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As my colleagues in Cornwall will testify, I love a Marshmallow test. The classic experiment has been reproduced several times in...
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Sep 11, 20203 min read
Binge Alcohol-Lose Empathy
People who binge-drink show more extensive dysfunction across their brains than previously realised, a new study from the University of...
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Phil Harris
Sep 11, 20203 min read
Emotions and Language Synch
The emotional brain cannot speak to us but speaks through us. The emotional brain shapes the language we use at an almost unconscious...
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Phil Harris
Sep 10, 20205 min read
Adolescent Risk Taking: Key Brain Development Identified
As any parent will tell you, no two children behave in exactly the same way. It is part of what makes each individual unique. So, why do...
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Phil Harris
Sep 10, 20202 min read
Alcohol Dementia Revealed
A common consequence of chronically high alcohol consumption is a decline in cognitive function, which can even progress to full-blown...
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Phil Harris
Sep 10, 20204 min read
Is God a Pattern?
In training and lectures on personality, I describe the five key traits of our temperament. One of these traits is Openness to...
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Phil Harris
Aug 19, 20203 min read
What Matters? The Alliance Once Again
A trusting therapeutic relationship and outcome-oriented collaboration between therapist and patient are critical for the successful...
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Phil Harris
Aug 19, 20203 min read
Friendship-The Best Antidepressant?
Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have identified a set of modifiable factors from a field of over 100 that could...
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Phil Harris
Aug 19, 20202 min read
Mechanism for Trauma Memory Identified
The endogenous regulation of a specific gene is associated with a reduced risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder following a...
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Phil Harris
Jul 17, 20201 min read
Low Dead Space Needles: Can They Reduce BBVs?
High Dead Space needles are those that retain some fluid in the barrel of the syringe after injecting. As such they are prone to gather...
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Phil Harris
Jul 6, 20201 min read
Anti-Antipsychiatry
A psychiatrist once told me that the only thing that would constitute a radical opinion in Psychiatry today was actually agreeing with...
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Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20201 min read
What is Treatment?
Historically we have always been very fixated on modality-or type of therapy- and have always assumed that this is responsible for...
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Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20205 min read
Ritual & the Psychological Immune System
In training and lectures I often refer to the psychological immune system. This system resides in the emotional brain whose principle...
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Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20204 min read
Roughhouse Play: The Stuff of Emotional Control
The golden rule of parenting is that roughhouse play always ends in tears. The rough and tumble of play fighting with dad however is...
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Phil Harris
Jul 1, 20203 min read
Trauma: Distance Matters
The human brain operates on many levels. When we consider things which are distant in time, space or intimacy the rational brain tends...
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Phil Harris
Jun 29, 20202 min read
COVID & Use: How is the Virus Changing Consumption Across Europe?
The EMCDDA, the European Drug monitoring centre, have compiled a trendspotter briefing on changes in drug consumption during the lock...
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Phil Harris
Jun 23, 20201 min read
Inside the Brain of a Psychopath
In light of the recent study on antisocial personality disorder, I also noticed this very interesting discussion on the nature of...
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Phil Harris
Jun 17, 20201 min read
Antisocial Personality Disordered Offenders: UK Clinical Trial Results Published
There is increasing recognition of the role Antisocial Personality Disorder in offending populations. The disorder, characterised by...
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Phil Harris
Jun 16, 20203 min read
The Successful Mindset
To succeed in modern life, people need to accomplish challenging tasks effectively. Many successful entrepreneurs, businesspeople,...
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Phil Harris
Jun 16, 20202 min read
Who Bought All the Toilet Roll?
Following the fast spread of COVID-19 across Europe and North America in March 2020, many people began stockpiling commodities including...
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