All In The Mind

Why do we dream, and where do unsolicited memories come from? Professor Anthony Clare uncovers some of the secrets of consciousness. Producer Charlie Taylor.

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Anthony Clare discusses mother/son relationships.

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Professor Anthony Clare with matters of the mind. Producer Matt Thompson

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Anthony Clare returns with the weekly magazine devoted to matters of the mind.

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Anthony Clare returns with the weekly series devoted to matters of the mind, psychiatric and psychological. Editor Michael Ember

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Anthony Clare returns with the weekly magazine devoted to matters of the mind.

Today, Dr Maryon Tysoe reports from the annual conference of the British Psychological Society. Producer Nick Utechin

Professor Anthony Clare presents a drugs special. producer Nick Utechm

Will the advent of video-phones lead to greater telephone apprehension? And the first in a three-part series on life in the psychiatric unit at

Withington Hospital, Manchester.

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This week's programme takes a look at the future of psychoanalysis - valid treatment or plaything of the rich? Producer Paul Kobrak

This week's programme takes a look at the future of psychoanalysis, valid treatment or plaything of the rich? Producer Paul Kobrak

Professor Anthony Clare looks at the future of psychoanalysis, valid treatment or plaything of the rich?

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Anthony Clare investigates the world of the autistic child.

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Imagine what it would be like to win the National Lottery or to discuss symphonies with Mozart, to be psychoanalysed by Freud or painted by Van Gogh. Professor Anthony Clare investigates dream research in Britain and the US to find out how 'creative sleeping' could revolutionise our future.

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This year has seen the success of mainstream films like 'Forrest Gump' and 'The Madness of King George'. In the last of the series, Professor Anthony Clare asks if Hollywood's treatment of mental illness is a passing fad or a positive move towards acceptance.

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Psychologists have been given guidelines on how to deal with requests from the media. Producer Ronni Davis

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Professor Anthony Clare investigates the dynamics of the jury and discusses the rights and wrongs of psychiatrists and psychologists appearing as expert witnesses in court.

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The workplace is changing, short-term contracts and redundancies are the order of the day. Professor Anthony Clare investigates stress at work.

Professor Anthony Clare investigates the Cyberdoctor and mental health. Producer Ronni Davis. Rptd Sun 10.15pm

Anthony Clare discusses biographies. Repeated from Tuesday

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Researchers say the term should be redefined. Presented by Professor

Anthony Clare.

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Anthony Clare discusses mother/son relationships.

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This week. Professor Anthony Clare highlights the role played by Psychological therapies in the treatment of schizophrenia. Producer Constance St Louis Repeated Sunday 10.15pm

Professor Anthony Clare investigates attempts to improve the service offered by psychologists. Repeated from Tuesday

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Professor Anthony Clare poses the question: is counselling good for you? Producer Constance St Louis Repeated Sunday 10.15pm

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Dr Raj Persaud looks at the role of the advocate, and talks to those who represent the rights of patients. And a tour of the brain arrives at the amygdala, the seat of emotional memory. Producers Marya Burgess and Cathy Drysdale ACTION LINE: [number removed]

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Psychopathology at the Institute of Psychiatry and author of a sixties seminal study on mental health, joins Dr Raj Persuad this week to discuss how the mental health of today has changed.

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This week Dr Raj Persaud explores the area of self-help, can the books and the courses really help you improve your mental health? And he finds out from the Government's mental-health tsar, Professor Louis Appleby , what his new National Institute for Mental Health involves. Producer Marya Burgess Phone the BBC Action Line: [number removed]

'This week Dr Raj Persaud explores the area of self-help, can the books and the courses really help you improve your mental health? And he finds out from the Government's mental-health tsar, Professor Louis Appleby , what his new National Institute for Mental Health involves. Producer Marya Burgess Phone the BBC Action Line: [number removed]'

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Outreach Service, Surrey, Oaklands NHS Trust and Rufus May, a clinical psychologist diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia.

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When should alarm bells ring and parents seek help? Producer Marya Burgess

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A talk or a tablet, what's best for depression? Dr Raj Persaud chairs a debate at the Freud Museum, where a panel of experts face questions from an invited audience.

In the first of a new series that highlights issues from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health, Dr Raj Persaud examines the way psychiatry is represented -or misrepresented, in Hollywood. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

'In the first of a new series that highlights issues from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health, Dr Raj Persaud examines the way psychiatry is represented -or misrepresented, in Hollywood. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm'

2/6. Eyewitneses frequently play a vital role in uncovering the truth about a crime or an event. Dr Raj Persaud takes part in an experiment at the Eyewitness laboratory in Aberdeen University to see how accurately he can recall past experiences. He learns how these experiments are helping the police understand and improve the truthfulness of eyewitness accounts. Repeated from yesterday 9pm

'1/6. In the programme dedicated to the wonderful workings of the brain, Dr Raj Persaud discusses the psychology Of negotiation. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm'

2/6 Dr Raj Persaud looks at new research that may help in the treatment of people with post-traumatic stress disorder. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

3/6. Dr Raj Persaud looks at cognitive behavioural therapy for those With bulimia. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

4/6. Professor Raj Persaud examines the human brain. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

5/6. Dr Raj Persaud presents the programme dedicated to the mysterious and wonderful workings of our brains. This week he investigates how adverse events in our childhood affect us as adults. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

In a special programme, he interviews Health Minister Rosie Winterton about the provision of mental health care, treatment and rehabilitation.

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Professor Raj Persaud visits a community house founded by R D Laing which is now being shut down, and discusses the future of therapeutic communities.

'2/6. Professor Raj Persaud examines the latest research and brings together experts and commentators from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Repeat of yesterday at 9pm'

3/6. Professor Raj Persaud presents the programme dedicated to the mysterious and wonderful workings Of our brains. Repeat of yesterday at 9pm

'4/6. The latest from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health, with Raj Persaud. Repeat of yesterday at 9pm'

Also, he visits a school to find out how the latest findings are helping to improve the education of children with autism and severe learning disability.

5/6. Exploring the world of autism, with Raj Persaud.

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~All In The Mind studies the world of autism in a special programme dedicated to the latest research. Dr Raj Persaud asks what the scientists now know about the genetic make-up of autism and whether it really is one disorder or separate, but related, conditions.

Professor Raj Persaud talks to experts about the facilities, services and recent research in this area, and visits a specialist psychiatric unit where children with severe problems are looked after, meeting therapists who explain their work and parents who share their experiences about coping with mental health problems in their children.

6/6. Raj Persaud presents a programme on mental disorders in children. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Claudia Hammond finds out about the scientists who are trying to research these substances again, and looks at the controversy surrounding their potential use.

New series 1/5. It's more than 30 years since LSD was banned for clinical use, yet there has been a resurgence in interest in studying psychedelics. In the 1950s, LSD was believed to be a wonder drug and used widely to treat psychosis, depression and addiction. Claudia Hammond finds out about LSD and MDMA (ecstasy) and looks at the controversy surrounding their potential use. Producer Katy Hickman Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

'New series 1/5. It's more than 30 years since LSD was banned for clinical use, yet there has been a resurgence in interest in studying psychedelics. In the 1950s, LSD was believed to be a wonder drug and used widely to treat psychosis, depression and addiction. Claudia Hammond finds out about LSD and MDMA (ecstasy) and looks at the controversy surrounding their potential use. Producer Katy Hickman Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

It's more than 30 years since LSD was banned for clinical use, but there is a resurgence in the study of psychedelics.

Plus, should Britain learn lessons from Australia, where forced detention and temporary visas have caused severe mental health problems in those seeking asylum?

How many times as a child did you hear: 'Look at me when I'm talking to you'? But psychological research has shown we think clearer when we don't make eye contact.

Plus, should Britain learn lessons from Australia, where forced detention and temporary visas have caused severe mental health problems in those seeking asylum.

How many times as a child did you hear: 'Look at me when I'm talking to you'? But psychological research has shown we think clearer when we don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions.

How many times as a child did you hear - look at me when I'm talking to you? But psychological research has shown humans think more clearly when they don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions.

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2/5. Psychological research has shown humans think more clearly when they don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions. Plus, a report from Australia, where forced detention and temporary visas have caused severe mental-health problems in those seeking asylum. Producer Katy Hickman Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

'2/5. Psychological research has shown humans think more clearly when they don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions. Plus, a report from Australia, where forced detention and temporary visas have caused severe mental-health problems in those seeking asylum. Producer Katy Hickman Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

How many times as a child did you hear, 'look at me when I'm talking to you'? But psychological research has shown humans think more clearly when they don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions.

How many times as a child did you hear: 'Look at me when I'm talking to you'? But psychological research has shown we think more clearly when we don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions.

How many times as a child did you hear, look at me when I'm talking to you? But psychological research has shown humans think more clearly when they don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions.

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How many times as a child did you hear, 'look at me when I'm talking to you'? But psychological research has shown humans think more clearly when they don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions.

How many times as a child did you hear: Look at me when I'm talking to you? But psychological research has shown we think more clearly when we don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions.

Plus, should Britain learn lessons from Australia, where forced detention and temporary visas have caused severe mental health problems in those seeking asylum?

How many times as a child did you hear: 'Look at me when I'm talking to you'? But psychological research has shown we think more clearly when we don't make eye contact. Claudia Hammond visits a school in Scotland where pupils are taught not to look at the teacher when answering questions.

Tearaways), looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together the worlds of medicine and psychology. Researchers at Oxford University test Byron's pain threshold by torturing her - all in the interests of science - to see what's happening in her brain. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Tearaways), looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together the worlds of medicine and psychology. Researchers at Oxford University test Byron's pain threshold by torturing her, all in the interests of science, to see what's happening in her brain. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

One in seven of us will at some point in our lives suffer from chronic pain.

In this week's All in the Mind, Dr Tanya Byron looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together both the medical and psychological worlds. Just how much of the pain we feel is determined by our fear and perception of pain?

Tanya meets adolescents suffering from chronic pain and their parents to find out how CBT can help them lead more normal lives. And researchers at Oxford University test her pain threshold by torturing her, all in the interests of science, to see what's happening in her brain.

Tanya meets adolescents suffering from chronic pain and their parents to find out how CBT can help them lead more normal lives. And researchers at Oxford University test her pain threshold by torturing her - all in the interests of science - to see what's happening in her brain.

What are the benefits of writing poetry for those who've survived mental illness? Claudia Hammond meets the poets and explores the relationship between mental illness and literature. [Rptd Wed 4.30pm]

4/5. New research suggests that over the last 100 years there has been an enormous increase in the rate of suicides among schizophrenics. Claudia Hammond asks if things are as serious as they appear and looks at the benefits of writing poetry for those who have survived mental illness. She meets the poets, and explores the relationship between mental illness and literature. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

4/5. New research suggests that over the last 100 years there has been an enormous increase in the rate of suicides among schizophrenics. Claudia Hammond asks if things are as serious as they appear, and looks at the benefits of writing poetry for those who have survived mental illness. She meets the poets, and explores the relationship between mental illness and literature. Producer Rebecca Moore Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

'4/5. New research suggests that over the last 100 years there has been an enormous increase in the rate of suicides among schizophrenics. Claudia Hammond asks if things are as serious as they appear, and looks at the benefits of writing poetry for those who have 'survived' mental illness. She meets the poets, and explores the relationship between mental illness and literature. Producer Rebecca Moore Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

'What are the benefits of writing poetry for those who survived mental illness? Claudia Hammond meets the poets, and explores the relationship between mental illness and literature.'

'What are the benefits of writing poetry for those who survived mental illness? Claudia Hammond meets the poets, and explores the relationship between mental illness and literature. [Rpt of Tue 9.00pm]'

4/5. New research suggests that over the last 100 years there has been an enormous increase in the rate of suicides among schizophrenics. Claudia Hammond asks if things are as serious as they appear and looks at the benefits of writing poetry for those who have 'survived' mental illness. She meets the poets, and explores the relationship between mental illness and literature. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

What are the benefits of writing poetry for those who survived mental illness? Claudia Hammond meets the poets, and explores the relationship between mental illness and literature. [Rpt of Tue 9.00pm]

5/5. Dr Kwame McKenzie looks at the psychological stress caused by modern warfare and asks whether the Army has become so obsessed by post-traumatic stress disorder that it's ignoring the more prevalent mental-health problems suffered by veterans, depression and alcoholism. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Psychiatrist Dr Kwame McKenzie looks at the psychological stress caused by modern warfare. He also asks whether the army has become so obsessed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, that it's ignoring the more prevalent mental health problems suffered by veterans, depression and alcoholism.

Psychiatrist Dr Kwame McKenzie looks at the psychological stress caused by modern warfare. He also asks whether the army has become so obsessed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, that it's ignoring the more prevalent mental health problems suffered by veterans - depression and alcoholism.

2/5. Claudia Hammond examines everyday psychological challenges and delves deeper into how our brains work in a bid to find out if it is 'all in the mind'. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

3/5. Kwame McKenzie examines everyday psychological challenges and delves deeper into how our brains work in a bid to find out if it is 'all in the mind'.

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Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Kwame McKenzie examines the everyday psychological challenges we face and delves deeper into how our brains work. [Rpt of Tue 9.00pm]

5/5. Claudia Hammond examines everyday psychological challenges and delves deeper into how our brains work in a bid to find out if it is 'all in the mind'.

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1/5. Raj Persaud shares his interest in the fascinating way that decisions and choices are made in the human mind. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

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Dr Raj Persaud watches British Grand Prix stars Lewis Hamilton, David Coulthard and Jenson Button race at Goodwood and finds out how the latest developments in neuroscience are being used by Formula 1 teams to prepare their drivers for the track.

1/5. Dr Raj Persaud watches Formula One drivers race and discovers how the sport is using neuroscience to prepare its stars for the track. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

3/5 Dr Raj Persaud hears from refugee doctors in the UK. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Dr Raj Persaud is joined by Jonathan Moreno, Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia, to discuss the role of brain research in national defence.

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5/5. Lord Owen joins Raj Persaud to discuss the effect of mental ill health on heads of government. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

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6/6. Dr Raj Persaud looks at the latest developments in the world of psychology and psychiatry. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

She takes a virtual reality ride on the London Underground designed to test paranoid thoughts in the general population.

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She follows Janey Antoniou, a woman who hears constant voices in her head, as she teaches ambulance crews a greater understanding about caring for people who suffer from schizophrenia.

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Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring current developments in psychology and psychiatry. She follows Janey Antoniou, a woman who hears constant voices in her head.

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD are rarely asked what they think about the stigma or the drugs they take. But on this week's All In The Mind, children have their say.

The number of children who are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, has risen hugely in the UK, but what's striking in all the research is that children who have the condition are rarely asked what they think. Claudia Hammond hears from youngsters about the stigma and bullying associated with having ADHD and how they feel about the drugs they take.

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Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Claudia Hammond explores current developments in psychology and psychiatry.

She talks to the new president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Prof Dinesh Bhugra, about the stigma suffered by those with mental distress, the new Mental Health Act and why he believes so many acute in-patient wards are not fit for purpose.

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10,000 children are admitted to intensive care every year for life-saving treatment, and some of them are left with traumatic flashbacks. Claudia hears about new research on the benefits of keeping diaries for such children and of having a shoulder to cry on for parents.

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Claudia Hammond discusses some of the entries to the All in the Mind mental health awards and she hears from one of the shortlisted entries. Also in the programme in World War I the Craiglockhart hospital near Edinburgh was a military psychiatric hospital treating shell shocked soldiers. Claudia travels to the hospital to see recently discovered editions of The Hydra - a magazine produced by patients and edited by Wilfred Owen with poems by Siegfried Sassoon who were both patients. Claudia hears how the magazine didn't talk directly about treatment or how soldiers were ill, referring instead to someone feeling a little seedy or not at the top of their game. And while the celebrated poets have made the magazine famous she finds out that the other contributions from regular soldiers are as equally moving.

Claudia Hammond discusses some of the entries to the All in the Mind mental health awards and she hears from one of the shortlisted entries. Also in the programme in World War I the Craiglockhart hospital near Edinburgh was a military psychiatric hospital treating shell shocked soldiers. Claudia travels to the hospital to see recently discovered editions of The Hydra, a magazine produced by patients and edited by Wilfred Owen with poems by Siegfried Sassoon who were both patients. Claudia hears how the magazine didn't talk directly about treatment or how soldiers were ill, referring instead to someone feeling a little seedy or not at the top of their game. And while the celebrated poets have made the magazine famous she finds out that the other contributions from regular soldiers are as equally moving.

Claudia Hammond is joined by mental health campaigner, Marion Janner to discuss some of the entries to the All in the Mind mental health awards. She hears from one pair of finalists, Helen and Lin. Helen nominated her mental health nurse, Lin in the professional category. Helen explains the difference Lin's help made and how she believes she saved her life. Also in the programme in World War I the Craiglockhart hospital near Edinburgh was a military psychiatric hospital treating shell shocked soldiers. Claudia travels to the hospital to see recently discovered editions of The Hydra, a magazine produced by patients and edited by Wilfred Owen with poems by Siegfried Sassoon who were both patients. Claudia hears how the magazine didn't talk directly about treatment or how soldiers were ill, referring instead to someone feeling a little seedy or not at the top of their game. And while the celebrated poets have made the magazine famous she finds out that the other contributions from regular soldiers are as equally moving.

Claudia hears from one pair of finalists in the All in the Mind mental health awards.

Claudia Hammond is joined by mental health campaigner, Marion Janner to discuss some of the entries to the All in the Mind mental health awards. She hears from one pair of finalists, Helen and Lin. Helen nominated her mental health nurse, Lin in the professional category. Helen explains the difference Lin's help made and how she believes she saved her life. Also in the programme in World War I the Craiglockhart hospital near Edinburgh was a military psychiatric hospital treating shell shocked soldiers. Claudia travels to the hospital to see recently discovered editions of The Hydra - a magazine produced by patients and edited by Wilfred Owen with poems by Siegfried Sassoon who were both patients. Claudia hears how the magazine didn't talk directly about treatment or how soldiers were ill, referring instead to someone feeling a little seedy or not at the top of their game. And while the celebrated poets have made the magazine famous she finds out that the other contributions from regular soldiers are as equally moving.

'Claudia Hammond discusses some of the entries to the All in the Mind mental health awards and she hears from one of the shortlisted entries. Also in the programme in World War I the Craiglockhart hospital near Edinburgh was a military psychiatric hospital treating shell shocked soldiers. Claudia travels to the hospital to see recently discovered editions of The Hydra - a magazine produced by patients and edited by Wilfred Owen with poems by Siegfried Sassoon who were both patients. Claudia hears how the magazine didn't talk directly about treatment or how soldiers were ill, referring instead to someone feeling a little seedy or not at the top of their game. And while the celebrated poets have made the magazine famous she finds out that the other contributions from regular soldiers are as equally moving.'

Are mental health services in crisis? CLAUDIA HAMMOND talks to Sue Bailey, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists who has recently written about her fears that mental health is at a tipping point and could be heading towards its own Stafford Hospital style scandal. Claudia also hears from another shortlisted entry to the All in the Mind mental health awards.

Are mental health services in crisis? Claudia Hammond talks to Sue Bailey, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, about her fears that mental health is at a tipping point and could be heading towards its own Stafford Hospital style scandal. Martin McShane from NHS England and Minister for Care and Support, Norman Lamb, respond. Claudia talks to historian, Jay Winter about why he believes shell shock in World War One was hugely underdiagnosed. And she hears from Mindout, a support group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Brighton and a finalist in the All in the Mind mental health awards.

Are mental health services in crisis? And was shell shock in WWI hugely underdiagnosed?

'Are mental health services in crisis? Claudia Hammond talks to Sue Bailey, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists who has recently written about her fears that mental health is at a tipping point and could be heading towards its own Stafford Hospital style scandal. Claudia also hears from another shortlisted entry to the All in the Mind mental health awards.'

Why does one child become rebellious and another not? Claudia Hammond talks to Mark McDermott from the University of East London about new research into parenting and rebelliousness. She also hears from another shortlisted entry to the All in the Mind mental health awards.

Why does one child become rebellious and another not? Claudia Hammond talks to Mark McDermott from the University of East London about new research into parenting and rebelliousness. She also hears from another shortlisted entry to the All in the Mind mental health awards. Plus, a scheme to fast track mental health social workers. Will this improve the image of the profession? Claudia Hammond reports on the new Think Ahead proposals.

