What are you reading/analysing at the moment?

The Black Oil

Last night I watched A Dangerous Method

I thought it was a decent film, not a lot more than that. Good acting. Beautifully shot. Most the focus is on the relationship between Keira Knightley's character and Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender). She's initially highly distressed, frightened, reluctant, if expressive. The film starts with her being carted off to the hospital.

We're fairly on in the 'talking cure' approach to psychotherapy. Freud is played by Viggo Mortenson, and this period is framed by his sexual theory understanding of personal problems and the human psyche. The inevitable up and down of his relationship with Jung is pretty well done, partly in person and by correspondence. I think the main criticism here is that the film feels a little too cautious. I don't know of other dramatic pieces that have taken on this period of psychology. Anyone?

On a book related note, Freud's Civilization and Its Discontents is on my list. Am looking forward to it as I think for some, perhaps myself included, such as re the film above prior to watching, the inherent response is 'Freud? Bit of a plonker'.

manyoung

Been meaning to watch that for a while...

I know that there is a film being made about the Stanford Prison Experiment which may be interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0420293/

At the moment I'm dabbling in and out of Flow: The Psychology of Optimum Experience by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly. Interesting stuff in it about just how to take control of your activities and time and really advance yourself.

On the side, I'm just looking at different theories in general. Was looking at Jung's concept of Individuation and Self etc. and was really fascinated by them. If I get the chance, I might try and read one of his works soon..

Valmont

Plonker or not, Freud's is so caught up in therapy of all strands that I think having at least a basic understanding of his ideas is very important for all aspiring psychologists. I was in Hodges Fidges before Christmas and - no joke - almost two thirds of the psychology section was comprised of books on or by Freud!

I will definitely check this film out if only to see Viggo Mortensen as the man himself...

I'm currently reading a book on psychological approaches to pain management in advance of an upcoming internship. There is surprisingly little room for physical medicine when it comes to chronic pain conditions; the non-physiological aspects seem to rein supreme.

JuliusCaesar

Off-topic, but : Isn't there always a psychological aspect to Pain Management courses? In addition to input from medics regarding analgesia, and physios regarding movement etc? I wouldn't expect medics to understand or teach psychological treatment, any more than I'd expect psychologists to understand/teach analgesic medication.

Valmont

JuliusCaesar wrote: »

Off-topic, but : Isn't there always a psychological aspect to Pain Management courses? In addition to input from medics regarding analgesia, and physios regarding movement etc? I wouldn't expect medics to understand or teach psychological treatment, any more than I'd expect psychologists to understand/teach analgesic medication.

Yes for the last few decades from what I've read but it seems the physical aspect has been largely overestimated for many chronic cases. For example, Deyo, Walsh, and Martin (1990) studied people who had experienced lower back pain for four years or more and found that trancutaneous electrical nerve stimulation worked just as well as a sham surgical procedure. There are too many studies along these lines too mention!

The Black Oil

The later sections of Freud's Civilization...got into the area of sexual incompatibility, marriage and so on. Isn't this sometimes cited (not sure where - PI threads on boards?) as one of the main contributors to marital breakup?

I'll read it again at some point. Despite his reputation, I can't think of any key quotes Freud is particularly known for. Anyone?

JuliusCaesar

"Sometimes a cigar is only a cigar"
"of all the nations, the Irish are un-analysable"

(both garbled and apocryphal)

Vinny-Chase

Currently reading Running on Empty, a book on Childhood Emotional Neglect. It's easy to identify abuse or a "bad" childhood but the book goes into the things that aren't said and aren't done. An interesting concept and I find a lot of clients can relate to the idea.

Roquentin

mans search for himself

--rollo may

The Black Oil

France's forensic psychiatry provision: the long and winding road in Lancet Psychiatry. Link

Good to see a drop in prison suicide rates, small though it may be.

The Black Oil

Oliver Sacks has passed away, unfortunately.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/aug/30/oliver-sacks-dies-aged-82-eminent-neurologist-author-awakenings

JuliusCaesar

Remember reading Awakenings after it came out, read most of his books after that. :-(

The Black Oil

I really enjoyed this episode of Radio Lab he was on a few years ago. Gives you some sense of his issues in recognising faces. Funny.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyKILuJqzQQ

The Black Oil

David Tennant is playing R.D. Laing in Mad to Be Normal, coming next year. No trailer yet.

