What would you sell out for? Sacred Values and the Brain
Sacred values, those that really matter to us, guide individual and group decisions in life. We rarely trade off these sacred values in...
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Phil Harris
Jan 8, 20171 min read
Getting High on God?
A new study using fMRI brain scanning has revealed that religious and spiritual experiences activate the brain reward circuits in much...
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Phil Harris
Dec 20, 20161 min read
Adult substance misuse statistics from April 2014 to 31 March 2015.
Data source: http://findings.org.uk/PHP/dl.php?file=PHE_34.txt&s=eb National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) have released the...
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Phil Harris
Dec 13, 20161 min read
"That" Fruit Fly Research
When discussing the role of genetics in human development, the research I am most often asked about is 'that' fruit fly study. Here are...
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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 11, 20161 min read
If Money Does Not Make You Happy You Are Not Spending It Right.
I am a big fan of Prof Dan Gilbert's research on happiness. In what must come to be regarded as a classic paper, he along with Elizabeth...
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Phil Harris
Dec 11, 20161 min read
Impulse Control is Empathy for Your Future Self
Emerging research suggests that the same area of the brain that is responsible for empathy is linked to the individual's ability to...
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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
Dec 6, 20161 min read
Spin in the World of Research
Scott Miller has forwarded this interesting study of the use of 'spin' in studies of talking cures effectiveness. Whilst conflicts of...
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Phil Harris
Dec 6, 20161 min read
LSD Making a Comeback-With a Twist
LSD is making a comeback with a difference. There is a new trend developing for taking low dose LSD among professionals to make them...
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Phil Harris
Oct 13, 20161 min read
New Blood Alcohol Concentration Calculator Added to Site
Alcohol intoxication is not governed by what you drink. It is governed by what you drink in what time period. This determines your Blood...
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Phil Harris
Oct 10, 20161 min read
Free E-Learning Now On Website
I have just added a free E-Learning zone on my website. Research shows that refreshing knowledge after training through quizzes and...
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Phil Harris
Oct 3, 20161 min read
Adolescent Development Training, Cornwall.
I have just been asked to deliver training in adolescent development across Cornwall. The training courses are being funded by...
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Phil Harris
Aug 4, 20161 min read
Open Programme
Places are still available on my courses for the Training Exchange Autumn Programme. All these courses are being delivered in Bristol. ...
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Phil Harris
Aug 4, 20161 min read
Invite to Speak at the New Directions in the Study of Alcohol Conference, 2017.
I have been invited to speak at the New Directions in the Study of Alcohol conference being held in Weston-super-Mare, UK. The New...
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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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Phil Harris
Jul 7, 20161 min read
Torfaen & Monmouthshire Adopt SPUR and Quartro
Choices (East) have adopted the the SPUR Triage and Quarto comprehensive assessment for young people. Developed with the Cornwall YZUP...
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Phil Harris
Jun 15, 20161 min read
Invite to speak at the Royal College of Nursing
I have just been invited to speak at the Royal College of Nursing. The talk will be on the work currently being developed with young...
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Phil Harris
Jun 15, 20161 min read
Rayne Trust Funds New Residential Service for Young People
Just had confirmation that the Raynes Trust have kindly offered to fund the team leader post at the new residential service for young...
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