Claudia Hammond hears from another pair of finalists in the All in the Mind awards. She also talks to the senior City executives who are calling for urgent changes to mental health provision for workers in the Square Mile.

Claudia Hammond hears from finalists, Andrew and his ex boss Steve in the All in the Mind awards and how Steve went the extra mile to help keep Andrew in a job. Also tips on how to help a friend or family member who has or you suspect has a mental health problem. Also why senior City executives are calling for urgent changes to mental health provision for workers in the Square Mile and beyond.

How to help friends, All in the Mind awards finalists, and mental health in the City.

Claudia Hammond meets more finalists in the All in the Mind 25th anniversary awards.

Magician Chris Cox tricks Claudia Hammond's attention system and Professor Nilli Lavie explains what is happening in our brains when our visual system is overloaded; Claudia hears from Mike who nominated Pat in the professional category of the All in the Mind Mental Health Awards after she guided him through addiction and mental health problems lasting 15 years; and psychologist Guy Holmes discusses the difficulties of navigating professional boundaries.

Claudia Hammond hears from another pair of finalists in the All in the Mind 25th anniversary awards. And she chairs a discussion about professional boundaries between therapists and their clients.

~All In The Mind Awards

One in Four is a support group for people who have been sexually abused as children. The group offers counselling and advocacy and is a finalist in the All in the Mind Awards.

Sporting Memories

Claudia discovers how remembering sporting events are an important way to trigger memories and we have a report from the Sporting Memories group in Haddington East Lothian.

Therapists Dreaming

Professor of Psychology Clara Hill's research on therapists who dream about their clients.

Claudia Hammond meets more finalists in the All in the Mind anniversary awards.

She talks to a mother who's been nominated by her daughter with anorexia. For years she has tried to help her, staying up at night to check her pulse and as her daughter put it even when I was a bag of bones, all pointy-edged and cold she'd sit and cuddle me. We hear why she feels she went way beyond her parental duties. Claudia also hears from the man who nominated Maytree, a sanctuary for the suicidal and the only place of its kind in the UK, about why Maytree saved his life. Also in the programme Professor Janet Treasure discusses new research on the so-called love hormone oxytocin and why it can disrupt the way that people with anorexia view food and body shape.

She talks to a mother who's been nominated by her daughter with anorexia. For years she has tried to help her, staying up at night to check her pulse and as her daughter put it 'even when I was a bag of bones, all pointy-edged and cold she'd sit and cuddle me'. We hear why she feels she went way beyond her parental duties. Claudia also hears from the man who nominated Maytree, a sanctuary for the suicidal and the only place of its kind in the UK, about why Maytree saved his life. Also in the programme Professor Janet Treasure discusses new research on the so-called love hormone oxytocin and why it can disrupt the way that people with anorexia view food and body shape.

Claudia Hammond hosts the All in the Mind Awards Ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in London, and meets all the finalists.

The small gestures of help and support can make a huge difference to someone with mental health problems. It can be the difference between life and death. Here, some of those who have been helped describe their own personal turning points.

Mike Henderson was first arrested at the age of 12. By 14 he had had his first stint in prison, and two years later he was addicted to hard drugs, including cocaine.

A life of petty crime followed to fuel his addiction. He was described by the police as a one-man crime wave.

But he says: I didn't know I'd been battling with anxiety and depression. I didn't know I would now suffer a dual diagnosis with the onset of drug induced psychosis.

I was locked out of hope, and she opened a door

He was labelled a trouble-maker early on and when he did begin to seek help, he felt treated like a threat that needed sedation.

I didn't understand addiction. I just smoked drugs like my peers... I just did what I needed to do to survive.

'Acceptance'

Then almost two decades ago he met mental health worker Pat Rose at the charity Nilaari, which offers support and counselling to ethnic minority adults who experience mental health problems.

She worked with him for 15 years, while he progressed and relapsed and sent him poems and cards of encouragement when he was in prison.

Pat helped Mike for over 15 years

She accepted me. I had never had a relationship that was not undermined by my race, their fear or the perceived threat of violence.

I was the big, dangerous, drug-using, mentally-unwell, aggressive black man. But Pat did not fear me.

I was locked out of hope, and she opened a door, says Mike.

Without her, there would have been one of three outcomes, he says: Jail, institution or death.

The awards were set up to recognise an individual, professional or group who went over and above to help. Catch up with stories from other finalists

Mike was one of over 700 people who wrote in to nominate Pat for the BBC's All in the Mind awards.

Now three years clean - and out of prison - he wants others to recognise the important part she played, going above and beyond her job, in turning his life around. He now works with young people who are in a similar situation to the one he was in.

'He saved my life'

Another charity put forward was Maytree, which offers a four-day stay for those who feel suicidal.

James was a resident there and says Maytree is a place where suicide is not a taboo or a dirty word.

My essential needs were catered for so that I could concentrate on trying to live. One night I felt very suicidal and wanted to leave, a volunteer sat with me for hours.

Sometimes we talked, sometimes we didn't, but he saved my life that night. I've never met him since, I can't remember what his name was but the belief in me and the quiet but persistent trust that I could survive this experience, was magical.

A false accusation had resulted in his breakdown and he felt like his soul had been obliterated by depression.

But the stay gave him hope and helped him get his life back. He's now working again and says he is much better at asking for support.

It was completely different from any stay in a psychiatric hospital, he says. And, crucially, talking about suicide was the norm, which he felt unable to do with friends and family.

Mental health issues affect one in four people at some time in their life

But unlike professionals or charities who deal with difficult issues on a daily basis, friends and families of those with mental health issues often find it difficult to know how to respond.

'A bag of bones'

Getting this balance right was the key for Maya's survival. She battled with anorexia nervosa which she says invaded every single aspect of my life.

It was, she says a monstrous creature but her mum helped fight her demons. She now wants her mum to be recognised for going over and above her role as a parent.

She has sat with me as I sobbed over a small piece of dry toast, encouraged and supported me for the hour it took for it all to be eaten.

She always made it clear that she was frustrated with anorexia and not me, which is really important because otherwise you can end up feeling more awful about yourself, she told the BBC's All in the Mind programme.

But most important of all, she says, her mum never stopped cuddling her even when she was little more than a bag of bones all pointy edges and cold.

It was her mother's belief in her ability to recover that was crucial, even during intense arguments.

Without this faith, I'm pretty sure I would not have made it so far. But she has dragged me through, even when I was kicking and screaming. She carried me on her shoulders when it seemed anorexia would drown me. She continues to do this all everyday, with unwavering faith..

~All In The Mind Awards

A life of petty crime followed to fuel his addiction. He was described by the police as 'a one-man crime wave'.

But he says: 'I didn't know I'd been battling with anxiety and depression. I didn't know I would now suffer a dual diagnosis with the onset of drug induced psychosis.

He was labelled a trouble-maker early on and when he did begin to seek help, he felt treated like 'a threat that needed sedation'.

'I didn't understand addiction. I just smoked drugs like my peers... I just did what I needed to do to survive.'

I was locked out of hope, and she opened a door,' says Mike.

Without her, there would have been one of three outcomes, he says: 'Jail, institution or death'.

Now three years clean, and out of prison, he wants others to recognise the important part she played, going above and beyond her job, in turning his life around. He now works with young people who are in a similar situation to the one he was in.

'Sometimes we talked, sometimes we didn't, but he saved my life that night. I've never met him since, I can't remember what his name was but the belief in me and the quiet but persistent trust that I could survive this experience, was magical.'

A false accusation had resulted in his breakdown and he felt like his 'soul had been obliterated' by depression.

Getting this balance right was the key for Maya's survival. She battled with anorexia nervosa which she says 'invaded every single aspect of my life'.

It was, she says 'a monstrous creature' but her mum helped fight her demons. She now wants her mum to be recognised for going over and above her role as a parent.

She always made it clear that she was frustrated with anorexia and not me, which is really important because otherwise you can end up feeling more awful about yourself,' she told the BBC's All in the Mind programme.

But most important of all, she says, her mum never stopped cuddling her even when she was little more than a bag of bones 'all pointy edges and cold'.

Without this faith, I'm pretty sure I would not have made it so far. But she has dragged me through, even when I was kicking and screaming. She carried me on her shoulders when it seemed anorexia would drown me. She continues to do this all everyday, with unwavering faith.'.

'Without this faith, I'm pretty sure I would not have made it so far. But she has dragged me through, even when I was kicking and screaming. She carried me on her shoulders when it seemed anorexia would drown me. She continues to do this all everyday, with unwavering faith.'.'

'Claudia Hammond hosts the All in the Mind Awards Ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in London, and meets all the finalists.'

'Claudia Hammond hosts the All in the Mind Awards Ceremony, and meets all the finalists.'

Claudia Hammond explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

Driving and distraction from mobile phones, a new study from Canada shows that if someone phoning a driver can see the driver's road ahead the driver is far less likely to have an accident. The programme explores why using mobile phones while driving, even if they are hands free is so distracting and dangerous. Claudia talks to Nick Grey about an intensive 7 day course for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He explains why it is just as effective as giving the same course of cognitive behavioural therapy over 3 months. But can this method work for everyone? Claudia finds out about two new potential drugs to treat symptoms of psychosis, one hopes to improve memory and thinking, the other could target the delusions and hallucinations and is based on compounds found in older varieties of cannabis. Also in the programme, guest Catherine Loveday from the University of Westminster discusses recent research on the effect of music on people in a vegetative state and why some professions may keep your memory more robust later in life.

Mobile phones and driving, intensive treatment for PTSD, and new drugs for psychosis.

Driving and distraction from mobile phones - a new study from Canada shows that if someone phoning a driver can see the driver's road ahead the driver is far less likely to have an accident. The programme explores why using mobile phones while driving, even if they are hands free is so distracting and dangerous. Claudia talks to Nick Grey about an intensive 7 day course for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He explains why it is just as effective as giving the same course of cognitive behavioural therapy over 3 months. But can this method work for everyone? Claudia finds out about two new potential drugs to treat symptoms of psychosis, one hopes to improve memory and thinking, the other could target the delusions and hallucinations and is based on compounds found in older varieties of cannabis. Also in the programme, guest Catherine Loveday from the University of Westminster discusses recent research on the effect of music on people in a vegetative state and why some professions may keep your memory more robust later in life.

Claudia Hammond examines the evidence asking whether screen time is bad for young people.

As the general election approaches, Claudia Hammond finds out who is saying what about mental health. She talks to BBC health care and social affairs analyst, Emily Craig, who has been through the parties' manifestos. Claudia meets Matt Haig to discuss his new book, a surprise bestseller about his recovery from depression; and psychopharmacologist, Val Curran talks about her drug trial to tackle cannabis addiction using an ingredient found in the older versions of the drug, cannabidiol. And psychologists from Ohio have been trying to find out why paracetamol can blunt both positive and negative emotions. Do physical and emotional pain share the same brain systems?

Mental health policies and Matt Haig's book on depression recovery. With Claudia Hammond.

'Claudia Hammond with the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

Claudia Hammond on new research that could prevent ear worms, plus how to be invisible.

Claudia Hammond with the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health. This week her studio guest is neuroscientist Phil Beaman from Reading University. His latest research suggests a novel way to prevent those irritating earworms that plague most of us at one time or another. Plus that dress: earlier in the year pictures of a dress went viral and it divided families. But does it matter if you think it's blue and black or white and gold? Researcher Brad Pearce asks an audience at the Wellcome Collection. And how to be invisible: researchers in Sweden have discovered a way to trick the brain so people feel invisible.

'Claudia Hammond with the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health. This week her studio guest is neuroscientist Phil Beaman from Reading University, his latest research suggests a novel way to prevent those irritating earworms that plague most of us at one time or another. Plus how to be invisible, researchers in Sweden have discovered a way to trick the brain so people feel invisible. And that dress, earlier in the year pictures of a dress went viral and it divided families but does it matter if you think its blue and black or white and gold? Researcher Brad Pearce asks an audience at the Wellcome Collection.'

Claudia Hammond with the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health. What happens in the brain when someone goes on a drinking binge? Twins Drs Chris and Xand Van Tulleken took up the challenge to drink 21 units a week for a month for Horizon on BBC 2.

Chris drank 3 drinks a day and Xand 21 units in one day. For the experiment their livers and immune systems were monitored, but All in the Mind wondered how alcohol impacted on the neurotransmitters in the brain. Addiction expert Sally Marlow explains.

Children who fidget in the classroom are often in trouble for not sitting still but new research by Mark Rapport at the University of Central Florida suggests that children with ADHD need to wriggle to help them learn.

held' is the title of an exhibition opening soon at the Bethlem Museum of the Mind and artist Jane Fradgley explores some of the issues around restraint through photographs of strong dresses which patients were sometimes forced to wear.

It has been known for a long time that music in different keys is associated with different emotions but much of the research focuses on Western music. Now Dr Bhishma Chakrabati from Reading University has been studying the effects of classical Indian ragas on mood.

Claudia Hammond on the effects of alcohol on the brain and the role of movement in ADHD.

'Claudia Hammond with the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

Nudge' was the best-selling book that David Cameron famously ordered his shadow cabinet to read over their summer holidays. The previous Labour government had already shown some interest in the new science of behavioural economics, but as Prime Minister, Cameron put the ideas of University of Chicago behavioural economist, David Thaler, at the heart of his government, and set up the world's first Behavioural Insight Team, or 'Nudge Unit'.

Based in the Cabinet Office and led by psychologist, David Halpern, this small team is chewing over ways to persuade us to make the 'right' decisions about the way we live using a nudge, rather than a regulatory shove - but will it work ?

Claudia Hammond talks to the Behavioural Insight Team about where they believe they can really make a difference and finds out whether the psychological research to date, justifies the belief that major policy challenges like crime, obesity and environmental sustainability, can be tackled using behavioural science.

And Claudia hears from the critics, sceptical that evidence of individual behaviour change can be extrapolated to whole populations when it comes to the most serious problems in our society.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Can we be 'nudged' into good behaviour? We report on the UK's Behavioural Insight Team.

Nudge was the best-selling book that David Cameron famously ordered his shadow cabinet to read over their summer holidays.

The previous Labour government had already shown some interest in the new science of behavioural economics, but as Prime Minister, Cameron put the ideas of University of Chicago behavioural economist, David Thaler, at the heart of his government, and set up the world's first Behavioural Insight Team, or Nudge Unit.

Based in the Cabinet Office and led by psychologist, David Halpern, this small team is chewing over ways to persuade us to make the right decisions about the way we live using a nudge, rather than a regulatory shove - but will it work ?

Nudge was the best-selling book that David Cameron famously ordered his shadow cabinet to read over their summer holidays. The previous Labour government had already shown some interest in the new science of behavioural economics, but as Prime Minister, Cameron put the ideas of University of Chicago behavioural economist, David Thaler, at the heart of his government, and set up the world's first Behavioural Insight Team, or Nudge Unit.

Based in the Cabinet Office and led by psychologist, David Halpern, this small team is chewing over ways to persuade us to make the right decisions about the way we live using a nudge, rather than a regulatory shove, but will it work ?

Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest scientific research.

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Contributors

Producer: Matt Thompson

900,000 people in the UK suffer from heart failure - where the heart can no longer pump sufficient blood around the body. Symptoms can include a combination of breathlessness, fluid retention and tiredness - enough to have a severe impact on a person's quality of life. Getting a diagnosis of heart failure can be frightening, but there is good evidence that psychological input can make a difference. Claudia Hammond hears from patients and Dr John Sharp, Consultant Clinical Psychologist with the Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service, on recognising and dealing with the unique mental health challenges of this increasingly prevalent condition.

The second of the All in the Mind Insiders' Guide to Mental Health Services asks what can you do if you think you're not getting the best from your GP, and, if you think you're waiting too long for treatment, should you seek a private referral? Our 'insiders' this week are service user, mental health campaigner and retired chief of an NHS Trust, Lisa Rodrigues, GP and All in the Mind Awards finalist Daniel Dietch, and Head of Information at Mind Stephen Buckley

And Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist Ariana Orvell from the University of Michigan on why we use the word 'you', instead of 'I', more frequently than we realise. It's emerging as a useful tool to distance ourselves psychologically - and extract meaning - from negative experiences.

Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

900,000 people in the UK suffer from heart failure, where the heart can no longer pump sufficient blood around the body. Symptoms can include a combination of breathlessness, fluid retention and tiredness, enough to have a severe impact on a person's quality of life. Getting a diagnosis of heart failure can be frightening, but there is good evidence that psychological input can make a difference. Claudia Hammond hears from patients and Dr John Sharp, Consultant Clinical Psychologist with the Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service, on recognising and dealing with the unique mental health challenges of this increasingly prevalent condition.

And Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist Ariana Orvell from the University of Michigan on why we use the word 'you', instead of 'I', more frequently than we realise. It's emerging as a useful tool to distance ourselves psychologically, and extract meaning, from negative experiences.

And Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist Ariana Orvell from the University of Michigan on why we use the word you, instead of I, more frequently than we realise. It's emerging as a useful tool to distance ourselves psychologically - and extract meaning - from negative experiences.

Heart failure; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Use of you.



Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

Claudia Hammond explores the popularity of mental health blogging.

Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest scientific research.

Zoe from South Wales spent twelve years with undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder.

The personal cost to this mother of three was devastating, as, over the years, she was told she had Post Natal Depression and treated with anti-depressants.

It's long been recognised that Bipolar Disorder could be under-diagnosed and Claudia Hammond hears about a pilot study to screen for the condition in Leicester.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Zoe from South Wales spent twelve years with undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder. The personal cost to this mother of three was devastating, as, over the years, she was told she had Post Natal Depression and treated with anti-depressants. It's long been recognised that Bipolar Disorder could be under-diagnosed and Claudia Hammond hears about a pilot study to screen for the condition in Leicester.

Claudia Hammond asks how we are placed to deal with growing numbers of dementia sufferers.

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'Claudia visits HMP Grendon, the only prison in Europe that runs as a therapeutic community'

Scientists say testing our 'working memory' instead of IQ would be more accurate.

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Humans vary in their ability to 'keep a cool head' in emotionally charged situations, and difficulty to regulating emotions is linked to many psychiatric disorders. Dr Tim Dalgliesh from the Medical Research Council's Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the University of Cambridge tells Claudia about new research which suggests our brains could, with practice, be trained to focus on the goal at hand, and not get diverted by overwhelming emotions.

TV dramas, plays and films can be ruined when scriptwriters get the science wrong. The Wellcome Trust's first ever screenwriting fellowship is an attempt to give film makers the chance to immerse themselves in science and explore their interests with the country's top scientific brains. Award winning film maker Clio Barnard (The Arbor and The Selfish Giant) has spent a year trawling the Wellcome archives and meeting psychologists, psychiatrists and neuroscientists investigating memory, perception, hallucination and the impact of trauma: all themes which recur in her movies.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Claudia Hammond asks if the 1:4 mental health statistic reduces or increases stigma.

CLAUDIA HAMMOND presents the series exploring the latest scientific research.

Claudia Hammond explores the implications from the latest developments in neuroscience for the legal process and asks what kind of new brain based information might be submissible as evidence in court? Claudia will explore the ethical issues raised by the possibility of predicting criminal behaviour and asks what our rapidly increased understanding of how the brain works will mean for how we understand decision-making, free will, and systems of punishment.

Producer: Pam Rutherford.

Praising children with low self-esteem may seem like a good way to boost their confidence, but a new study by psychologist Eddie Brummelman of Utrecht University suggests that this can backfire and make them less likely to take on new challenges.

Scott Stossel describes himself as 'a twitchy bundle of phobias, fears and neuroses'. He has a fear of heights, flying, public speaking and vomiting and nearly couldn't attend his own wedding. In his new book 'My Age of Anxiety' he describes how until thirty-five years ago, anxiety did not exist as a diagnostic category, yet all through history descriptions have existed and each age thinks they are uniquely anxious. Scott explores the theories surrounding anxiety, including the potentially positive sides of the condition.

Claudia Hammond reports on a mental health triage scheme with Leicestershire police force.

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Widely regarded as the world's most influential living psychologist, Daniel Kahneman, reflects on his lifetime's research on why we make the wrong decisions.

He won the Nobel Prize for Economics for his pioneering work with Amos Tversky on the irrational ways we make decisions about risk.

