The British Psychological Society

Depression relapse and drug maintenance

A Dutch study has found that risk of relapse is lower among depressed patients who stop taking antidepressants and participate in cognitive therapy, than it is among those patients who continue taking their medication (tinyurl.com/2c9bsd). The finding appears to contradict National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines, which state that people suffering from recurrent depression should be maintained on antidepressant medication for two years. [continue reading…]

How people can learn to stop worrying

We all worry from time to time, but some people find it particularly hard to stop themselves from worrying about lots of different things. People whose lives are seriously affected by worrying can be helped to change their way of thinking, which reduces the uncontrollability of worry. [continue reading…]

Helping children’s emotional development

Psychologists can help parents to expand their children’s emotional vocabulary through a technique called ‘Emotion-rich Reminiscing’ (ER), with important results for those children’s later emotional literacy and behaviour. [continue reading…]