The Black Oil

The Brain Science Podcast - featuring an interview with Dr. Brenda Milner. She's in her 90s! Remember HM from your undergrad days?

superglue

Currently half-way through Rethinking Psychology by Professor Brian Hughes. So far it's been an excellent read: thorough arguments delivered with not a little humour at times. I'd highly recommend grabbing a copy, and/or catching one of his talks if you get the chance.

The Black Oil

All in the mind: How are memories formed?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b081lkn8

The Black Oil

PsychCrunch podcast.

Can we trust psychological studies?

The Black Oil

Hey, hey, you there. You know the term burn out?

Herbert Freudenberger, bloke done psychology, coined it. Interview with his daughter.

And another piece here. http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2016/12/07/504734219/episode-740-burnout

The Black Oil

Pavlov? :pac:

https://twitter.com/b_ru_ru/status/847368727016259584

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whwiMrBNWCA

The Black Oil

Listened to this in the car this morning. Ordinarily, wouldn't have thought neuroscience took up much court time beyond memory and say cognitive issues. But at the more criminal end, work is ongoing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05q7rlg

joombo

The Black Oil

BBC File on 4 "Counting the Cost: Antidepressant Use in Children". https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bbq1gr

Very interesting, but also sad due some of the stories. So, the idea that GPs give them out easily isn't quite the full picture. Problems accessing CAMHS means sometimes falling back on the prescription pad.

Report called 'Silent Catastrophe' is mentioned and one would imagine its points might apply to Ireland too.

https://childpsychotherapy.org.uk/acp-report-silent-catastrophe

The Black Oil

Interview on grief with Katie Couric and Sheryl Sandberg, and psychologist Adam Grant. I listened to the podcast version today, found it very informative - re people backing off, avoiding and also dealing with children. Well worth listening to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFOMbhK3N1A

Hoof Hearted2

The Black Oil wrote: »

Interview on grief with Katie Couric and Sheryl Sandberg, and psychologist Adam Grant. I listened to the podcast version today, found it very informative - re people backing off, avoiding and also dealing with children. Well worth listening to.

Thanks for sharing, enjoyed that, very open and honest.

At the moment I'm listening to Dr. Chatterjee and found this podcast very interesting and cutting edge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEClCaCew4w

The Black Oil

BBC Radio 4 starting a series next week, by Prof. Daniel Freeman. A History of Delusions. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001d95

Looking forward to it.

Hoof Hearted2

Watching this series at the moment, I know it's not strictly related to psychology in the traditional sense, but it's all interconnected imo.

https://www.interconnectedseries.com/episode1wrb

The Black Oil

This American Life episode called 81 Words, a replay from 2002. Quite personal for the lead storyteller. Basically, it's walks you through the history of the relationship between homosexuality, the APA and DSM. I felt I got something from it anyway.

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/204/81-words

The Black Oil

Good to see this being highlighted. Might mail it across to some disability orgs here.

https://twitter.com/harvardmed/status/1081617589586051076

The Black Oil

The Black Oil wrote: »

The Brain Science Podcast - featuring an interview with Dr. Brenda Milner. She's in her 90s! Remember HM from your undergrad days?

And she turned 100 last July! https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/141/8/2527/5050904

The Black Oil

Yeah, well.

https://twitter.com/CJFerguson1111/status/1104915674571395072

SuperRabbit

The Black Oil wrote: »

Good to see this being highlighted. Might mail it across to some disability orgs here.

https://twitter.com/harvardmed/status/1081617589586051076

That's great. Some of the young people on https://www.the-specials.com/ go to college specifically catered towards this. It's a great series, I wish something like that was available as a choice for everyone with DS or William's.

The Black Oil

SuperRabbit wrote: »

That's great. Some of the young people on https://www.the-specials.com/ go to college specifically catered towards this. It's a great series, I wish something like that was available as a choice for everyone with DS or William's.

Is that site run by people with DS themselves? I did see something a while ago around cooking skills, can't find it just now. Seems to be plenty out there anyway.