He directly challenged traditional economic orthodoxy that we are rational, logical and selfish in the choices we make, laying the foundations for behavioural economics.

And his research quantified how real people, rather than textbook examples, consistently make less than rational choices, prey to the quirks of human perception and intuition.

Claudia Hammond talks to him about anchoring and priming and why he fears for the behaviour of people motivated by money.

Conjoined Twins

Could conjoined twin girls, joined at the head have two brains but share a mind? One girl is pricked for a blood test, her sister cries.

Or one watches TV, the other laughs at the images her sister sees.

What does the connection of these young girls' brains reveal about the difference between brain and mind?

Producers: Fiona Hill and Pam Rutherford.

Producers: Fiona Hill & Pam Rutherford.

He won the Nobel Prize for Economics for his pioneering work with Amos Tversky on the irrational ways we make decisions about risk. He directly challenged traditional economic orthodoxy that we are rational, logical and selfish in the choices we make, laying the foundations for behavioural economics.

Could conjoined twin girls, joined at the head have two brains but share a mind? One girl is pricked for a blood test, her sister cries. Or one watches TV, the other laughs at the images her sister sees. What does the connection of these young girls' brains reveal about the difference between brain and mind?

'One of the world's most influential psychologists, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman.'

Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest scientific research.

CLAUDIA HAMMOND reports on the results of the BBC's scientific study into the UK's stress levels.

The BBC Stress test was launched in June and the results have just been revealed.

How anxious and depressed are we and what does this huge psychology experiment tell us about the causes of all kinds of mental ill health.

Peter Kinderman, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Liverpool, reveals the results of the first experiment of this size and asks what it can tell us about our mental well being and what coping mechanisms we can use to be more resilient to stress.

Producer: Pam Rutherford.

Claudia Hammond reports on the results of the BBC's scientific study into the UK's stress levels. The BBC Stress test was launched in June and the results have just been revealed. How anxious and depressed are we and what does this huge psychology experiment tell us about the causes of all kinds of mental ill health. Peter Kinderman, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Liverpool, reveals the results of the first experiment of this size and asks what it can tell us about our mental well being and what coping mechanisms we can use to be more resilient to stress.

Researcher CLARE DENNING Producer MATT THOMPSON Editor MICHAEL EMBER

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Previous in series: 16 February 1990

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22 Feb 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4)

Recorded on 1990-02-15.

BBC Programme Number: 90HA3015

Producer: M. THOMPSON

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22 Feb 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4).

Claudia Hammond reports on new research which followed over 6000 young children through school and found that if they experienced long term or very severe bullying by their peers, their risk of developing serious mental health problems like Borderline personality disorder was increased by as much as seven times.

Borderline Personality disorder is normally diagnosed in adulthood and is characterised by a difficulty in maintaining relationships, emotional instability, extreme risk taking and sometimes self harm.

Claudia discusses why bullying by peers can have such a powerful effect and why that influence can be so much stronger than from others, even your parents.

Claudia Hammond reports on new research which followed over 6000 young children through school and found that if they experienced long term or very severe bullying by their peers, their risk of developing serious mental health problems like Borderline personality disorder was increased by as much as seven times. Borderline Personality disorder is normally diagnosed in adulthood and is characterised by a difficulty in maintaining relationships, emotional instability, extreme risk taking and sometimes self harm. Claudia discusses why bullying by peers can have such a powerful effect and why that influence can be so much stronger than from others, even your parents.

Exploring scientists whose names have become synonymous with a disease or a syndrome.

~All In The Mind has been following the progress a scheme called Think Ahead, which trains high-flying graduates to become a new generation of mental health social workers. A bit like Teach First, they are taught mostly on the job with a lot of special support. Not everyone in the field supports the idea but there has been no shortage of applicants. One of the first trainees, Charlotte Seymour who used to work in the legal field, is now based in east London where her clients' needs vary - from very practical help with sorting out rent arrears to emotional support when they fear their mental health is deteriorating. She met Emma during a stay in hospital, under section and her mental health is now vastly improved. But a family bereavement has affected her deeply. Despite not eating or sleeping for days she keeps her appointment with Charlotte to discuss how to keep herself safe at this difficult time.

In our Insiders' Guide series - if you've been referred to mental health services, what can you expect to happen at that first appointment? Lisa Rodrigues who has had mental health issues herself and has long experience managing mental health services and Sri Kalidindi, a psychiatrist with South London and Maudsley NHS Trust explain what's involved. This includes building up a good rapport and the taking of a full medical history - including traumatic life events and social circumstances. This helps to establish a diagnosis. Making a list might help if you are anxious - but you should also be realistic as most problems aren't sorted out straight away. A mental illness might make you feel like you don't deserve help - but everyone does, so it's important to go along to that first appointment with an open mind.

If you're not sure about something how do you make a decision? Who should you believe if you rely on others to help you decide? Researchers have found that if someone appears confident then we are likely to be influenced by them - our brains literally tune in to confident people. Psychologist Dr Dan Campbell-Meiklejohn from the University of Sussex has scanned the brains of people and discovered that they assess the confidence of others using a specific part at the front of the brain, in the prefrontal cortex. He asked people to play a computer game - with a virtual jar of marbles - where the colour of the next one pulled out had to be predicted. Computer-generated faces - with more or less confident expressions - helped to influence their decisions.

Mental health support in the community; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Confidence

Claudia Hammond and guests discuss ways of dealing with self harm.

Claudia Hammond hears the latest debate on the psychology behind adoption.

'After the election, what's the future for mental health care?'

How can a good night's sleep improve your memory? Why does the answer to a crossword clue suddenly appear first thing in the morning after a night's rest? In this week's programme Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist, Kimberly Fenn about what happens in the brain when we sleep and why it can significantly improve our memory.

Hysteria or conversion disorder is surprisingly, not confined to medical history.

Nearly 1 in 5 patients seen by neurologists will have symptoms like paralysis, fits or loss of vision which can't be explained neurologically.

Claudia talks to neurologist, Mark Edwards and psychiatrist, Richard Kanaan about the history of conversion disorder, how common it is today, the best way to treat it and its complex causes.

Also in the programme, Claudia meets the carers getting involved in mental health research and why their input is making a a difference to research projects exploring mental health across the country.

How can a good night's sleep improve your memory? Why does the answer to a crossword clue suddenly appear first thing in the morning after a night's rest? In this week's programme Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist, Kimberly Fenn about what happens in the brain when we sleep and why it can significantly improve our memory. Hysteria or conversion disorder is surprisingly, not confined to medical history. Nearly 1 in 5 patients seen by neurologists will have symptoms like paralysis, fits or loss of vision which can't be explained neurologically. Claudia talks to neurologist, Mark Edwards and psychiatrist, Richard Kanaan about the history of conversion disorder, how common it is today, the best way to treat it and its complex causes. Also in the programme, Claudia meets the carers getting involved in mental health research and why their input is making a a difference to research projects exploring mental health across the country.

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26 Jan 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4)

Recorded on 1990-01-19.

BBC Programme Number: 90HA3008

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26 Jan 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4).

A look at moves to improve help for those with mental illness who end up in police custody

Last month Donald Trump called for civility after pipe bombs were posted to ten of his most vocal opponents. As America goes to the polls for midterm elections we hear about a new piece of research that suggests civility in politics is not dead. Dr Jeremy Frimer, from the University of Winnipeg in Canada, explains his new research on how approval ratings vary before and after volunteers read tweets by Donald Trump.

And what impact does a year in the Arctic have on your mental state? Claudia talks to research psychologist, Dr Anna Temp, who travelled to Svalbard to find out what impact a prolonged stay has on the mental health of scientists working there. How do they cope with the total darkness of the polar nights? And what's it like to be cooped up with 10 of your colleagues and polar bears lurking outside?

Producer: Lorna Stewart

30th anniversary, incivility of politicians and ratings, Arctic scientists' mental health

What impact does a year in the Arctic have on the mental health of people working there?

Happy Birthday to us! All in the Mind is 30 years old this month and to celebrate we?ve searched the archive to bring you clips of Anthony Clare, the original presenter of the programme, and a very young Claudia Hammond as a reporter. Professor Catherine Loveday is in the studio with Claudia to discuss the pieces of psychology research which have had the biggest impact on them in that time.

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31 Oct 1990 19:45-20:15 (RADIO 4)

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BBC Programme Number: 90HA3073

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'How many times have you wished you could tell your boss exactly what you think of him? Dr Raj Persaud hears about 360<legree feedback, a work assessment system which enables you to dojust that. Be prepared to be on the 360-degree feedback receiving end, though, too. Producer Marya Burgess'

'How many times have you wished you could tell your boss exactly what you think of him? Dr Raj Persaud hears about '360<legree feedback', a work assessment system which enables you to dojust that. Be prepared to be on the 360-degree feedback receiving end, though, too. Producer Marya Burgess'

Found safely in Liverpool, he then spent weeks in a psychiatric hospital and 18 months in therapy.

Clarke's whole sense of identity was tied up with football and the buzz it gave him. So a knee injury at 21 made him feel like a failure and pushed him towards destructive behaviours with alcohol and marathon computer game sessions.

Carrie responds to the question sometimes asked by well-meaning people: How could he put you through this?

`Clarke didn't put me through anything. This illness [severe depression] invades and puts all of you through it collectively.`

The Carlisles share their tips for recovery: asking for professional help; talking openly to their children about feelings; their daily marks-out-of-ten check in; how much the Pixar film Inside Out taught them about emotional resilience.

Ex-footballer Clarke Carlisle on his struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts

?Clarke didn't put me through anything. This illness [severe depression] invades and puts all of you through it collectively.?

Carrie responds to the question sometimes asked by well-meaning people: How could he put you through this?.

`Clarke didn't put me through anything. This illness [severe depression] invades and puts all of you through it collectively.??

We're at the culmination of the Million Minds tour, an attempt to reclaim the world record for the largest mental health lesson, which draws together psychologists, top performers and school children, aiming to break the teenage stigma surrounding mental health issues.

And with more financial transactions taking place online that ever before, can our digital footprint accurately reveal traits of our personality?

Claudia Hammond's guest is psychologist Prof Daryl O'Connor from Leeds University

Producer: Adrian Washbourne

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Million Minds tour; Personality traits and spending

We're at the culmination of the Million Minds tour - an attempt to reclaim the world record for the largest mental health lesson, which draws together psychologists, top performers and school children, aiming to break the teenage stigma surrounding mental health issues.

ADHD, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, tends to be characterised by difficulties in concentrating, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Claudia Hammond talks to Philip Asherson, Professor of Clinical and Molecular Psychiatry at Kings College London and a consultant at the Maudsley Hospital in London, who has recently published research that shows that excessive mind-wandering might be at its core. She also hears from two teenage girls with ADHD about their experience of mindwandering during school lessons.

it's not at all unusual for people with depression to have difficulty sleeping. Now a trial has focussed on treating the insomnia in the hope that it improves the depression, rather than vice versa. Professor of Mental Health, Helen Christensen, and Dr Aliza Werner-Saidler, a Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist at the Black Dog Institute at the University of New South Wales in Australia, showed Claudia Hammond how an online programme called SHUTi, developed by the University of Virginia and commercially available, helped people with insomnia and depression.

Two years ago on All in the Mind we debated the merits of a new scheme to get more high-flying graduates into the mental health field. Called Think Ahead it follows in the footsteps of similar schemes like Teach First. This time top graduates train, mostly on the job, to become mental health social workers. Claudia finds out how two of the first graduates are getting on in the their first placements.

Claudia Hammond presents a series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

ADHD - or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder - tends to be characterised by difficulties in concentrating, impulsivity, and hyperactivity. Claudia Hammond talks to Philip Asherson, Professor of Clinical and Molecular Psychiatry at Kings College London and a consultant at the Maudsley Hospital in London, who has recently published research that shows that excessive mind-wandering might be at its core. She also hears from two teenage girls with ADHD about their experience of mindwandering during school lessons.

it's not at all unusual for people with depression to have difficulty sleeping. Now a trial has focussed on treating the insomnia in the hope that it improves the depression, rather than vice versa. Professor of Mental Health, Helen Christensen, and Dr Aliza Werner-Saidler, a Research Fellow and Clinical Psychologist at the Black Dog Institute at the University of New South Wales in Australia, showed Claudia Hammond how an online programme called SHUTi - developed by the University of Virginia and commercially available - helped people with insomnia and depression.

Adolescence is a time when life-long mental health difficulties sometimes emerge for the first time. By combining genetic data with the information from brain scans of many hundreds of people, a team at Cambridge might have worked out why this can happen. Claudia Hammond hears from neuroimaging researcher Dr Kirstie Whittaker and bioinformatics researcher Dr Petra Vertes who work together as part of the Neuroscience in Psychiatry Network (NSPN) consortium.

We've the first in an occasional update from the finalists of the All in the Mind Awards. We hear of progress from Alex : she nominated the organisation One in Four which offers subsidised long-term counselling and supports people in what can be a very long process if they want their abuser to be tried in court.

Some people can't recognise the voices they know. And they might not even realise they have the condition, until they take a test . Phonagnosia is thought to affect as much as 3% of the population. Professor of Neuroscience Irving Biederman has just published the largest analysis to date in the journal Brain and Language. He played people a whole series of celebrity voices to test their skills at identification. He discusses the causes and strategies to minimise this unusual audio anomaly.

Some people can't recognise the voices they know. And they might not even realise they have the condition, until they take a test. Phonagnosia is thought to affect as much as 3% of the population. Professor of Neuroscience Irving Biederman has just published the largest analysis to date in the journal Brain and Language. He played people a whole series of celebrity voices to test their skills at identification. He discusses the causes and strategies to minimise this unusual audio anomaly.

Some people can't recognise the voices they know. And they might not even realise they have the condition - until they take a test . Phonagnosia is thought to affect as much as 3% of the population. Professor of Neuroscience Irving Biederman has just published the largest analysis to date in the journal Brain and Language. He played people a whole series of celebrity voices to test their skills at identification. He discusses the causes and strategies to minimise this unusual audio anomaly.

Some people can't recognise the voices they know. And they might not even realise they have the condition - until they take a test. Phonagnosia is thought to affect as much as 3% of the population. Professor of Neuroscience Irving Biederman has just published the largest analysis to date in the journal Brain and Language. He played people a whole series of celebrity voices to test their skills at identification. He discusses the causes and strategies to minimise this unusual audio anomaly.

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is often thought of as a condition of childhood, but up to 3% of the adult population also experience it. Impressionist and comedian Rory Bremner is one of those. He discusses his experiences with Jonna Kuntsi and Jessica Agnew-Blais from Kings College London who study how childhood and adult versions of the condition differ, whether we can predict which children continue to experience symptoms in adulthood, and a new proposal that the majority of adult ADHD might not have begun in childhood at all.

The first two parts of the All in the Mind Insiders' Guide to Mental Health Services ask how do you know when you have a mental health problem, and what should you say to your GP in order to get help. Our 'insiders' are service user, mental health campaigner and retired chief of an NHS Trust Lisa Rodrigues, GP and All in the Mind Awards finalist Daniel Dietch, Head of Information at Mind Stephen Buckley, and psychiatrist Sri Kalidindi.

And Claudia Hammond talks to Kavita Vedhara about a new study that shows once more that simply writing about how you feel can speed up wound healing. Although this effect has been known since James Pennebaker's landmark studies in the 1980's, this is the first study to demonstrate that expressive writing after an injury can aid healing as much as doing it in advance of a wound. An important finding since we don't always plan our wounds in advance.

Producer: Lorna Stewart.

Claudia Hammond explores the latest developments in the worlds of psychology, neuroscience, and mental health.

Adult ADHD, Insiders' Guide to Mental Health Services, wound healing & expressive writing.



Producer: Lorna Stewart.

'Adult ADHD, Insiders' Guide to Mental Health Services, wound healing & expressive writing.'

'Claudia Hammond explores the latest developments in the worlds of psychology, neuroscience, and mental health.'

We've another finalist in the All in the Mind Awards, this week from your nominations for the professional who'd made a real difference to your mental health.

If you've ever stuck your tongue at a young baby and watched it copy you back, you've observed early imitation, a key concept in developmental psychology. But is a new study about to overturn what psychology textbooks have been telling us for years? Psychologist Janine Oostenbroek of York University discusses her results.

With expert comment from Dr Catherine Loveday, Principal Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster.

Claudia Hammond examines a study linking aircraft noise and mental health.

We've another finalist in the All in the Mind Awards - this week from your nominations for the professional who'd made a real difference to your mental health.

If you've ever stuck your tongue at a young baby and watched it copy you back, you've observed early imitation - a key concept in developmental psychology. But is a new study about to overturn what psychology textbooks have been telling us for years? Psychologist Janine Oostenbroek of York University discusses her results.

If you have extremely suspicious thoughts, or you hear voices that other people can't hear, traditionally these are seen as signs of mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. This week a major new report from the British Psychological Society calls for a radical change in the way we think and offer help to people who are experiencing psychosis. Claudia Hammond investigates how our knowledge, attitudes and treatment of psychosis and schizophrenia have changed over the past decade.

'If you have extremely suspicious thoughts, or you hear voices that other people can't hear, traditionally these are seen as signs of mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. This week a major new report from the British Psychological Society calls for a radical change in the way we think and offer help to people who are experiencing psychosis. Claudia Hammond investigates how our knowledge, attitudes and treatment of psychosis and schizophrenia have changed over the past decade.'

Home Secretary Theresa May says the UK is facing a terror threat 'perhaps greater than it has ever been', and this week's anti-terrorism bill includes tighter airport security. But two psychology professors say current screening methods used at airports, where security agents check the behaviour of passengers for 'suspicious signs', need an urgent upgrade.

Professor Tom Ormerod from Sussex University and Coral Dando from the University of Wolverhampton, designed a new conversation-based screening method and when they tested it at international airports, including London Heathrow, they found it was 20 times more effective at catching airline passengers with false cover stories than the traditional 'suspicious signs' method.

Claudia Hammond asks them how the results from this study will affect airport security screening.

If you have extremely suspicious thoughts, or you hear voices that other people can't hear, traditionally these are seen as signs of a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia. On Thursday this week a major new report from the British Psychological Society will call for a radical change in the way we think and offer help to people who are experiencing psychosis. Claudia Hammond discusses how our knowledge, attitudes and treatment of psychosis and schizophrenia have changed over the past decade with anti-stigma campaigner for Time to Change, Nikki Mattocks, author of 'Eyebrows and Other Fish', Anthony Scally, consultant psychiatrist Dr Shubulade Smith and BPS Report Editor, clinical psychologist Anne Cooke.

Thirty years ago psychologists found that if people were instructed to open their mouths in a smile, their mood improved...even though they didn't know they were smiling. When we feel happy, we smile, and the brain gets so used to this that it seems to happen the other way round too. Now new research suggests the same thing could happen when we walk. Johannes Michalak from Witten Herdecke University in Germany, found that when people were trained to walk in a happy style, their memories became more positive.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Upgrading airport security; Psychosis; Happy walking.

Imposter syndrome is the feeling that you shouldn't really be allowed to do what you're doing and that eventually everyone else will realise that. And new research shows that it's more widespread than we thought. Claudia Hammond discusses fraudulent feelings with Professor Richard Gardner from the University of Nevada, who's done this new research and Dr Steve Nimmo, Editor of the Journal Occupational Medicine.

How good at humans at recognising their dog's emotions? Is it something we can all do or something you have to learn? Federica Amici from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig has published new research on this little studied area, that could help reduce problems when human-hound encounters go wrong.

Producer Adrian Washbourne

Allergies and anxiety; imposter syndrome; recognising dog expressions

Poor mental health in the construction industry is ‘the silent epidemic', reporting more suicides than any other profession. Greater mental health support for construction workers is now identified as a priority area. Claudia Hammond examines Mates in Mind, a new initiative to improve mental health in the sector by increasing awareness and the confidence amongst its predominantly male workforce to openly discuss the issues.

And do eye movements reveal more about our personality than previously thought? Claudia Hammond speaks to Sabrine Hoppe from the University of Stuttgart who carried out the first real world study that appears to find a relationship between our changing eye movements with our distinct character traits.

Studio guest is Dr Mathijs Lucasson from the Open University

Antidepressant withdrawal, Mates in Mind, and eyes that betray personality.

