matching Interventions to Young People's Personality Shows Improved Results.
More evidence emerges to support the use of trajectory models with young people. Research by Professor Patrica Conrod targeted young...
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Phil Harris
Jun 7, 20171 min read
Schizophrenia: A Disease of the Immune System?
Recent developments in the area of immuno-psychiatry have begun to identify that prenatal viral infection may be responsible for the...
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Phil Harris
May 17, 20171 min read
Small Difference, Big Impact
A recent study found that the more days a child missed of pre-school created greater disparities in their educational attainment across...
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Phil Harris
Apr 6, 20171 min read
Is Attachment Theory Over-Rated?
There is always a great deal of discussion in my training and lectures on child and adolescent development regarding attachment theory. ...
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Phil Harris
Apr 6, 20171 min read
Poverty: A Brain Changer?
The effects of poverty on human psychology is an under-researched area. However, new insights from brain scanning and cognitive testing...
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Phil Harris
Mar 20, 20172 min read
Boswyns New Young Peoples Residential Service About to Open
After along period of development, Boswyns Young Peoples Residential is set to open shortly in Hayle, Cornwall, UK. This new service...
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Phil Harris
Jan 17, 20171 min read
Drug Prevention: Without the Drugs
I have often written and discussed how young people with weak social attachments are most prone to developing substance misuse problems. ...
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Phil Harris
Dec 13, 20162 min read
Child and Adolescent Trajectories: More Evidence Emerges
A great deal of my recent work in addiction and mental health has been focused on understanding and addressing divergent patterns of drug...
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Phil Harris
Dec 6, 20161 min read
How Much Do Parents Matter?
In a new book out by Emeritus Professor Robert Le Vine and his Research Fellow wife Sarah, they examine parenting across different...
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Phil Harris
Jul 7, 20161 min read
YP Residential Build Begins at Boswyns
On Tuesday the 5th of July the builders moved in at Boswyns to begin building the extension that will become the young people's...
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