SuperRabbit

It seems like they had a lot of creative input, yeah it felt like that, there weren't any episodes about the doc itself though and how they felt about it and what they wanted for it, that would have been cool

The Black Oil

A Therapist Goes To Therapy (And Gets A Taste Of Her Own Medicine)
https://www.npr.org/2019/03/28/707652944/a-therapist-goes-to-therapy-and-gets-a-taste-of-her-own-medicine

Have downloaded this to listen to.

The Black Oil

Listened to that, it was good.

Another from Fresh Air

How Psychiatry Turned To Drugs To Treat Mental Illness
https://www.npr.org/2019/04/24/716744558/how-psychiatry-turned-to-drugs-to-treat-mental-illness

Some background on certain disorders, a little on the DSM and where things are at at the moment. Basically, not many developments re bio-markers for a number of decades.

The Black Oil

Helping your children manage distress in the aftermath of a shooting

From the APA.

https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/aftermath

The Black Oil

Not sure why Youtube pointed me towards an autism vlog, but that's unimportant. Here's a family going through an airport/flights with their non-verbal daughter. They've a lot of videos. She seems really sweet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnVVxJoVbGM

The Black Oil

This American Life episode, Ten Sessions

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/682/ten-sessions

The storyteller recorded her therapy sessions working through having been sexually assaulted when she was 13. The therapy was cognitive processing therapy - CPT, I had never heard of it.

I see there's a bit of stick going the therapist's way over on Reddit re reading a script. Think it's a little hard to tell on audio, tbh. Worth a listen if you get a chance.

Freedive Ireland

Models of madness, John Read and Jacqui Dillon.

The Black Oil

BBC reporter Jordan Dunbar investigates the therapy industry after a bad experience when he sought help for his mental health in the private sector.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008nxl

Not working on my podcast app, so must be an issue with the feed.

The Black Oil

Because screen time, k.

https://twitter.com/drkatemills/status/1191906656361181185

The Black Oil

Bloody hell.

https://twitter.com/micheome/status/1191382396496760833

SuperRabbit

Ha ha ha wow. "There almost wasn't no correlation." The scientific method is a beautiful thing, I think it should be given more reverence. It's flown through by most teachers, once you understand what a control is they figure the learning criteria were met. I won't say where I studied first time round, but as undergraduates we lost marks if our study didn't prove the hypothesis. We lost marks because the world is the way it is? They expected us to cheat and say it wasn't? It feels so wrong.

The Black Oil

Quite enjoyed reading this, actually. Good insight on both aspects.

Article - https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/are-you-okay

At times, the teetering balance between overprotection and encouragement tilted too far on the side of caution, and it was Jane herself who set it right again. One afternoon, as she lay on the couch under a blanket, we peeked in on her and assumed she was sleeping. As we spoke quietly in the kitchen, John suggested that we shouldn’t make her go out for a walk with us, although she had agreed to it earlier. It was one of many moments when neither of us knew what to do. A while later, when I checked again to see if she was awake, she opened her eyes and said, ‘I heard you and dad talking about the walk. I need to be pushed. Don’t give up on me’.

https://twitter.com/dranniehickox/status/1194212544094900224

The Black Oil

Worth a read.

https://twitter.com/AndrewMageePsy/status/1197597795991113730

SuperRabbit

How about posting the quotes and their citations with the links available who people who want to check? Depending on your computer or phone it can be very cumbersome to go back and forth from one website and another with links, and, personally, Twitter is blocked on my computer

Freedive Ireland

Interesting to see how this is developing.

https://www.madinamerica.com/2019/12/medication-free-treatment-norway-private-hospital/

The Black Oil

Seasonal goodness!

https://twitter.com/ciaranmullooly/status/1205821558662533122

The Black Oil

https://twitter.com/CamHostinar/status/1212537884755951616
1. Social connection.
2. Sleep.
3. Exercise.
4. Progressive muscle relaxation.
5. Nature/green spaces.
6. Problem solving.
7. Emotion-focused coping.
8. Time management.
9. Comedy.
10. Helping others.

SuperRabbit

First time I read that I thought no. 4 was prog rock and I've been going around for days thinking there is something special about prog rock and mental health. I'm so glad I didn't say it to anyone.