Poor mental health in the construction industry is ?the silent epidemic', reporting more suicides than any other profession. Greater mental health support for construction workers is now identified as a priority area. Claudia Hammond examines Mates in Mind, a new initiative to improve mental health in the sector by increasing awareness and the confidence amongst its predominantly male workforce to openly discuss the issues.

Poor mental health in the construction industry is ‘the silent epidemic', Work-related stress, depression and anxiety have overtaken musculoskeletal disorders as the most reported workplace health issue in the sector. The construction industry has more suicides than any other profession

Greater mental health support for construction workers is now identified as a priority area. Claudia Hammond examines a new initiative to improve mental health in the sector by increasing awareness and the confidence amongst its predominantly male workforce to openly discuss the issues

Reversing the high suicide rate in the construction industry.

Poor mental health in the construction industry is ?the silent epidemic?, Work-related stress, depression and anxiety have overtaken musculoskeletal disorders as the most reported workplace health issue in the sector. The construction industry has more suicides than any other profession

Antidepressants are a helpful treatment for many, but some people do have problems when they stop taking them. A recent review of the evidence about antidepressant withdrawal symptoms found more people may experience them for longer than previously thought, and many people describe these symptoms as severe. But the study has come in for some criticism over data analysed and the fact that withdrawal symptoms also may vary by antidepressant type. So what does this mean in practice? Claudia Hammond is joined by the survey?s author John Read, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of East London, and by Dr Sameer Jauhar, Senior Research Fellow, King?s College London.

Poor mental health in the construction industry is ?the silent epidemic?, reporting more suicides than any other profession. Greater mental health support for construction workers is now identified as a priority area. Claudia Hammond examines Mates in Mind, a new initiative to improve mental health in the sector by increasing awareness and the confidence amongst its predominantly male workforce to openly discuss the issues.

When we see a photograph of a person we make instant judgements about how trustworthy or competent we think they are. But how reliable are these snap decisions? Claudia meets Professor Alexander Todorov from Princeton University who studies first impressions from faces and has brought his findings together in a new book called Face Value: The Irresistible Influence of First Impressions.

Politicians know people really care about mental health. So what are the different parties promising in their election manifestoes? We set Rachel Schraer from the BBC's political research unit, the task of scrutinising each manifesto and summing it all up for us.

The next in our insiders' guide to getting the best out of your mental health services asks if it's a good idea to take a friend or relative along to an appointment with a psychiatrist or clinical psychologist?

Producer Adrian Washbourne.

Parents of anxious children; first impressions; mental health manifestos; Insiders' Guide.

Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.



Producer Adrian Washbourne.

'Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

For parents, it can be very hard to watch their child struggle with anxiety. Parents often blame themselves, thinking that it must be their fault that their child feels so worried. What can parents can do about it and how much of a genetic component there is in anxiety? Claudia Hammond meets Professor Cathy Creswell from Reading University who's done extensive practical research helping parents to deal with their child's anxiety, Thalia Eley Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry, and Rachel - whose daughter suffers constant anxiety.

They meet once a week for six months and initial results are finding great success with those on the scheme reporting significant reductions in their own anxiety.

Claudia meets the mentors and mentees and to find out how and why it works and asks whether similar schemes could spread across the country.

Why an innovative mentoring scheme for people with anxiety disorders is so successful.

Claudia Hammond reports on an innovative mentoring project in Manchester where people with social phobia, agoraphobia or other anxiety disorders are matched up with volunteer mentors who've been through, and recovered their own experience of anxiety. They meet once a week for six months and initial results are finding great success with those on the scheme reporting significant reductions in their own anxiety. Claudia meets the mentors and mentees and to find out how and why it works and asks whether similar schemes could spread across the country.

In May this year All in the Mind featured an intriguing Dutch study which reported that when there's a lot of rubbish in the street we're more likely to stereotype other people. Earlier this year it was found that the co author, Diederik Stapel had made up the data. As well as fooling us, he fooled the journal Science. Now the three Dutch universities involved have published their interim report on the extent of his fraud. Claudia talks to Martin Keulemanns, Science Editor at the Dutch broadsheet, the Volkskrant to ask why Stapel was able to get away with it for so long and what questions does his case raise about the way psychological research is conducted.

Also in the programme, Claudia reports on an innovative mentoring project in Manchester where people with social phobia, agoraphobia or other anxiety disorders are matched up with volunteer mentors who've been through, and are mostly recovered from their own experiences of anxiety. Claudia meets the mentors and mentees who meet once a week for six months and finds out how successful the scheme has been so far.

That catchy tune in your head, or earworm, might help to uncover some of the workings of memory. Dr Vicky Williamson who lectures on Music, Mind & Brain at Goldsmiths University of London is studying hundreds of earworms to try to come up with strategies for banishing them. She also explains why her research could help get rid of more intrusive and troubling memories like those resulting from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Mentoring scheme for people with anxiety, fraud in psychology and earworms.

That catchy tune in your head - or earworm - might help to uncover some of the workings of memory. Dr Vicky Williamson who lectures on Music, Mind & Brain at Goldsmiths University of London is studying hundreds of earworms to try to come up with strategies for banishing them. She also explains why her research could help get rid of more intrusive and troubling memories like those resulting from post-traumatic stress disorder.

A new paper found that people tend to worry more about the actions of significant others in their lives than their own actions or the actions of people they are not that close to. Surprisingly, people also worry more about moderate friends than they do about themselves.

Annie Hickox is a consultant clinical neuropsychologist with 35 years experience of helping clients with their mental health. One day she got a call from her daughter Jane and discovered that her own daughter had depression. Jane and Annie share their story of navigating depression.

A new paper shows that people who engage in altruistic behaviours may experience an instantaneous buffer to physical pain.

Producer: Caroline Steel

Bucket lists; depression; how altruism can alleviate pain

Claudia Hammond finds out why astronauts' experiences of seeing Earth from space can have profound effects on their feelings towards planet Earth. She talks to astronaut, Michael Lopez-Alegria, and trainee counselling psychologist, Annahita Nezami, about the Overview Effect and how the power of planet Earth may have therapeutic value for everyone back on terra firma. Clinical psychologist, Linda Blair, is one of the judges on the All in the Mind awards. She talks about how to have a conversation with someone who may be having problems with their mental health and what makes a good, empathetic listener. Thomas Dixon, Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University, London, talks about the history of crying and why the stiff upper lip was just a blip in history. Also, Claudia talks to forensic psychologist, Bruno Verschuere, about his research into why we become worse at lying as we get older.

Claudia Hammond presents a series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

'Claudia Hammond finds out why astronauts' experiences of seeing Earth from space can have profound effects on their feelings towards planet Earth. She talks to astronaut, Michael Lopez-Alegria, and trainee counselling psychologist, Annahita Nezami, about the Overview Effect and how the power of planet Earth may have therapeutic value for everyone back on terra firma. Clinical psychologist, Linda Blair, is one of the judges on the All in the Mind awards. She talks about how to have a conversation with someone who may be having problems with their mental health and what makes a good, empathetic listener. Thomas Dixon, Director of the Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary University, London, talks about the history of crying and why the stiff upper lip was just a blip in history. Also, Claudia talks to forensic psychologist, Bruno Verschuere, about his research into why we become worse at lying as we get older.'

Back in November we asked you to nominate the person, professional or group who had made a difference to your mental health.

Throughout the current series we've been hearing the individual stories of the nine finalists, and this edition offers the chance to recap the people and organisations who've made a huge difference to other people's lives - and of course to hear comments from the judges and winners from each of the three categories.

Winner in the personal category was Jane Clement nominated by her friend and neighbour Charlotte Forsyth. Charlotte's daughter died in the hospital where Charlotte worked. She was grateful for the down to earth approach of Jane who has helped her cope with grief and depression.

Glasgow's Common Wheel project won the group or project award. They use bicycle building as a therapy to help people with a range of mental health issues. By learning to strip, service and rebuild bicycles, clients gain a new skill and a sense of achievement. By concentrating on bicycle building they dwell less on their mental health issues.

The professional category winner was case worker Amy Wollny from Turning Point. After spending half his life in prison 'John' was helped to turn his life around. For the first time in his life he has regular employment and is in control of his own behaviour.

The event is hosted by Claudia Hammond.

Judges are author Matt Haig, clinical psychologist Linda Blair, mental health campaigner Marion Janner, and Kevan Jones MP.

Produced by Adrian Washbourne and Julian Siddle.

Claudia Hammond hosts the All in the Mind Awards ceremony.

Throughout the current series we've been hearing the individual stories of the nine finalists, and this edition offers the chance to recap the people and organisations who've made a huge difference to other people's lives, and of course to hear comments from the judges and winners from each of the three categories.

Why film directors consult psychologists plus finalists for the All in the Mind Awards.

In this new series of All in the Mind Claudia Hammond meets the finalists for the All in the Mind Awards and in June will host the award ceremony at the Wellcome Collection in London. In the first of the series she will also be discovering why film directors are turning to psychologists.

Plus, the so-called replication crisis that's plaguing psychology at the moment, why is it proving so difficult to repeat some long-established experiments and to get the same results? First the crisis happened with something called priming, and now 23 labs around the world led by Professor Martin Hagger have tried to replicate an effect involving willpower first described by Professor Roy Baumeister.

How early does gender stereotyping begin? New research from David Reby at Sussex University shows it may start as early as three months.

Claudia Hammond meets one of the All in the Mind Awards finalists.

Plus, the so-called replication crisis that's plaguing psychology at the moment - why is it proving so difficult to repeat some long-established experiments and to get the same results? First the crisis happened with something called priming, and now 23 labs around the world led by Professor Martin Hagger have tried to replicate an effect involving willpower first described by Professor Roy Baumeister.

In this new series of All in the Mind Claudia Hammond meets the finalists for the All in the Mind Awards and in June will host the award ceremony at the Wellcome Collection in London. In the first of the series she will also be discovering why film directors are turning to psychologists.

Why film directors consult psychologists plus finalists for the All in the Mind Awards.

Neuroscience may be a young science, but discoveries are coming through fast. Will we see a day where everything is known about the brain and where parts of it that have gone wrong can even be replaced with computer chips? This is the premise of a new play called Elegy at the Donmar Warehouse in London. Cognitive neuroscientist Catherine Loveday reviews the play.

Why are theatre and film directors, who have long turned to historians and scientists for help, increasingly embracing psychology? Claudia Hammond talks to University of Berkeley Psychology Professor Dacher Keltner who was invited to advise on the Pixar animation Inside Out and to director Simon McBurney who sought advice about the psychology of time perception in advance of his production Encounter.

~All In The Mind awards, Elegy, why theatre and film directors are turning to psychologists

We hear the second nomination in this year's All in the Mind Awards, where we asked you to nominate the person or group who has made a difference to your mental health. Last week we heard from the first of the finalists in the groups category. This week we have the first of our individuals.

Claudia Hammond talks to Dr Catherine Loveday to find out why being bilingual can protect against the damage caused by a stroke. She explains why it might all be down to something called cognitive reserve. Kevan Jones MP explains why he chose to talk about his own experience of depression to parliament and explains his role as judge on this year's All in the Mind awards. In 2008 the government introduced 'Improving Access to Psychological Therapies' services for people with depression and anxiety across parts of England. IAPT has expanded in the 7 years since then but new figures just out reveal a huge variation in recovery rates and waiting times across England. Claudia talks to one of the founders of IAPT, Professor David Clark to ask why there is such a variety of success across the country and what can be done to improve it. Claudia visits Tate Liverpool and their 'An Imagined Museum' exhibition to find out how the brain remembers works of art.

Claudia Hammond finds out why bilingualism protects against damage caused by a stroke.

Complaints Choirs have sprung up all around the world with members putting their moans and whinges to song. But Guy Winch, a clinical psychologist from New York and author of The Squeaky Wheel, believes that to complain successfully, we need to harness the latest psychological research on the subject.

A government study showed just four in ten employers would hire somebody with a mental health problem. And that's despite the fact that the vast majority of unemployed people who experience mental illness want to work. Evidence shows too that working is an important part of recovery. A new scheme, called Individual Placement and Support, is unique in that employment advice and support is embedded within the Community Mental Health Team. Nicola Oliver, IPS Coordinator at the Centre for Mental Health says this approach is now used by almost half of NHS mental health trusts and Rachel describes how this support helped to find her dream job in fashion.

Presented by Claudia Hammond.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Bipolar disorder and misdiagnosis; complaining; employment support with mental illness.

Zoe from South Wales spent twelve years with undiagnosed Bipolar Disorder. The personal cost to this mother of three was devastating, as, over the years, she was told she had Post Natal Depression and treated with anti-depressants. It's long been recognised that Bipolar Disorder could be under-diagnosed and Claudia Hammond hears about a pilot study to screen for the condition in Leicester.

Mistaken diagnosis: Zoe on 'twelve lost years' without treatment for her bipolar disorder.

Claudia Hammond with the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health.

Claudia Hammond on body dysmorphia, social media PTSD and preventing procrastination.

'Claudia Hammond with the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

Claudia Hammond presents a series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

Many parents are finding that with the cost of housing so high in some areas, coupled with job insecurity and more years spent studying, the kids are back home, except that they're not kids anymore. But however much parents might moan,from the perspective of mental health for the parents at least, there is an upside. This comes from an analysis of 50,000 people across 27 countries by Emilie Courtin from the London School of Economic.

~All In The Mind Awards

When we had the All in the Mind Awards for the first time two years ago, there were some people we met who were faced with a future that was uncertain, to say the least. One of those was Tony, who had nominated his Clinical Psychologist Alan Barrett from the Military Veterans Service for helping him to turn his life around. He had post traumatic stress disorder after his time serving in the army in Northern Ireland.

Two years later he's giving back and working with veterans.

The Lipstick Effect

When there's a recession fewer people buy luxury goods but the sales of lipstick goes up. It might not be an essential, but it's cheap enough for people buy themselves a treat. This is known as the lipstick effect and the reasons for it have been debated for years. One idea is that during tough times women are keen to make themselves look better to attract a mate with money. Now psychologists have conducted a new series of experiments published in the journal Psychological Science and believe they've come up with a rather more modern explanation. Ekaterina Netchaeva from Bocconi University in Italy explains.

Many parents are finding that with the cost of housing so high in some areas, coupled with job insecurity and more years spent studying - the kids are back home, except that they're not kids anymore. But however much parents might moan,from the perspective of mental health for the parents at least, there is an upside. This comes from an analysis of 50,000 people across 27 countries by Emilie Courtin from the London School of Economic.

Europe's largest brain bank is to be dismantled. The Corsellis Collection in west London contains tissue from 4000-6000 brains and includes a wide and unusual range of pathologies, some dating back as far as the 1950s. But now funding pressures mean that new homes must be found for as many as possible. Claudia asks which brains will be kept and hears about the value of brains without pathology.

As the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP 21, continues in Paris, Claudia talks to Dr Sander van der Linden in Princeton about how psychological science can help policy makers to communicate about climate change.

We hear what being nominated for the All in the Mind Awards meant to last year's finalists in the groups category.

And at Lancaster University English literature students have requested that trigger warnings be added to texts on their reading lists which contain potentially distressing passages. Richard McNally, Professor of psychology and expert in anxiety and trauma, talks to Claudia about the evidence.

Producer: Lorna Stewart.

Including a look at the dismantling of Europe's largest brain bank.

Professor Anthony Clare discusses the psychological phenomenon of burnout in sport. Producer Charlie Taylor

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Cafe Conversations, the light triad, conveying anxiety through cartoon pigeons

Claudia visits Caf? Conversations ? a weekly meet up in West London for people who are feeling lonely. The caf? group was organised by Louise Kay who felt lonely after her husband was diagnosed with Parkinson's and wants to help people in the same position. The dark triad, a term coined by psychology researchers, is a group of three personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism and psychopathy. Claudia speaks to Professor Scott Kauffman from Columbia University; he has decided enough focus has been given to dark personality traits so he created a light triad: faith in humanity, treating people as ends unto themselves and humanism. He explains how we all have light and dark traits within us and also how to find out how light or dark your own personality might be. Artist Chuck Mullin explains how and why she conveys her anxiety and depression through drawing cartoon pigeons. Also, listeners who have shared their experiences of aphantasia and spatial navigation.

In the final candidate for this year's All in the Mind Awards we hear of a care worker who was nominated for making a real difference to a victim of a violent assault succumbing to post traumatic stress disorder but whose life is turning around as a result of seemingly effortless intervention.

For conversations to work we need to take turns to speak and it's something we learn when we're very young and then hone as time goes on. But there are also moments where no one is speaking and it's those lapses in conversation which might give us a clue as to how all this turn-taking takes place with precise millisecond timing. Claudia Hammond speaks to Elliott Hoey, from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, about this research.

Care farming, the All in the Mind Awards and turn-taking in conversation.

Many people say they feel better when they're out in nature. And some projects deliberately get people involved in conservation, horticulture or farming in order to take advantage of the benefits to health and well-being in the great outdoors. It's known as green care and a new report from Nature England suggests it could play a bigger part in our mental health services. Claudia Hammond visits a Care Farm - Church Farm near Stevenage in Hertfordshire to examine the therapeutic benefits.

Claudia finds out what can be done to help children whose parents have a mental illness and who may end up becoming their carers. She talks to Kiera and Ambeya who have lived with their parents' depression and schizophrenia and she meets Alan Cooklin, the founder of Kidstime, a charity which aims to support families where one or more parent has a mental illness.

Claudia talks to the psychologist who finds out why our perceptions of the amount of exercise we do can change its health benefits. And Dame Kelly Holmes is one of the judges for the All in the Mind Awards. She talks about the mental health struggles she faced just months before winning two gold Olympic medals. She explains why it was so hard to talk about her feelings at the time and why she believes it's so important people are more open about their own mental health difficulties. Also another awards judge, Mandy Stevens, explains how to do square breathing and why it's such a good technique to help tackle anxiety and panic attacks.



Claudia talks to the psychologist who finds out why our perceptions of the amount of exercise we do can change its health benefits. And Dame Kelly Holmes is one of the judges for the All in the Mind Awards. She talks about the mental health struggles she faced just months before winning two gold Olympic medals. She explains why it was so hard to talk about her feelings at the time and why she believes it's so important people are more open about their own mental health difficulties. Also another awards judge, Mandy Stevens, explains how to do square breathing and why it's such a good technique to help tackle anxiety and panic attacks.

Dr Raj Persaud investigates the recruitment crisis in the psychiatry profession and asks medical students why they are shunning the discipline. Sheila Hollins, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, discusses her plans to turn things around.

CHILDREN WHO KILL

Dr Loretta Loach talks about her historical study about children who kill other children. She's writing a book on the subject, due for publication next year, in which she attempts to trace the history of how children who kill are perceived by society and how the role of psychiatry has contributed to this process.

Raj Persaud is joined by Dr Eileen Vizard, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Clinical Director of the NSPCC's National Child Assessment and Treatment Service and Gwyneth Boswell, Visiting Professor at the School of Allied Health Professions at the University of East Anglia to discuss the reactions of the public and authorities to children who kill and the links between sexually abusive behaviour and emerging severe personality disorder traits in childhood.

IMAGES OF PSYCHIATRY

The Royal College of Psychiatrists is launching a campaign to try to raise the profile of psychiatry as a profession. Whilst 10% of medical students need to choose the speciality to meet current need, only 4% are in fact doing so. Sheila Hollins, President of the Royal College outlines the campaign's aims.

Rob, Jane and Sharon, student doctors who all came to Medical School keen to become psychiatrists, reveal why they have changed their minds.

Dr Raj Persaud investigates the recruitment crisis in the psychiatry profession.

What can those of us who would never dream of doing stand-up learn about human nature from comedians? Comedian Robin Ince who of course co-presents The Infinite Monkey Cage here on Radio 4 has written a book all about this called I'm a Joke and So Are You. He discusses the value his audiences get from him openly discussing anxieties on stage -

If you're a fan of old films you might well have noticed that they were cut together with much longer shots than we tend to see these days, with an average change of image every ten seconds in the 1930s and 40s to just four seconds currently. Celia Andreu Sanchez from the Autonomous University of Barcelona has looked closely at impact this has on the way we pay attention to movies, with surprising results.

Psychologist Prof. Catherine Loveday of the University of Westminster is this week's studio guest.

