As experts consider a review of UK guidelines for treating transgender children, this film follows children in the US who told their parents they were born in the wrong body. link to watch the Channel 4 video and tell us what you think .
October 2009
The BBC News features extracts from the controversial comedy performed by John Ryan at the Bernie Grant Arts Centre
How can you make jokes about people wanting to take their own lives?
This was comedian John Ryan’s challenge in “Cracking Up”, a comedy show about mental health.
John was asked by Surrey NHS Primary Care Trust if he would be interested in bringing some stand-up to a production they were developing about suicide, depression and anxiety. link to read more
NeuroPod is the neuroscience podcast from Nature, produced in association with the Dana Foundation. Each month, it looks at the latest research on the brain. from the October 2009 issue of Nature’s NeuroPod podcast, Why sleep deprivation affects your memory. link to download complete podcast
Source: Nature Neuropod
Daniel Siegel – Dan Siegel serves as the Executive Director of the Mindsight Institute, an educational organization that focuses on how the development of insight, compassion and empathy in individuals, families and communities can be enhanced by examining the interface of human relationships and basic biological processes.
Source: Fora TV