Citizens UK and addressing community mental health, Robin Ince, film cuts and attention

What can those of us who would never dream of doing stand-up learn about human nature from comedians? Comedian Robin Ince who of course co-presents The Infinite Monkey Cage here on Radio 4 has written a book all about this called I'm a Joke and So Are You. He discusses the value his audiences get from him openly discussing anxieties on stage......

If you're a fan of old films you might well have noticed that they were cut together with much longer shots than we tend to see these days - with an average change of image every ten seconds in the 1930s and 40s to just four seconds currently. Celia Andreu Sanchez from the Autonomous University of Barcelona has looked closely at impact this has on the way we pay attention to movies, with surprising results.

~All In The Mind Awards:

Claudia Hammond launches the 2018 All in the Mind Awards, a chance for anyone who has received help for a mental health problem, to recognise the people and organisations who have gone above and beyond the call of duty

1 in 3 of us will experience problems with our mental health at some time in our lives, and help and support from people around us can make all the difference in how we cope day to day and helping us on the road to recovery. Between now and the end of January 2018 the Radio 4 All in the Mind Awards is seeking listeners' experiences of brilliant mental health care and to recognise the people, the unsung heroes who helped make the difference.

The judging panel this year includes Star Wards founder Marion Janner; director of nursing and mental health services Mandy Stevens; Dr Mathijs Lucassen lecturer in mental health ; and Claudia Hammond, psychologist and All In The Mind presenter.

There are 3 categories for the awards, the individual, professional or project

Individual Award : An individual family member, friend, boss or colleague who offered significant support

Professional Award: A mental health professional whose dedication, help and support made a really significant difference to you. This could be a psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker, nurse, volunteer or other professional

Project Award: A mental health project or group you took part in, which made a big difference to your recovery or the way you cope.

The winners of the awards will be announced during a ceremony to be held at the Wellcome Collection in London in June 2018

Attachment theory:

For decades researchers have been interested in how the attachment between parents and their babies might affect how the baby develops into an adult. Elizabeth Meins, Professor of psychology at York University argues that this body of research is now being misinterpreted , leaving parents feeling anxious about whether they're doing the right thing

Children's willpower:

The popular image of children is that they have short attention spans and want everything right now. But a new analysis of 50 years of data from the Marshmallow Test, a classic test of self control suggests that children are getting better at delaying gratification. John Protzko of University of California Santa Barbara explains why it's happening.

Claudia Hammond's studio guest is fellow judge Mathijs Lucassen , lecturer in mental health at the Open University.

For decades researchers have been interested in how the attachment between parents and their babies might affect how the baby develops into an adult. Elizabeth Meins, Professor of psychology at York University argues that this body of research is now being misinterpreted, leaving parents feeling anxious about whether they're doing the right thing

Claudia Hammond's studio guest is fellow judge Mathijs Lucassen, lecturer in mental health at the Open University.



Claudia Hammond's studio guest is fellow judge Mathijs Lucassen , lecturer in mental health at the Open University.

Claudia Hammond launches the 2018 All in the Mind Awards - a chance for anyone who has received help for a mental health problem, to recognise the people and organisations who have gone above and beyond the call of duty

1 in 3 of us will experience problems with our mental health at some time in our lives, and help and support from people around us can make all the difference in how we cope day to day and helping us on the road to recovery. Between now and the end of January 2018 the Radio 4 All in the Mind Awards is seeking listeners' experiences of brilliant mental health care and to recognise the people - the unsung heroes who helped make the difference.

The popular image of children is that they have short attention spans and want everything right now. But a new analysis of 50 years of data from the Marshmallow Test - a classic test of self control suggests that children are getting better at delaying gratification. John Protzko of University of California Santa Barbara explains why it's happening.

Claudia Hammond presents the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health.

Claudia Hammond talks to Chris French, Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths University of London about conspiracy theories. Are they really harmless, and why is it that some people believe in them but not others? She meets two newly elected MPs, Naz Shah from Bradford West and Johnny Mercer from Plymouth, to discuss their plans for mental health and how to get things done as a new back bench MP. Also in the programme, Claudia visits Raw Sounds' studio in Brixton, South London, an innovative music project where people with mental health problems can make and perform music with the help of professional music producers.

Conspiracy theories, why do some believe but not others? Claudia Hammond presents.

'Claudia Hammond presents the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

Claudia Hammond talks to Chris French, Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths University of London about conspiracy theories. Are they really harmless, and why is it that some people believe in them but not others? She meets two newly elected MPs, Naz Shah from Bradford West and Johnny Mercer from Plymouth, to discuss their plans for mental health and how to get things done as a new back bench MP. Also in the programme, Claudia visits Raw Sounds' studio in Brixton, South London - an innovative music project where people with mental health problems can make and perform music with the help of professional music producers.

Conspiracy theories - why do some believe but not others? Claudia Hammond presents.

One in seven of us will at some point in our lives suffer from chronic pain.

Dr Tanya Byron looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together both the medical and psychological worlds.

Just how much of the pain we feel is determined by our fear and perception of pain? Dr Byron meets adolescents suffering from chronic pain, and their parents, to find out how they can get help to lead more normal lives.

Researchers at Oxford University test Dr Byron's pain threshold by torturing her to see what's happening in her brain.

In this week's All in the Mind, Dr Tanya Byron looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together both the medical and psychological worlds.

Tanya meets adolescents suffering from chronic pain and their parents to find out how CBT can help them lead more normal lives.

And researchers at Oxford University test her pain threshold by torturing her, all in the interests of science, to see what's happening in her brain.

One in seven of us will at some point in our lives suffer from chronic pain. Dr Tanya Byron looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together both the medical and psychological worlds.

Just how much of the pain we feel is determined by our fear and perception of pain? Dr Byron meets adolescents suffering from chronic pain, and their parents, to find out how they can get help to lead more normal lives. Researchers at Oxford University test Dr Byron's pain threshold by torturing her to see what's happening in her brain.

In this week's All in the Mind, Dr Tanya Byron looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together both the medical and psychological worlds. Just how much of the pain we feel is determined by our fear and perception of pain?

Tanya meets adolescents suffering from chronic pain and their parents to find out how CBT can help them lead more normal lives. And researchers at Oxford University test her pain threshold by torturing her, all in the interests of science, to see what's happening in her brain.

3/5. One in seven people will, at some point, suffer from chronic pain. Dr Tanya Byron (of TV House of Tiny

Tearaways), looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together the worlds of medicine and psychology. Researchers at Oxford University test Byron's pain threshold by torturing her, all in the interests of science, to see what's happening in her brain. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Tanya meets adolescents suffering from chronic pain and their parents to find out how CBT can help them lead more normal lives. And researchers at Oxford University test her pain threshold by torturing her - all in the interests of science - to see what's happening in her brain.

Tearaways), looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together the worlds of medicine and psychology. Researchers at Oxford University test Byron's pain threshold by torturing her - all in the interests of science - to see what's happening in her brain. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

'3/5. One in seven people will, at some point during their lives, suffer from chronic pain. Dr Tanya Byron looks at how the treatment of this condition is bringing together the worlds of medicine and psychology. producer Katy Hickman Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

How can you overcome performance anxiety? For musicians and music students performing in front of audiences and audition panels, the experience can be terrifying. But this is where a digital simulation of the event could help. We visit the Royal College of Music where researchers have designed a concert hall which even includes a nerve-racking waiting area, and grim-faced judges reacting on a screen, to give students a chance to experience what it's like and to try putting the coping skills they've learnt into practice.

The next in our insiders' guide to getting the best out of your mental health services asks what can you do if you're worried about the mental health of someone you know, but they don't want to go for help.

We tend to think of the descent into corruption as a slippery slope where people do one small thing wrong and then gradually it gets more serious. But psychologists in the Netherlands have discovered that people are more likely to engage in corruption when there's a big reward and a sudden opportunity, than to do it bit by bit. Nils Kobis from the University of Amsterdam explains.

Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

Cyber snooping your therapist; performing anxiety; Insiders' Guide; bribery and corruption



Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

Widely regarded as the world's most influential living psychologist, Daniel Kahneman, reflects on his lifetime's research on why we make the 'wrong' decisions.

He won the Nobel Prize for Economics for his pioneering work with Amos Tversky on the irrational ways we make decisions about risk. He directly challenged traditional economic orthodoxy that we are rational, logical and selfish in the choices we make, laying the foundations for behavioural economics.

And his research quantified how real people, rather than textbook examples, consistently make less than rational choices, prey to the quirks of human perception and intuition.

Claudia Hammond talks to him about 'anchoring' and 'priming' and why he fears for the behaviour of people motivated by money.

Conjoined Twins:

Could conjoined twin girls, joined at the head have two brains but share a mind? One girl is pricked for a blood test, her sister cries. Or one watches TV, the other laughs at the images her sister sees. What does the connection of these young girls' brains reveal about the difference between brain and mind?

Producers: Fiona Hill & Pam Rutherford.

One of the world's most influential psychologists, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman.

Widely regarded as the world's most influential living psychologist, Daniel Kahneman, reflects on his lifetime's research on why we make the wrong decisions.

Claudia Hammond talks to him about anchoring and priming and why he fears for the behaviour of people motivated by money.

Producers: Fiona Hill and Pam Rutherford.

Claudia Hammond finds out why films are being made of residents of a care home in South West London. They all have dementia and the story of their lives is told through photos, interviews and music and their beneficial effects are being studied in a small NHS trial. Claudia meets 92 year old May and her daughter, Valerie to find out what the film has done for her and why this kind of reminiscence therapy is so effective. Claudia talks to psychologist John Bargh about the power of the unconscious mind, why sad music makes people spend more and how we can use our unconscious mind's susceptibility to our own advantage. And why a community organisation in Tyne and Wear called Citizens UK has brought together people from schools, mosques, churches, politicians and the NHS to ask what their top priority should be. Find out why they all voted for mental health and what they're going to do about it. Psychologist Dr Catherine Loveday of the University of Westminster also explains why just believing that you do less exercise than your friends is likely to make you die earlier even if it's not true and a she discusses a recent study investigating the therapists' habits that most annoy their clients.



Claudia Hammond finds out why films are being made of residents of a care home in South West London. They all have dementia and the story of their lives is told through photos, interviews and music and their beneficial effects are being studied in a small NHS trial. Claudia meets 92 year old May and her daughter, Valerie to find out what the film has done for her and why this kind of reminiscence therapy is so effective. Claudia talks to psychologist John Bargh about the power of the unconscious mind, why sad music makes people spend more and how we can use our unconscious mind's susceptibility to our own advantage. And why a community organisation in Tyne and Wear called Citizens UK has brought together people from schools, mosques, churches, politicians and the NHS to ask what their top priority should be. Find out why they all voted for mental health and what they're going to do about it. Psychologist Dr Catherine Loveday of the University of Westminster also explains why just believing that you do less exercise than your friends is likely to make you die earlier even if it's not true and a she discusses a recent study investigating the therapists' habits that most annoy their clients.

New research on why agreeable people might be worse at managing their money. Sandra Matz from Columbia business school explains that it's not because agreeable people are more cooperative negotiators but that they just care less about money. Also in the programme what is emodiversity and can experiencing a range of negative and positive emotions be protective for your mental health? Tim Dalgleish from the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences unit at the University of Cambridge explains.

Emotionally unstable personality disorder, agreeableness and money, and emodiversity.

Claudia visits a personality disorder clinic in South London

Claudia talks to Jo, Susan and Chanelle about their experience of group therapy at a personality disorder clinic in South London. Psychotherapist, Merryn Jones talks about treatment and why intensive group therapy can help people cope with the intense emotional difficulties often caused by traumatic early life experiences.

A popular explanation for the cause came down to 'mob mentality', that in the heat of the moment, individuals lose their identity and act emotionally and irrationally, with little sense of self.

But three months after the riots, two psychologists of international reputation, Steve Reicher and Clifford Stott, both experts in crowd behaviour and crowd psychology, are challenging that interpretation in a new e-book, 'Mad Mobs and Englishmen'. They say that not only is the criminality consensus wrong, but it's also dangerous.

Claudia speaks to Professor Reicher, about what their research uncovered.

Anchoring' and the Minimum Payments on Credit Cards:

The British have the second highest use of credit cards in the world; only Americans make greater use of their flexible friends. And in the UK, our cards are loaded with debt. The minimum payment printed, by law, on the bottom of the monthly bill, is supposed to stop us getting into further debt by ensuring that we always pay off at least some of the balance every month. But new research by Professor Neil Stewart from the University of Warwick has discovered that the minimum payment could be having the opposite effect. Because of the impact of a well-established psychological effect called 'anchoring', it appears that simply reading the suggested minimum payment makes us pay off less of the debt that we would otherwise have done. Counterintuitive ? Yes.

Bullying and Borderline Personality Disorder:

The links between childhood bullying and mental health problems in later life are well established, and new research suggests that the impact could also include increased rates of Borderline Personality Disorder. BPD is quite rare and little is known about its causes, but it's a condition which can feature emotional instability, impulsivity, paranoia and difficulties in relationships.

In a huge study over time, 6000 children in all, the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), researchers discovered that children who experienced long term or very severe bullying by their peers are seven times more likely to show symptoms of BPD at the age of 11.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

English riots; anchoring and credit card minimum payments; bullying and BPD.

English riots; 'anchoring' and credit card minimum payments; bullying and BPD.

Claudia Hammond reports on new research which followed over 6000 young children through school and found that if they experienced long term or very severe bullying by their peers, their risk of developing serious mental health problems like Borderline personality disorder was increased by as much as seven times. Borderline Personality disorder is normally diagnosed in adulthood and is characterised by a difficulty in maintaining relationships, emotional instability, extreme risk taking and sometimes self harm. Claudia discusses why bullying by peers can have such a powerful effect and why that influence can be so much stronger than from others, even your parents.

New research on the powerful effect of childhood bullying and future mental health.

Series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

Claudia Hammond presents the series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

As every summer, exams are in the news. We look at whether the pressure to do well in exams is having an effect on children's mental health.

We speak to experts from Education, Psychology and Economics who are now working together to address the wider issue of the effect of Britain's current education system on our children's wellbeing.

Looking beyond anecdotal evidence, we ask why, when considering education, is it so difficult to find firm data from which to draw conclusions and make recommendations?

And we hear from Today's finalist in the All in the Mind Awards.

The Tomorrow Project is a suicide prevention project established in response to the needs and concerns of local communities, in Nottinghamshire affected by suicide.

We meet people who have been helped by the project and discuss the kind of services it provides.

The second of the All in the Mind Insiders' Guide to Mental Health Services asks what can you do if you think you're not getting the best from your GP, and, if you think you're waiting too long for treatment, should you seek a private referral? Our 'insiders' this week are service user, mental health campaigner and retired chief of an NHS Trust, Lisa Rodrigues, GP and All in the Mind Awards finalist Daniel Dietch, and Head of Information at Mind Stephen Buckley

And Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist Ariana Orvell from the University of Michigan on why we use the word you, instead of I, more frequently than we realise. It's emerging as a useful tool to distance ourselves psychologically - and extract meaning - from negative experiences.

Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

Heart failure; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Use of you.



Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

And Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist Ariana Orvell from the University of Michigan on why we use the word 'you', instead of 'I', more frequently than we realise. It's emerging as a useful tool to distance ourselves psychologically - and extract meaning - from negative experiences.

900,000 people in the UK suffer from heart failure, where the heart can no longer pump sufficient blood around the body. Symptoms can include a combination of breathlessness, fluid retention and tiredness, enough to have a severe impact on a person's quality of life. Getting a diagnosis of heart failure can be frightening, but there is good evidence that psychological input can make a difference. Claudia Hammond hears from patients and Dr John Sharp, Consultant Clinical Psychologist with the Scottish National Advanced Heart Failure Service, on recognising and dealing with the unique mental health challenges of this increasingly prevalent condition.

And Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist Ariana Orvell from the University of Michigan on why we use the word you, instead of I, more frequently than we realise. It's emerging as a useful tool to distance ourselves psychologically, and extract meaning, from negative experiences.

And Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist Ariana Orvell from the University of Michigan on why we use the word 'you', instead of 'I', more frequently than we realise. It's emerging as a useful tool to distance ourselves psychologically, and extract meaning, from negative experiences.

Martin tells Claudia Hammond how his growing collection of cars, trucks and bikes awaiting 'renovation' was growing out of control, and how a self help group for hoarders helped him to come to face up to his problem. NHS Clinical Psychologist Sophie Holmes describes the need for services to provide help and support for this often hidden group of people.

Claudia Hammond on how stockpiling clutter and possessions can tip into hoarding disorder.

Martin tells Claudia Hammond how his growing collection of cars, trucks and bikes awaiting renovation was growing out of control, and how a self help group for hoarders helped him to come to face up to his problem. NHS Clinical Psychologist Sophie Holmes describes the need for services to provide help and support for this often hidden group of people.

Stockpiling possessions and collecting obsessively can tip into Hoarding Disorder, a condition recently recognised as a diagnosable mental health condition. Martin tells Claudia Hammond how his growing collection of cars, trucks and bikes awaiting 'renovation' was growing out of control, and how a self help group for hoarders helped him to come to face up to his problem. NHS Clinical Psychologist Sophie Holmes describes the need for services to provide help and support for this often hidden group of people and tells Claudia about the success of the self help group set up with the Mary Francis Trust in Surrey in supporting those struggling with hoarding problems.

The test for whether somebody is fit to plead and face a criminal Crown Court trial in England and Wales dates back almost 200 years, and it's universally accepted that these ancient rules are hopelessly out of date and need urgent reform. Many are concerned that people with serious mental illness and intellectual disabilities are finding themselves in the dock, when they're not fit to stand trial, creating a real risk of miscarriages of justice. The Law Commissioner is putting the finishing touches to a new Report and Draft Bill that will go before parliament next year and Ronnie Mackay, Professor of Criminal Policy and Mental Health at Leicester's De Montfort Law School in Leicester tells Claudia why the current law isn't fit for use in the 21st Century.

Apps for smart phones and tablets that track our mood and our emotions is a growth area, but how many of the latest offerings are based on sound psychological principles, and could some do more harm than good? Clinical psychologist Lucy Maddox reviews a selection of these apps for All in the Mind (Headspace; Mindfulness in Schools; Mindshift; Dream:ON; Moodtracker; Thought Diary Pro; Mood Kit).

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Claudia Hammond on when stockpiling clutter and possessions tips into hoarding disorder.

Ground-breaking research by Timothy Bliss, Graham Collingridge and Richard Morris has transformed our understanding of memory, and offered new insights into devastating effects of failing memory. This year they won the Brain Prize, the world's most valuable award in brain research. Claudia Hammond meets them in front of an audience at London's Royal Institution to discuss how memories are made.

Claudia Hammond meets the winners of the 2016 Brain Prize.

Claudia Hammond explores how children think with two psychologists; Dr Victoria Simms from Ulster University who researches how children's understanding of maths develops and Professor Teresa McCormack from Queens University Belfast who researches how children understand time. The discussion was recorded in front of an audience at the Northern Ireland Science Festival in February 2020.

Producer: Caroline Steel

'CLAUDIA HAMMOND investigate the mind, the brain and why we behave the way that we do.'

A show with a touch of magic, as Claudia discovers how magicians and conjurers use the power of our own beliefs as well as the power of suggestion, to perform their tricks. Professor Chris French, Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Unit at Goldsmiths, University of London, describes his latest study where a fake psychic bends keys using 'psychokinetic' energy. Belief in the paranormal and the influence of others who claim to have seen the key bend, both affect what we see and remember.

And the use of hypnosis in science and medicine. Former President of the Section for Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine at the Royal Society of Medicine, Dr Peter Naish, describes how this altered brain state is providing a useful new tool for researchers investigating how our brains function, as well as clinicians treating patients in the NHS.

Claudia visits the hypnosis unit at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College, London, and finds out about a unique study that has volunteers, hypnotised, in a brain scanner while 'thoughts' are inserted in their brains. The result: automatic writing. Just like Caravaggio, 400 years ago, painted St Matthew, inspired and directed by an angel as he wrote the Bible, volunteers in this study are told 'an engineer' is inserting thoughts into their heads and controlling their hand movements as they write. Dr Quinton Deeley, Dr Eamonn Walsh and Dr Mitul Mehta tell Claudia how their research is shining light on our brains and the nature of thought and consciousness.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Claudia on conjuring and magic, how what we believe affects what we see.

Claudia on conjuring and magic - how what we believe affects what we see.

How good is your intuition, those hunches you follow because you're convinced you're right? Alas, if you think you're good at it, evidence shows you're probably not. Claudia Hammond hears the latest research from Dr Mario Weick from the University of Kent

There's still time for you to enter the 2018 All in the Mind Awards. This is your chance to nominate someone who's made a difference to your mental health. You could nominate a group or project or maybe a friend, a therapist, a partner, a nurse, anyone who's really been there for you. We hear from GP Daniel Dietch, one of last year's finalists on the impact being nominated had on him after being put forward by a patient with bi-polar disorder.

Medication taken by some people with psychosis or schizophrenia is designed to reduce delusions and hallucinations. What it doesn't tackle are the additional problems with memory and decision-making. Claudia Hammond meets Dr Natasza Orlov of Kings College London who's been trialling mild electrical stimulation to the brain aimed specifically at these symptoms. Could it improve everyone else's memory as well?

And we catch up on what's happened to the very first high flying graduates we've been following who've been fast- tracked into mental health social work.

Producer Adrian Washbourne.



Producer Adrian Washbourne.

How good is your intuition - those hunches you follow because you're convinced you're right? Alas, if you think you're good at it, evidence shows you're probably not. Claudia Hammond hears the latest research from Dr Mario Weick from the University of Kent

There's still time for you to enter the 2018 All in the Mind Awards. This is your chance to nominate someone who's made a difference to your mental health. You could nominate a group or project or maybe a friend, a therapist, a partner, a nurse - anyone who's really been there for you. We hear from GP Daniel Dietch - one of last year's finalists on the impact being nominated had on him after being put forward by a patient with bi-polar disorder.

The 2016 All in the Mind awards launch, plus can the human brain be recreated?

We all know that some of us are more sociable than others, depending on our personalities, experiences and the situations we find ourselves in. But could the microbes in our gut also play a part? John Cryan of the APG Microbiome Centre in Cork discusses his latest observations across species and in humans.

Three quarters of mental health problems first occur before we reach our mid-20s. Yet much of the research is done with adults. Dame Til Wykes, Professor of Clinical Psychology & Rehabilitation at Kings College London, discusses a new initiative, the young people mental health advisory group, to ensure the best possible research is being carried out through liaison with a group of teenagers who have experienced mental health difficulties themselves.

Producer Adrian Washbourne

Lawyers' wellbeing; sociable brains; young peoples' mental health advisory group

Three quarters of mental health problems first occur before we reach our mid-20s. Yet much of the research is done with adults. Dame Til Wykes, Professor of Clinical Psychology & Rehabilitation at Kings College London, discusses a new initiative - the young people mental health advisory group - to ensure the best possible research is being carried out through liaison with a group of teenagers who have experienced mental health difficulties themselves.

Emerging from lockdown might not be as easy on our mental health as it sounds. After weeks spent adjusting to lockdown and working out how to cope, how easy is it to re-adjust to old routines? And is it even possible to predict how we'll feel about things in a few weeks' time? Daisy Fancourt, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science and Health at University College London discusses the latest results from the Covid-19 Social study, exploring how people's feelings have changed during the course of the pandemic. Claudia Hammond is also joined by Paul Dolan, Professor of Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics, and James Downs, a campaigner on mental health and eating disorders.

Claudia Hammond's guest is psychologist Prof Daryl O'Connor from University of Leeds with news of new research on the striking impact a supportive family environment can have on your susceptibility to the common cold in later life.

We are hearing a lot about the possibility of job losses in the future as a result of the pandemic. But there are some people starting new jobs under lockdown - with the prospect of not meeting their colleagues in person. So how will people manage? We hear from two experts who are just embarking - or about to embark, on new jobs: Andrew Clements a senior lecturer in Organisational Psychology at the University of Bedfordshire and Gail Kinman, Visiting Professor of Occupational Health Psychology at Birkbeck University.

Producer Adrian Washbourne

Produced in association with the Open University

We are hearing a lot about the possibility of job losses in the future as a result of the pandemic. But there are some people starting new jobs under lockdown ? with the prospect of not meeting their colleagues in person. So how will people manage? We hear from two experts who are just embarking ? or about to embark, on new jobs: Andrew Clements a senior lecturer in Organisational Psychology at the University of Bedfordshire and Gail Kinman, Visiting Professor of Occupational Health Psychology at Birkbeck University.

As the ten year anniversary of the 2005 London bombings approaches, Claudia Hammond talks to Rachel Handley, a clinical psychologist whose first job was to treat people for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and travel phobia after the bombings. She talks about the overwhelming guilt felt by many people she counselled and how cognitive behavioural therapy helped stop people experience terrifying flashbacks. She explains why PTSD can also have a delayed onset, even as much as ten years after the original event. Also in the programme, Gary Klein discusses his research into insights and whether it's impossible to improve our own capacity to have them. Claudia is joined by cognitive neuropsychologist, Catherine Loveday to talk about new research into emotions and the brain.

Claudia Hammond meets a psychologist who treated people after the 2005 London bombings.

'Claudia Hammond with the latest in psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

55,000 people worldwide completed The BBC Loneliness Experiment which is the largest survey of loneliness ever done. The results are unique in their scope and reach and will be revealed first at an event in the Reading Room of Wellcome Collection.

At the live event, presented by Claudia Hammond, musician Jazz Morely and poet Daljit Nagra perform and talk about how their creativity was driven by their loneliness. Philosopher Julian Baggini challenges the idea that loneliness is always a negative experience and questions Professor Christina Victor and Professor Pam Qualter on the results of the Wellcome supported research.

55,000 people worldwide completed the BBC Loneliness Experiment. It is the largest survey of loneliness ever done. The results are unique in their scope and reach and were revealed first at an event in the Reading Room of Wellcome Collection.

At the live event, presented by Claudia Hammond, musician Jazz Morley and poet Daljit Nagra perform and talk about how their creativity was driven by their loneliness. Philosopher Julian Baggini challenges the idea that loneliness is always a negative experience. And Claudia discusses the results of the Wellcome supported research with Professor Christina Victor of Brunel University and Professor Pam Qualter of Manchester University.



At the live event, presented by Claudia Hammond, musician Jazz Morely and poet Daljit Nagra perform and talk about how their creativity was driven by their loneliness. Philosopher Julian Baggini challenges the idea that loneliness is always a negative experience and questions Professor Christina Victor and Professor Pam Qualter on the results of the Wellcome supported research.

While traditionally magicians have been men, there are more and more successful women entering the male dominated industry. But do they have to work harder to impress? Gustav Kuhn from Goldsmiths University of London and colleagues carried out a study revealing a very strong gender bias but this was erased comparatively simply by asking people to work out how the magic tricks worked.

Technology companies are developing artificial intelligence that can detect your mood. They are doing this by reading facial expressions but is this too simplistic an approach? Lisa Feldman Barrett at North Eastern University in the US questions whether the psychological research is being interpreted in the right way. Gary McKeown, a psychologist from Queens University Belfast, joins the discussion.

Studio guest is Professor Catherine Loveday from the University of Westminster.

Psychiatrists with lived experience of mental ill health, magic and gender, AI emotion

Claudia Hammond investigates why MDMA might help treat people addicted to alcohol

Claudia Hammond finds out how MDMA assisted psychotherapy could help treat people with alcohol dependence. Trials are in their early stages but initial results are promising. Could this in the future be a new way to treat an addiction which ordinarily can have high relapse rates? Clinical psychologist, Laurie Higbed, explains how she and co therapist, Dr Ben Sessa, conduct the therapy and why MDMA might work at helping tackle the causes of alcohol addiction. Also, why city traders who can detect their own heartbeat may have better instincts when they have to make quick decisions on what's happening in the financial markets. Professor Sarah Garfinkel from the University of Sussex explains why the heart can be a powerful source of information guiding our behaviour without us being consciously aware of it. And Stephanie Johnson from the University of Colorado discusses her research exploring the relationship between risk taking and entrepreneurial behaviour and the toxoplasma gondii parasite.

Claudia investigates why MDMA might help treat people addicted to alcohol.

As we grow up we get better at tasks involving thinking. But there is something at which 5 year olds excel and that adults are really not very good at, and that is noticing things. New research by Vladimir Sloutsky, a psychologist at Ohio State University, shows that small children pay more attention to what's going on around them than adults do. It's a skill he thinks we've been underestimating and a finding that holds lessons for the appearances of our primary schools.

In this week's Insiders' Guide to getting the best out of mental health services, what should you do if you're not happy with the mental health care you're getting? We hear from Stephen Buckley from Mind, psychiatrist Sri Kalidindi, GP Dr Daniel Dietch and Lisa Rodrigues, who has both experienced mental health problems and run services herself.

Producer Adrian Washbourne.

Mental heath workers begin learning on the job through the Think Ahead scheme.

Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.



Producer Adrian Washbourne.

'Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

As we grow up we get better at tasks involving thinking. But there is something at which 5 year olds excel and that adults are really not very good at - and that is noticing things. New research by Vladimir Sloutsky, a psychologist at Ohio State University, shows that small children pay more attention to what's going on around them than adults do. It's a skill he thinks we've been underestimating and a finding that holds lessons for the appearances of our primary schools.

In this week's Insiders' Guide to getting the best out of mental health services - what should you do if you're not happy with the mental health care you're getting? We hear from Stephen Buckley from Mind, psychiatrist Sri Kalidindi, GP Dr Daniel Dietch and Lisa Rodrigues, who has both experienced mental health problems and run services herself.

In our Insiders' Guide series - if you've been referred to mental health services, what can you expect to happen at that first appointment? Lisa Rodrigues who has had mental health issues herself and has long experience managing mental health services and Sri Kalidindi, a psychiatrist with South London and Maudsley NHS Trust explain what's involved. This includes building up a good rapport and the taking of a full medical history - including traumatic life events and social circumstances. This helps to establish a diagnosis. Making a list might help if you are anxious - but you should also be realistic as most problems aren't sorted out straight away. A mental illness might make you feel like you don't deserve help - but everyone does, so it's important to go along to that first appointment with an open mind.

If you're not sure about something how do you make a decision? Who should you believe if you rely on others to help you decide? Researchers have found that if someone appears confident then we are likely to be influenced by them - our brains literally tune in to confident people. Psychologist Dr Dan Campbell-Meiklejohn from the University of Sussex has scanned the brains of people and discovered that they assess the confidence of others using a specific part at the front of the brain, in the prefrontal cortex. He asked people to play a computer game - with a virtual jar of marbles - where the colour of the next one pulled out had to be predicted. Computer-generated faces - with more or less confident expressions - helped to influence their decisions.

Mental health support in the community; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Confidence

Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.

~All In The Mind has been following the progress a scheme called Think Ahead, which trains high-flying graduates to become a new generation of mental health social workers. A bit like Teach First, they are taught mostly on the job with a lot of special support. Not everyone in the field supports the idea but there has been no shortage of applicants. One of the first trainees, Charlotte Seymour who used to work in the legal field, is now based in east London where her clients' needs vary - from very practical help with sorting out rent arrears to emotional support when they fear their mental health is deteriorating. She met Emma during a stay in hospital, under section and her mental health is now vastly improved. But a family bereavement has affected her deeply. Despite not eating or sleeping for days she keeps her appointment with Charlotte to discuss how to keep herself safe at this difficult time.

If you're not sure about something how do you make a decision? Who should you believe if you rely on others to help you decide? Researchers have found that if someone appears confident then we are likely to be influenced by them - our brains literally tune in to confident people. Psychologist Dr Dan Campbell-Meiklejohn from the University of Sussex has scanned the brains of people and discovered that they assess the confidence of others using a specific part at the front of the brain, in the prefrontal cortex. He asked people to play a computer game - with a 'virtual' jar of marbles - where the colour of the next one pulled out had to be predicted. Computer-generated faces - with more or less confident expressions - helped to influence their decisions.

'Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

~All In The Mind has been following the progress a scheme called Think Ahead, which trains high-flying graduates to become a new generation of mental health social workers. A bit like Teach First, they are taught mostly on the job with a lot of special support. Not everyone in the field supports the idea but there has been no shortage of applicants. One of the first trainees, Charlotte Seymour who used to work in the legal field, is now based in east London where her clients' needs vary, from very practical help with sorting out rent arrears to emotional support when they fear their mental health is deteriorating. She met Emma during a stay in hospital, under section and her mental health is now vastly improved. But a family bereavement has affected her deeply. Despite not eating or sleeping for days she keeps her appointment with Charlotte to discuss how to keep herself safe at this difficult time.

In our Insiders' Guide series, if you've been referred to mental health services, what can you expect to happen at that first appointment? Lisa Rodrigues who has had mental health issues herself and has long experience managing mental health services and Sri Kalidindi, a psychiatrist with South London and Maudsley NHS Trust explain what's involved. This includes building up a good rapport and the taking of a full medical history, including traumatic life events and social circumstances. This helps to establish a diagnosis. Making a list might help if you are anxious, but you should also be realistic as most problems aren't sorted out straight away. A mental illness might make you feel like you don't deserve help, but everyone does, so it's important to go along to that first appointment with an open mind.

If you're not sure about something how do you make a decision? Who should you believe if you rely on others to help you decide? Researchers have found that if someone appears confident then we are likely to be influenced by them, our brains literally tune in to confident people. Psychologist Dr Dan Campbell-Meiklejohn from the University of Sussex has scanned the brains of people and discovered that they assess the confidence of others using a specific part at the front of the brain, in the prefrontal cortex. He asked people to play a computer game, with a virtual jar of marbles, where the colour of the next one pulled out had to be predicted. Computer-generated faces, with more or less confident expressions, helped to influence their decisions.

If you're not sure about something how do you make a decision? Who should you believe if you rely on others to help you decide? Researchers have found that if someone appears confident then we are likely to be influenced by them, our brains literally tune in to confident people. Psychologist Dr Dan Campbell-Meiklejohn from the University of Sussex has scanned the brains of people and discovered that they assess the confidence of others using a specific part at the front of the brain, in the prefrontal cortex. He asked people to play a computer game, with a 'virtual' jar of marbles, where the colour of the next one pulled out had to be predicted. Computer-generated faces, with more or less confident expressions, helped to influence their decisions.

~All In The Mind Awards Judge Marion Janner talks to Claudia Hammond on the mindfulness of gardening and how to take part in the awards.

Plus the search for rest: is being slothful still a sin?

New research from Valerie Voon, a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at Cambridge University, uncovers what's happening in the brains of people with compulsive sexual behaviour. The results suggest that the constant supply of novel images from the internet can drive this behaviour and Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Graham Music discusses how the findings could be translated to the clinic.

The scientific evidence behind Mindfulness, and can the internet can drive sex addiction?

Claudia Hammond investigate the mind, the brain and why we behave the way that we do.

Claudia Hammond finds out how neuroscientists are understanding musical hallucinations by looking at the brains of those who experience them. Tim Griffiths and Vicky Williamson talk about their research into musical imagery and what it reveals about the workings of the brain and why musical hallucinations are more common in people with hearing loss. Nathan Filer and Matt Haig join Claudia to talk about their novels: The Shock of the Fall and The Humans and why they chose to write about mental health. Dr Catherine Loveday discusses recent research into why some people are hard-wired to be better navigators than others and why drawing could improve learning.

What musical hallucinations teach us about the brain, plus mental health in novels.

'Claudia Hammond investigate the mind, the brain and why we behave the way that we do.'

Neuromyths: Claudia explores some common myths in neuroscience

The Government has committed to make prisons not just places of detention, but of rehabilitation. Some prisons are hoping that yoga classes could make a difference. Research from Oxford University is beginning to suggest that yoga can help with prisoners' mental health. Claudia Hammond hears from lead researcher and psychologist Amy Bilderbeck, Sam Settle Director of the Prison Phoenix Trust and former prisoner Richard for whom yoga was to become a vital tool during his years as an inmate.

This week's Insiders' Guides to mental health asks with all the guidance out there in the public domain, how do you decide what is best for you? We hear from Stephen Buckley from Mind, GP Daniel Dietch and before them Lisa Rodrigues, who's had mental health issues herself and long experience of managing services.

Psychologists discovered long ago that most of us think we're better than average at most things, the Lake Wobegon Effect, and that we go round looking for information that confirms our views on life, the confirmation biases. But there's now another bias in our thinking. If we imagine a theory is our own, we think it must be true. Aiden Gregg, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Southampton, told Claudia Hammond about his new research.

Producer Adrian Washbourne.

New brain cells and depression; yoga in prisons; Insiders' Guide; preferring our own ideas

Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.



Producer Adrian Washbourne.

'Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

Psychologists discovered long ago that most of us think we're better than average at most things - the Lake Wobegon Effect - and that we go round looking for information that confirms our views on life - the confirmation biases. But there's now another bias in our thinking. If we imagine a theory is our own, we think it must be true. Aiden Gregg, Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Southampton, told Claudia Hammond about his new research.

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06 Nov 1990 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)

Recorded on 1990-11-02.

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BBC Programme Number: 90HA3074

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Claudia Hammond and guests explore the complexity of our visual experience

Producer: Caroline Steel

Claudia Hammond and guests explore the complexity of our visual experience

She talks to the so-called queen of pain, Professor Irene Tracey of Oxford University, about how research into acute and chronic pain is being addressed. We hear from Professor Ulrike Bingel about the positive and negative effects of expectation and anxiety on painful symptoms, and how this could be harnessed to enhance the power of drug treatments and reduce side effects.

Professor Tamar Makin of University College London reveals some of the latest insights into the mysterious pain associated with missing limbs and wonders if we've been getting the thinking on phantom limb pain all wrong.

And why are some kinds of pain, after exercising say, almost enjoyable? Professor Siri Leknes of Oslo University discusses the curious relationship between pain and pleasure.

Pain and the brain, with Claudia Hammond.

She talks to the so-called 'queen of pain', Professor Irene Tracey of Oxford University, about how research into acute and chronic pain is being addressed. We hear from Professor Ulrike Bingel about the positive and negative effects of expectation and anxiety on painful symptoms, and how this could be harnessed to enhance the power of drug treatments and reduce side effects.

And why are some kinds of pain - after exercising say, almost enjoyable? Professor Siri Leknes of Oslo University discusses the curious relationship between pain and pleasure.

Claudia Hammond presents a series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

Claudia Hammond's guest is Mathijs Lucassen, lecturer in mental health at the Open University.

Pathological demand avoidance is a developmental condition where children resist the demands of everyday life, and they can have extreme reactions if they feel they are being made to do anything. Although they might seem sociable, these children can end up ruling their families and even refuse to go to school for months at a time. The professionals who use this diagnosis consider it to be part of the autism spectrum. But is it a discrete condition? Claudia Hammond hears from Liz O'Nions at the University of Louven about its history and new research into teasing out PDA's traits.

Is there such a thing as a wise person or does wisdom all depend on the situation? It appears as though some people have more of it than others. But new research suggests it might not be quite like that. Psychologist Igor Grossman of the University of Waterloo assessed the wisdom of individuals in their real lives, rather than in a lab and found some intriguing results.

If you've ever arrived at a comedy gig to the terror of realising that the only seats left at the middle of the front row, where you might well get picked on, then you might like Sofie Hagen's approach to gigs. She is creating anxiety safe spaces. People can contact her in advance to let her know what they need at the gig to stop them from feeling anxious. Claudia Hammond headed to one of her gigs to see how it works.

Claudia Hammond's guest is Mathijs Lucassen - lecturer in mental health at the Open University.

Claudia Hammond investigate the mind, the brain and why we behave the way that we do.

Claudia Hammond investigates an often hidden condition: perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder which can affect pregnant women or new mothers. Women with perinatal OCD can have obsessive thoughts about contamination and cleanliness or a less well known aspect of the condition which is compulsive thoughts and intense fear of seriously harming their children. They go to extreme measures to prevent themselves doing any harm, although they never would. Women can be treated successfully with cognitive behavioural therapy. Claudia talks to Fiona Challacombe, clinical psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry about the condition and its treatment. Also in the programme, the brains cells that have been described by one neuroscientist as underpinning civilisation, have they been overhyped? Claudia talks to mirror neurons expert, Cecelia Heyes from Oxford University. And does a baby pick up anxiety more from its mother or father? Claudia talks to researcher, Eline Moller from Amsterdam University.

Claudia Hammond investigates a hidden condition, perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder.

'Claudia Hammond investigate the mind, the brain and why we behave the way that we do.'

Claudia Hammond investigates an often hidden condition: perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder which can affect pregnant women or new mothers. Women with perinatal OCD can have obsessive thoughts about contamination and cleanliness or a less well known aspect of the condition which is compulsive thoughts and intense fear of seriously harming their children. They go to extreme measures to prevent themselves doing any harm, although they never would. Women can be treated successfully with cognitive behavioural therapy. Claudia talks to Fiona Challacombe, clinical psychologist at the Institute of Psychiatry about the condition and its treatment. Also in the programme, the brains cells that have been described by one neuroscientist as underpinning civilisation - have they been overhyped? Claudia talks to mirror neurons expert, Cecelia Heyes from Oxford University. And does a baby pick up anxiety more from its mother or father? Claudia talks to researcher, Eline Moller from Amsterdam University.

Claudia Hammond investigates a hidden condition - perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder.

Over 25 years ago as a junior doctor, Tom Solomon soon learnt that a patient on his ward, the children's author Roald Dahl, was fascinated by the brain. Then years later, away from his day job as a neurologist at Liverpool University, he decided to trace the influence of that interest on Dahl's writing. Last year he recounted it in a book which has now been adapted into a stage show for this year's Edinburgh Fringe, Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine. He tells Claudia Hammond how Dahl's interest in the brain began with an accident.

The final Insiders' Guide to getting the best out of mental health services is probably the most important of all. What to do if you or someone you know is in serious crisis? We hear from Stephen Buckley from Mind, GP Daniel Dietch and Lisa Rodrigues, who's both had mental health difficulties and led services herself.

Look in any bookshop at the self-help section, and it appears that a lot of people are trying to change themselves. Now a Danish philosopher and psychologist Sven Brinkmann says it's gone too far. In his new book Stand Firm: resisting the self-improvement craze he says the secret to a happier life is to come to terms with yourself as you are. But there is some very good research out there on happiness, so isn't it worth trying to put that evidence into practice? We brought together Sven Brinkmann with a leading researcher in the field of happiness, Dr Sonja Lyubomirsky from the University of California Riverside.

Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.



Look in any bookshop at the self-help section, and it appears that a lot of people are trying to change themselves. Now a Danish philosopher and psychologist Sven Brinkmann says it's gone too far. In his new book Stand Firm: resisting the self-improvement craze he says the secret to a happier life is to come to terms with yourself as you are. But there is some very good research out there on happiness, so isn't it worth trying to put that evidence into practice? We brought together Sven Brinkmann with a leading researcher in the field of happiness, Dr Sonja Lyubomirsky from the University of California Riverside.

Look in any bookshop at the self-help section, and it appears that a lot of people are trying to change themselves. Now a Danish philosopher and psychologist Sven Brinkmann says it's gone too far. In his new book 'Stand Firm: resisting the self-improvement craze' he says the secret to a happier life is to come to terms with yourself as you are. But there is some very good research out there on happiness, so isn't it worth trying to put that evidence into practice? We brought together Sven Brinkmann with a leading researcher in the field of happiness, Dr Sonja Lyubomirsky from the University of California Riverside.

Look in any bookshop at the self-help section, and it appears that a lot of people are trying to change themselves. Now a Danish philosopher and psychologist Sven Brinkmann says it's gone too far. In his new book 'Stand Firm: resisting the self-improvement craze' he says the secret to a happier life is to come to terms with yourself as you are. But there is some very good research out there on happiness, so isn't it worth trying to put that evidence into practice? We brought together Sven Brinkmann with a leading researcher in the field of happiness, Dr Sonja Lyubomirsky from the University of California Riverside.

Over 25 years ago as a junior doctor, Tom Solomon soon learnt that a patient on his ward, the children's author Roald Dahl, was fascinated by the brain. Then years later, away from his day job as a neurologist at Liverpool University, he decided to trace the influence of that interest on Dahl's writing. Last year he recounted it in a book which has now been adapted into a stage show for this year's Edinburgh Fringe - Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine. He tells Claudia Hammond how Dahl's interest in the brain began with an accident.

'Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.'

Claudia finds out about the only NHS clinic for problem gamblers. Should there be more?

Claudia Hammond talks to Henrietta Bowden-Jones who runs the only NHS clinic for problem gamblers. Psychiatrists, psychologists a family therapist and financial advisor offer specialist treatments which have been shown to work and it has been inundated with referrals since opening. So should more similar treatment centres be set up across the country?

'Claudia Hammond talks to Henrietta Bowden-Jones who runs the only NHS clinic for problem gamblers. Psychiatrists, psychologists a family therapist and financial advisor offer specialist treatments which have been shown to work and it has been inundated with referrals since opening. So should more similar treatment centres be set up across the country?'

'Claudia Hammond talks to Henrietta Bowden-Jones who runs the only NHS clinic for problem gamblers. Based in Central London it offers help to problem gamblers across the country. Treatment is mainly group based cognitive behavioural therapy. As many as 8 out of 10 patients, who are mostly men, have stopped gambling after 8 weeks of treatment at the clinic. But should more similar treatment centres be set up across the country for an addiction which often remains hidden? Also in the programme, Christian Jarrett joins Claudia to discuss why owls and larks could soon be joined by two new types of people based on how energetic they feel. Also, psychologist Stephen Reicher questions some of Stanley Milgram's conclusions about his infamous obedience experiments of the 1960s. And why if you're depressed you may find you lose your gut instinct.'

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with Professor Anthony Clare

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02 Oct 1990 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)

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04 Jan 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4)

BBC Programme Number: 90HA3001

04 Jan 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4).

Professor Anthony Clare returns with the magazine devoted to matters of the mind.

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Researcher CLARE DENNING Producer MATT THOMPSON Editor MICHAEL EMBER

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08 Feb 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4)

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16 Feb 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4).

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18 Jan 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4)

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Professor Anthony Clare presents the weekly magazine devoted to matters of the mind, both psychiatric and psychological.

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19 Jan 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4)

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19 Jan 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4).

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18 Jan 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4).

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25 Jan 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4).

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11 Jan 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4)

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11 Jan 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4).

Professor Anthony Clare presents the weekly magazine devoted to matters of the mind, both psychiatric and psychological.

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02 Feb 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4).

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Actor Brian Blessed talks about his nervous breakdown, and his recovery, with Professor Anthony Clare.

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Professor Anthony CLARE talks to Dr Geoffrey BEATTIE & financial journalist

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13 Oct 1992 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)

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13 Oct 1992 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)

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19 Jan 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4).

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20 May 1992 20:00-20:30 (RADIO 4)

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20 May 1992 20:00-20:30 (RADIO 4)

Professor Anthony Clare presents the weekly magazine devoted to matters of the mind.

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27 May 1992 20:00-20:30 (RADIO 4)

~All In The Mind

A radio programme

ALL IN THE MIND - 26 May 1992

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22 Feb 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4).

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Professor

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Today: when a man loves a woman, Dr Maryon Tysoe on the psychological problems of romance.

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Today: when a man loves a woman - Dr Maryon Tysoe on the psychological problems of romance.

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25 Jan 1990 09:30-10:00 (RADIO 4).

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26 Jan 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4)

26 Jan 1990 16:05-16:30 (RADIO 4).

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This week Anthony Storr Mes to explain why some People choose to live alone. Producers Nadine Grieve and Wyfanwy Vickers

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29 Sep 1992 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)

30 Sep 1992 19:45-20:15 (RADIO 4)

with Professor

Anthony Clare.

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First broadcast on 1992-09-29

Recorded on 1992-09-25

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In the UK there are around a hundred unfilled Consultant Psychiatrist posts. Claudia Hammond discusses with Sir Simon Wessely, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, why there is such a shortage, and the knock on effect for patients. Why does psychiatry seem to be the poor relation when compared with other branches of medicine and what can be done to persuade more trainee doctors to consider psychiatry as a career?

In the next of our series of features on the shortlist for the All in the Mind Awards, Claudia meets a GP who has helped one patient with a range of mental health issues, giving advice to her when she was admitted to hospital, despite not being in the same country at the time, and helping her to manage mental health complications associated with childbirth.

Are you bored? Don't worry it could be good for you. Research into boredom suggests an uncluttered schedule might be a good thing, giving us the chance for a bit of creative thinking. Sandi Mann, Senior Lecturer at the School of Psychology, University of Central Lancashire talks to Claudia about the benefits of boredom.

With expert comment from Dr Catherine Loveday, Principal Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster.

Claudia Hammond presents the series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

In the next of our series of features on the shortlist for the All in the Mind Awards, Claudia meets a GP who has helped one patient with a range of mental health issues, giving advice to her when she was admitted to hospital - despite not being in the same country at the time - and helping her to manage mental health complications associated with childbirth.

As Tim Peake is launched on his trip to spend 6 months on the International Space Station Claudia Hammond talks to Alexander Kumar, the doctor who has been to Antarctica to investigate the psychology of a human mission to Mars. How will the confined spaces, the dark and distance from planet Earth affect Mars astronauts of the future? Professor Philip Tetlock explains why his newly discovered elite group of so-called Superforecasters are so good at predicting global events. Claudia talks to MP James Morris about why some of his constituents are coming to him and his staff for help in a mental health crisis. He talks about the advice available for other MPs and constituency staff in the same situation. Claudia visits the South London and Maudsley Recovery college to find out how their educational courses are helping people in south London with their mental health.

Space psychology, superforecasters, MPs guide to mental health and Recovery College.

Are you an undecided voter? Claudia Hammond finds out what psychology can tell us about some of the subtle influences on our decision making in the run up to the election. Portrayals of mental health: Paul Whitehouse's recent comedy Nurse showed him playing a range of people being visited by community psychiatric nurse, Liz. Is it funny and does it matter if people with mental health problems are used as the subject of comedy? Claudia is joined by real life CPN, Lin and by anti-stigma campaigner, Nikki Mattocks to discuss. Also, the call for picture editors not to use the 'headclutching' shot to accompany stories about mental health in the media. Sue Baker, director of Time to Change explains.

Are you an undecided voter? Claudia Hammond finds out what psychology can tell us about some of the influences on our decision making in the run up to the election. Cognitive psychologist, Professor Colin Davis talks about his research on TV election debates and the influence of the on screen 'worm' used to show what a group of undecided voters think about what's being said throughout the debate. How is mental health portrayed in the media? Paul Whitehouse's recent comedy, Nurse, showed him playing a range of people being visited by community psychiatric nurse, Liz. Is it funny and does it matter if people with mental health problems are used as the subject of comedy? Claudia is joined by real life CPN, Lin, and by anti-stigma campaigner, Nikki Mattocks, to discuss the programme. Also, the call for picture editors not to use 'head clutching' shots to accompany stories about mental health in the media. Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change explains. And what would an ideal asylum look like? Artist James Leadbitter shows reporter, Victoria Gill, his creation.

The psychology of voting, portrayals of mental health in the media, and a designer asylum.

Are you an undecided voter? Claudia Hammond finds out what psychology can tell us about some of the subtle influences on our decision making in the run up to the election. Portrayals of mental health: Paul Whitehouse's recent comedy Nurse showed him playing a range of people being visited by community psychiatric nurse, Liz. Is it funny and does it matter if people with mental health problems are used as the subject of comedy? Claudia is joined by real life CPN, Lin and by anti-stigma campaigner, Nikki Mattocks to discuss. Also - the call for picture editors not to use the 'headclutching' shot to accompany stories about mental health in the media. Sue Baker, director of Time to Change explains.

'Are you an undecided voter? Claudia Hammond finds out what psychology can tell us about some of the subtle influences on our decision making in the run up to the election. Portrayals of mental health: Paul Whitehouse's recent comedy Nurse showed him playing a range of people being visited by community psychiatric nurse, Liz. Is it funny and does it matter if people with mental health problems are used as the subject of comedy? Claudia is joined by real life CPN, Lin and by anti-stigma campaigner, Nikki Mattocks to discuss. Also - the call for picture editors not to use the 'headclutching' shot to accompany stories about mental health in the media. Sue Baker, director of Time to Change explains.'

Are you an undecided voter? Claudia Hammond finds out what psychology can tell us about some of the influences on our decision making in the run up to the election. Cognitive psychologist, Professor Colin Davis talks about his research on TV election debates and the influence of the on screen 'worm' used to show what a group of undecided voters think about what's being said throughout the debate. How is mental health portrayed in the media? Paul Whitehouse's recent comedy, Nurse, showed him playing a range of people being visited by community psychiatric nurse, Liz. Is it funny and does it matter if people with mental health problems are used as the subject of comedy? Claudia is joined by real life CPN, Lin, and by anti-stigma campaigner, Nikki Mattocks, to discuss the programme. Also - the call for picture editors not to use 'head clutching' shots to accompany stories about mental health in the media. Sue Baker, Director of Time to Change explains. And what would an ideal asylum look like? Artist James Leadbitter shows reporter, Victoria Gill, his creation.

Claudia explores pioneering new research into radicalisation. She finds out why being depressed and socially isolated makes you more likely to sympathise with terrorist actions.

Claudia explores pioneering new research into radicalisation. She talks to Professor Kamaldeep Bhui who is doing research to try and prevent radicalisation in the early stages. His idea is, if we can understand what makes someone sympathetic to violence and terrorist actions then radicalisation can be stopped before it starts. He explains why vulnerability to radicalisation is linked to depression. Also in the programme, 50 years after a murder which spawned a whole new area of psychology. Did 38 people really watch the murder of Kitty Genovese and no one call the Police or help her? Claudia talks to author, Kevin Cook and psychologist, Rachel Manning about the misreporting of the case yet its continuing legacy for psychology in understanding why people do or don't help others. Claudia talks to James Withey, creator of the Recovery Letters, a website of letters from people who have been depressed to help those who are now.

Images of infants, silent and malnourished, rocking in their cots, hosed down with cold water, prompted an outburst of collective outrage and thousands of would-be parents rushed to adopt.

But little was known then, in 1990, about the long-term effects of such extreme, early deprivation: how would the babies and toddlers who had been denied basic human contact and care, adapt and recover when they were transfered to their new, loving and caring families?

Twenty one years on, and scientists who have been tracking the progress of these children in the English and Romanian Adoptees study, have made some astonishing discoveries.

Claudia Hammond talks to Professor Sir Michael Rutter and his team about this 'unique and natural experiment', which enabled scientists to pinpoint, exactly, when severe deprivation ended and good parenting began.

She discovers just how quickly these babies and toddlers caught up with their English peers and hears encouraging evidence about the capacity of human beings to recover from the most appalling early treatment.

But she finds out too, that for some of these children, the sobering reality is that their impairments appear to be long-lasting.

Cindy and Anthony Calvert from Northallerton in North Yorkshire describe bringing 18-month old Adi back from an orphanage in the north of Romania. She was dehydrated, with tiny, wrinkled, dry hands and a terror of flies. She flourished in her new home, but was so fearful of being thirsty, she would drink water whenever she could. And her early experience of being held under freezing cold water to wash her, she admits, has left her with a life-long fear of swimming.

And Will Moult, now 21 years old, who's training to be a primary school teacher, tells Claudia about his early life in one of Romania's most notorious institutions, Orphanage Number One, in Bucharest. He knows he had very little human contact as a baby, until he was adopted and brought to London when he was 18 months old. Uncomforted and alone, he'd rubbed a bald patch on the back of his head from holding onto the bars of his cot. But now Will wants to write a book about his experiences in order to help other, adopted children.

Both Adi and Will are both testament to the remarkable resilience shown by so many of the babies and toddlers who were adopted from these Romanian institutions. And it's finding out why children like these appear to have overcome the most traumatic of early years, while others continue to struggle, that makes the long-term ERA study so important.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Their treatment shocked the world, how have the adopted Romanian babies recovered?

Their treatment shocked the world - how have the adopted Romanian babies recovered?

Are you looking forward to the lighter evenings of summer? Perhaps you're already feeling different as the seasons change and the green shoots of spring arrive? This week on All in the Mind we're taking a look at how the seasons affect our moods, thoughts and behaviours. Claudia Hammond speaks to Michael Varnum from Arizona State University about what the research says. Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott, joins Claudia in the studio to ask what it means for the science of psychology if the seasons have such a profound effect.

And we hear from a project in Northern Ireland that teaches people to have hope. Marie Dunne was inspired to set up the project, called Resilio, after witnessing the success of a programme designed to teach hope in schools. Based on that programme Resilio developed their own hope courses for adults. We hear from people who have benefitted from those courses, and from people who run them, about how to find hope.

Finally, Sophie Scott discusses a new study which found that male psychology scholars were less likely to think of female scholars when asked to name eminent researchers in that field. Could it explain the gender cap in citation rates?

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producers: Lorna Stewart & Lucy Taylor
Studio Manager: Tim Heffer
Production Coordinator: Siobhan Maguire
Editor: Holly Squire

Seasonal psychology, learning to hope, male psychologists forget their female colleagues.

The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.

Are you looking forward to the lighter evenings of summer? Perhaps you're already feeling different as the seasons change and the green shoots of spring arrive? This week on All in the Mind we're taking a look at how the seasons affect our moods, thoughts and behaviours. Claudia Hammond speaks to Michael Varnum from Arizona State University about what the research says. Cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott, joins Claudia in the studio to ask what it means for the science of psychology if the seasons have such a profound effect.

And we hear from a project in Northern Ireland that teaches people to have hope. Marie Dunne was inspired to set up the project, called Resilio, after witnessing the success of a programme designed to teach hope in schools. Based on that programme Resilio developed their own hope courses for adults. We hear from people who have benefitted from those courses, and from people who run them, about how to find hope.

Finally, Sophie Scott discusses a new study which found that male psychology scholars were less likely to think of female scholars when asked to name eminent researchers in that field. Could it explain the gender cap in citation rates?

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producers: Lorna Stewart & Lucy Taylor
Studio Manager: Tim Heffer
Production Coordinator: Siobhan Maguire
Editor: Holly Squire

Seasonal psychology, learning to hope, male psychologists forget their female colleagues.

The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.

Self-care, schadenfreude and how maths ability might relate to ball-catching skills.

What is self-care and what's the evidence that it works for anxiety and depression in young people? Claudia talks to Professor in Evidence Based Practice and Research at UCL, Miranda Wolpert and Maggy Van Eijk, author of Remember this when you're sad - Lessons learned on the road from self-harm to self-care. They discuss how useful is self-care and what are the kinds of strategies that work. Liam Hill from the University of Leeds explains why mathematical ability might relate to ball catching skills and his work with pupils at a primary school in Bradford. Claudia discusses schadenfreude with historian of emotions, Tiffany Watt-Smith and psychologist, Wilco Van Dijk from the University of Leiden.

If you have sisters or brothers you probably know all about sibling rivalry. But if you're a parent who despairs over your children squabbling, fear not. Claudia Hammond hears how sibling rivalry can be handled and can have an upside. It's something that should be embraced argues child psychologist Linda Blair, author of a new book Siblings.

What insights can diaries and letters from prisoners of war can give us into the imprisoned soldier's minds? We hear from historian Clare Makepeace who has spent years studying the diaries and letters of POWs and Mark McDermott Professor of Health Psychology at the University of East London to discuss the psychological impact the confined experience can have.

And new evidence on the link between inflammation in the body and depression. It's the first study ever published showing that inflammation can lead to alterations in how specific new brain cells are formed, a process that leads to depression in a third of patients. As Patricia Zunszain of Kings College London explains, drugs targeting these mechanisms could be the effective antidepressants of the future, drugs which don't tackle mood, but which encourage the creation of new brain cells.



And new evidence on the link between inflammation in the body and depression. It's the first study ever published showing that inflammation can lead to alterations in how specific new brain cells are formed, a process that leads to depression in a third of patients. As Patricia Zunszain of Kings College London explains, drugs targeting these mechanisms could be the effective antidepressants of the future, drugs which don't tackle mood, but which encourage the creation of new brain cells.

And new evidence on the link between inflammation in the body and depression. It's the first study ever published showing that inflammation can lead to alterations in how specific new brain cells are formed - a process that leads to depression in a third of patients. As Patricia Zunszain of Kings College London explains, drugs targeting these mechanisms could be the effective antidepressants of the future - drugs which don't tackle mood, but which encourage the creation of new brain cells.

And new evidence on the link between inflammation in the body and depression. It's the first study ever published showing that inflammation can lead to alterations in how specific new brain cells are formed - a process that leads to depression in a third of patients. As Patricia Zunszain of Kings College London explains, drugs targeting these mechanisms could be the effective antidepressants of the future - drugs which don't tackle mood, but which encourage the creation of new brain cells.

Claudia Hammond talks to Professor Christopher French from Goldsmiths, University of London about the strange phenomenon of sleep paralysis. As many as 1 in 20 people will experience vivid hallucinations while falling asleep or waking up while also completely unable to move. People also describe a very powerful sense of fear and the feeling of being crushed or that an intruder or something supernatural is there with them. Despite being relatively common, this sleep anomaly is little understood. Even less well known or understood is the frightening experience of 'Exploding Head Syndrome' where someone perceives abrupt and very loud noises when going to sleep or waking up.

Also can a robot deliver therapy via your smartphone? Claudia talks to Alison Darcy, Stanford University researcher who's created Woebot, an artificially intelligent chatbot designed to treat depression. Woebot, uses cognitive-behavioural therapy and is available via Facebook messenger. Alison explains how it works and that it's not a replacement for traditional therapy, but it's the first tech based treatment to have been properly scientifically tested and peer reviewed..

Simon Wessley, outgoing president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Paul Farmer, chief executive of the mental health charity MIND discuss mental health awareness campaigns with Claudia. Do they overload already stretched mental health services? Or are they vital to helping people understand their own mental health and are they changing the wider landscape of how these conditions are understood, talked about and de-stigmatised?

Sleep paralysis: why do some people have vivid nightmares when their body also can't move?



Simon Wessley, outgoing president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Paul Farmer, chief executive of the mental health charity MIND discuss mental health awareness campaigns with Claudia. Do they overload already stretched mental health services? Or are they vital to helping people understand their own mental health and are they changing the wider landscape of how these conditions are understood, talked about and de-stigmatised?

Also can a robot deliver therapy via your smartphone? Claudia talks to Alison Darcy - Stanford University researcher who's created Woebot - an artificially intelligent chatbot designed to treat depression. Woebot, uses cognitive-behavioural therapy and is available via Facebook messenger. Alison explains how it works and that it's not a replacement for traditional therapy, but it's the first tech based treatment to have been properly scientifically tested and peer reviewed..

Hysteria or conversion disorder is surprisingly, not confined to medical history. Nearly 1 in 5 patients seen by neurologists will have symptoms like paralysis, fits or loss of vision which can't be explained neurologically. Claudia talks to neurologist, Mark Edwards and psychiatrist, Richard Kanaan about the history of conversion disorder, how common it is today, the best way to treat it and its complex causes. Also in the programme, Claudia meets the carers getting involved in mental health research and why their input is making a a difference to research projects exploring mental health across the country.

The power of sleep to improve memory and why hysteria isn't a thing of the past.

How can a good night's sleep improve your memory? Why does the answer to a crossword clue suddenly appear first thing in the morning after a night's rest? In this week's programme Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist, Kimberly Fenn about what happens in the brain when we sleep and why it can significantly improve our memory. Hysteria or conversion disorder is surprisingly, not confined to medical history. Nearly 1 in 5 patients seen by neurologists will have symptoms like paralysis, fits or loss of vision which can't be explained neurologically. Claudia talks to neurologist, Mark Edwards and psychiatrist, Richard Kanaan about the history of conversion disorder, how common it is today, the best way to treat it and its complex causes. Also in the programme, Claudia meets the carers getting involved in mental health research and why their input is making a a difference to research projects exploring mental health across the country.

The success of the recent SpaceX launch to the ISS has reignited talk of return manned missions to the moon and onwards to Mars. But beyond well know physiological effects of space travel on our bodies, what do effects of immobility and microgravity have on our brains? A new study offers a detailed insight from 12 fit astronauts subjected to a battery of tests in a microgravity simulator capturing changes in brain images, disrupted sleep rhythms and mood changes and cognition. As Ivana Rosenzweig, Head of the Sleep and Brain Plasticity Centre at Kings College London explains, her work has important implications for understanding astronaut behaviour and capabilities ? and more immediately ? the long term effects on the brains of Covid 19 patients supported on ventilators.

Viktor E. Frankl, was one of the last of the great Viennese psychotherapists, who used his experiences as a prisoner in German concentration camps in World War II to write 'Man's Search for Meaning,' an enduring work of survival literature.. A collection of his lectures, Life in Spite of Everything, is now published in English. His writings, lectures and teaching were an important force in forming the modern concept that many factors may be implicated in mental illness, opening the door to a wide variety of psychotherapies. Frankl's grandson, Alex Vesely, together with the Viennese psychotherapist and former colleague Alfred Lengle, reveal how this newly translated collection of his lectures underpin his ideas about hope, resilience and ways to confront personal suffering, which continues to have great relevance to us in today's uncertain world.

When parents try to hide their stress, can they still pass on these feelings to their children? Sara Waters at Washington State University has been measuring the extent to which children ?catch? their parents' stress during interaction. The more out of control parents feel, and during a global pandemic that feeling is likely exacerbated- the stronger they have an impulse to reassure their kids that everything is OK. But it may be more comforting for kids to have their feelings discussed than just be told ?it's going to be fine?.

Claudia Hammond's guest is Catherine Loveday Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster.

Producer: Adrian Washbourne

The success of the recent SpaceX launch to the ISS has reignited talk of return manned missions to the moon and onwards to Mars. But beyond well know physiological effects of space travel on our bodies, what do effects of immobility and microgravity have on our brains? A new study offers a detailed insight from 12 fit astronauts subjected to a battery of tests in a microgravity simulator capturing changes in brain images, disrupted sleep rhythms and mood changes and cognition. As Ivana Rosenzweig, Head of the Sleep and Brain Plasticity Centre at Kings College London explains, her work has important implications for understanding astronaut behaviour and capabilities - and more immediately - the long term effects on the brains of Covid 19 patients supported on ventilators.

When parents try to hide their stress, can they still pass on these feelings to their children? Sara Waters at Washington State University has been measuring the extent to which children `catch` their parents' stress during interaction. The more out of control parents feel, and during a global pandemic that feeling is likely exacerbated- the stronger they have an impulse to reassure their kids that everything is OK. But it may be more comforting for kids to have their feelings discussed than just be told `it's going to be fine`.

Viktor E. Frankl, was one of the last of the great Viennese psychotherapists, who used his experiences as a prisoner in German concentration camps in World War II to write 'Man's Search for Meaning,' an enduring work of survival literature.. A collection of his lectures, Life in Spite of Everything, is now published in English. His writings, lectures and teaching were an important force in forming the modern concept that many factors may be implicated in mental illness - opening the door to a wide variety of psychotherapies. Frankl's grandson, Alex Vesely, together with the Viennese psychotherapist and former colleague Alfred Lengle, reveal how this newly translated collection of his lectures underpin his ideas about hope, resilience and ways to confront personal suffering, which continues to have great relevance to us in today's uncertain world.

When parents try to hide their stress, can they still pass on these feelings to their children? Sara Waters at Washington State University has been measuring the extent to which children ?catch? their parents' stress during interaction. The more out of control parents feel - and during a global pandemic that feeling is likely exacerbated- the stronger they have an impulse to reassure their kids that everything is OK. But it may be more comforting for kids to have their feelings discussed than just be told ?it's going to be fine?.

When parents try to hide their stress, can they still pass on these feelings to their children? Sara Waters at Washington State University has been measuring the extent to which children `catch?? their parents' stress during interaction. The more out of control parents feel - and during a global pandemic that feeling is likely exacerbated- the stronger they have an impulse to reassure their kids that everything is OK. But it may be more comforting for kids to have their feelings discussed than just be told `it's going to be fine??.

Spatial navigation, aphantasia: people with no mind's eye and a musical about depression

Claudia talks to Catherine Loveday about her new research trying to find out why some people have difficulty navigating and what strategies might help. Madeleine Finlay reports from the 'Extreme Imagination' conference at Exeter University about people with aphantasia who have no mind's eye - who can't visualise friends, family, objects or anything. She meets people with the condition and the researchers trying to understand it. And the musical all about depression, 'A Super happy story about feeling Super sad'. How to make the experience of depression into an uplifting musical. Catherine Loveday tells Claudia about new research looking into why people with depression seek out sad music and explains that, contrary to the idea that it maintains low mood, people with depression find it calming and even empathetic.

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19 Sep 1995 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)

24 Sep 1995 22:15-22:45 (RADIO 4)

Contributors

Anthony Clare

Kathleen Griffin (int)

Paul Kobrak (Producer)

Cary Cooper (Speaker)

Melanie Lilley (Speaker)

Wanda Nash (Speaker)

Fiona Jones (psychologist (spkr)) (Speaker)

Robert Sharpe (psychologist (spkr)) (Speaker)

James Watson (psychiatrist (spkr)) (Speaker)

Recorded on 1995-09-14.

Producer: P. KOBRAK

Ex junior doctor Adam Kay and Professor Gail Kinman look at work stress and how to cope.

Stress at work. Junior doctor turned author and stand up Adam Kay's diary of his time of working in the NHS struck at chord and sold over a million copies in the UK.

Together with presenter Claudia Hammond and an audience they will look at what stress is, how people get burnt out as well as how to spot the warning signs. What can individuals do to protect themselves and what are the responsibilities of the organisations they work for.

But if someone is part of the gig economy, on a zero hours contract, juggling several jobs or a digital nomad, how can they look after their mental health?

Adam Kay ex junior doctor and Professor Gail Kinman look at work stress and how to cope.

Stress at work. Adam Kay, an ex junior doctor turned author and stand up performer, published the diary of his time of working in the NHS. It struck a chord and sold over a million copies in the UK. It's a story of working under duress, long hours and limited resources which many people can identify with and he delivered over 1200 babies in those circumstances. Gail Kinman is Professor of Occupational Health Psychology at the University of Bedfordshire. Gail's worked with doctors, nurses, prison officers and social workers. Together with presenter Claudia Hammond and an audience they look at what stress is, how people burn out as well as how to spot the warning signs. What can individuals do to protect themselves and what are the responsibilities of the organisations they work for?

But if someone is part of the gig economy, on a zero hours contract, juggling several jobs or a digital nomad - how can they look after their mental health?

For many, working with animals is a dream job and every year thousands of students compete to get into vet school. But whilst life as a vet isn't always easy, surprisingly the suicide rate amongst vets is four times greater than among medical doctors. This fact came to prominence in research back in 2004 and steps have been taken to address it. Yet the exact reasons are still unclear. Claudia hears from vet Richard Hillman and meets Rosie Allister, who's based at Edinburgh University researching the wellbeing of vets, and is the Chair of Vetlife Helpline.

There's been a lot of talk about the technology behind self-driving cars, but what about the psychology? As the first UK trials begin examining how other drivers, cyclists and pedestrians react to coming across a car that's driving itself, Claudia travels to the Transport Research Laboratory in Surrey, to meet its Chief Scientist, Dr Alan Stevens, to discuss the behaviour psychologists and car manufacturers need to understand before autonomous vehicles hit the road.

Our latest finalist in this year's All in the Mind Awards is a boss called Blair with an unusual relationship with her employee, Steven. She doesn't just pay him and supervise him. She has supported him through some of the hardest times in his life.

Series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

Claudia Hammond presents the series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

Could you be one on the 2.5% of the population psychologists have dubbed 'supertaskers'. These are people who are able to deal with a multitude of different tasks all at the same time? Now a team in Australia has put together an online test so that you can find out for yourself.

We've had a lot of response to our discussion on education and exam stress. Claudia Hammond looks at a radical system designed to end exam stress forever, by doing away with exams and using artificial intelligence to carry out much more nuanced assessments. The research is being done at the University College London Knowledge Lab, and Claudia went along to see how it all works.

And a strong bond between mother and daughter is at the heart of our latest interview with a finalist in the All in the Mind awards. We hear from the daughter who has nominated her mother for an award. Ellie, who's 20, explains why she thinks her mother should get an award for the support she's given her since her diagnosis with depression, psychosis and a personality disorder at the age of 14.

We've had a lot of response to our discussion on education and exam stress. Claudia Hammond looks at a radical system designed to end exam stress forever - by doing away with exams and using artificial intelligence to carry out much more nuanced assessments. The research is being done at the University College London Knowledge Lab, and Claudia went along to see how it all works.

Studio guest Mathijs Lucassen of the Open University discusses his latest research on LGBT teenagers and mental health.

Plus, most people are used to the idea that as we get older there is a diminishing of our abilities, but Professor Roger Kreutz of Memphis University in his book `Changing Minds` demonstrates that language is one skill that can just get better. And with the aim of improving brain health Dr Alastair Noyce and colleagues recently launched a European report which says `Time Matters`.

How art challenges mental health stereotypes plus what happens to language as we age

The National Gallery is launching a new tour with the help of young people from the McPinn Foundation challenging stereotypes in mental health. The tour focuses on works of art which confront commonly held myths. Claudia meets Lucy who was diagnosed with anorexia at 13 and Helen Fisher from the Institute of Psychiatry , Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, Kings College, to see their favourite exhibits including ?An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump? by Joseph Wright 'of Derby' and ?The Vision of the Blessed Gabriele? by Carlo Crivelli. A magnificent domed room which hosted daily piano concerts during the Second World War and survived the bombing demonstrates the resilience often felt by people recovering from mental ill health. The tour is available for free until 10th April 2020 via smartphones. (tiny.cc/ngmentalhealth)

Plus, most people are used to the idea that as we get older there is a diminishing of our abilities, but Professor Roger Kreutz of Memphis University in his book ?Changing Minds? demonstrates that language is one skill that can just get better. And with the aim of improving brain health Dr Alastair Noyce and colleagues recently launched a European report which says ?Time Matters?.

The National Gallery is launching a new tour with the help of young people from the McPinn Foundation challenging stereotypes in mental health. The tour focuses on works of art which confront commonly held myths. Claudia meets Lucy who was diagnosed with anorexia at 13 and Helen Fisher from the Institute of Psychiatry , Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, Kings College, to see their favourite exhibits including `An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump?? by Joseph Wright 'of Derby' and `The Vision of the Blessed Gabriele?? by Carlo Crivelli. A magnificent domed room which hosted daily piano concerts during the Second World War and survived the bombing demonstrates the resilience often felt by people recovering from mental ill health. The tour is available for free until 10th April 2020 via smartphones. (tiny.cc/ngmentalhealth)

Plus, most people are used to the idea that as we get older there is a diminishing of our abilities, but Professor Roger Kreutz of Memphis University in his book `Changing Minds?? demonstrates that language is one skill that can just get better. And with the aim of improving brain health Dr Alastair Noyce and colleagues recently launched a European report which says `Time Matters??.

Pride is one of the seven deadly sins, and we all know it comes before a fall. But in her new book Take Pride, Jess Tracy, Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, argues that pride is the glue that holds societies together and that it can explain much of human success.

How often do you use words like mad, crazy and schizophrenic in every day conversation? What impact does this have on people with mental health problems? To discuss this we brought together Niall Boyce, the Editor of the Lancet Psychiatry, linguist Dr Zsofia Demjen, and Clive Buckenham, an ambassador for Time to Change.

There's plenty of evidence to suggest that exercise is good for our mental health. And there's an increasing interest in the idea of green exercise, the idea that exercising outdoors might be even better. Bur why is this? Claudia Hammond takes a bike ride with Dr Mike Rogerson who researches how exercising in different environments can influence psychological well-being.

There's plenty of evidence to suggest that exercise is good for our mental health. And there's an increasing interest in the idea of green exercise - the idea that exercising outdoors might be even better. Bur why is this? Claudia Hammond takes a bike ride with Dr Mike Rogerson who researches how exercising in different environments can influence psychological well-being.

Being shot by a taser hurts, but evidence says it could also affect thinking and memory.

Four people are tasered every day in the UK and a man who's been at the receiving end describes how much it hurts. But new evidence suggests it could also affect thinking and memory. Professor Rob Kane from Drexel University in the US tasered students and then measured their ability to recall facts in the hours after being tasered. He found serious deficits: the tasered group mirrored the ability of a 78 year old man with mild cognitive impairment, with some of the taser victims performing so poorly in cognitive tests that they could be diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Claudia Hammond asks what implications these new findings have for the timing of police interviews after somebody has been tasered.

Claire experienced amnesia after she had viral encephalitis and she has lost memory of most of her life. Her experience, along with the lesion or abnormality she had in her brain, has inspired an exhibition called Lesions in the Landscape, a collaboration with artist Shona Illingworth at The Gallery in Southwark Park, London. Claudia visits the exhibition, meets Claire and Shona and hears from Catherine Loveday, Principal Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster about the way this artistic collaboration has cast light on the nature and meaning of memory and memory loss.

There's been a lot of comment about the mental health of the US Presidential hopeful, Donald Trump, with much armchair speculation about the various psychiatric disorders he might be suffering from and why these should rule him out from high office. But Dr Margaret McCartney tells Claudia why the trend to #diagnosetrump is unacceptable and stigmatising for mental health issues.

And finally Dr Catherine Loveday tells Claudia about more evidence that walking makes you feel good. The mere act of putting one foot in front of the other for a few minutes seems to improve our mood, wherever we do it.

Should you disclose if you have any mental health problems to your employer? Listeners give their opinion and Seaneen Molloy, author of the Secret Life of a Manic depressive talks about her experiences of going back to work.

The Royal Society publishes its latest Brain Waves report on Neuroscience and the Law. Claudia explores what the latest developments in neuroscience could mean for the legal process and asks what kind of new brain based information might be submissible as evidence in court? What are the ethical and legal issues raised by the possibility of predicting criminal behaviour? Could sentencing and probation decisions be influenced by a better knowledge of the brain basis for certain kinds of behaviours? Professor of psychology, Nick Mackintosh and Joanna Glynn, QC discuss what this means for our understanding of decision-making, notions of free will and responsibility and the law.

Producer: Pam Rutherford.

Taxi drivers' brains; disclosing mental health problems at work; neuroscience and the law.

Claudia Hammond explores the implications from the latest developments in neuroscience for the legal process and asks what kind of new brain based information might be submissible as evidence in court? Claudia will explore the ethical issues raised by the possibility of predicting criminal behaviour and asks what our rapidly increased understanding of how the brain works will mean for how we understand decision-making, free will, and systems of punishment.

How the latest developments in understanding of the brain affect law and evidence in court

As evidence accumulates that mental health problems are on the rise amongst adolescents, are services keeping up? Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of experts to discuss teenage mental health.

Professor Shirley Reynolds, Dr Dickon Bevington, Kimberley Robinson and Sarah Hulyer discuss the pressures teenagers face and how the mental health of our adolescents is changing. They also offer thoughts on how services could be reshaped to cope with this changing demand and what parents can do to help their teenagers.

Our sense of reward motivates us and is essential for survival, influencing the hundreds of decisions we make every day about what feels good and what doesn't. Claudia Hammond meets Ray Dolan, Wolfram Schultz and Peter Dayan, winners of this year's Brain Prize, in front of an audience at London's Royal Institution, to discuss their ground-breaking work on how the brain recognises and processes reward.

The trio's discoveries have revolutionised our understanding in how our brain's reward system can motivate us, give us the best chance in life and influence the way we learn. So when the system malfunctions, it can lead to big problems such as obesity, gambling and addiction. But as understanding of this brain system continues to be unravelled Claudia Hammond hears why this happens and what can be done to control it.



The trio's discoveries have revolutionised our understanding in how our brain's reward system can motivate us, give us the best chance in life and influence the way we learn. So when the system malfunctions, it can lead to big problems such as obesity, gambling and addiction. But as understanding of this brain system continues to be unravelled Claudia Hammond hears why this happens and what can be done to control it.

Our sense of reward motivates us and is essential for survival - influencing the hundreds of decisions we make every day about what feels good and what doesn't. Claudia Hammond meets Ray Dolan, Wolfram Schultz and Peter Dayan, winners of this year's Brain Prize, in front of an audience at London's Royal Institution, to discuss their ground-breaking work on how the brain recognises and processes reward.

Series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

Claudia Hammond presents the series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

The impact of gut bacteria on our cardiovascular system and metabolism has been well-researched. But how about the effect on our minds? Scientists are examining the possibility that these bacteria might influence our moods. John Cryan, who's Professor of Anatomy and Neuroscience at University College Cork, has just published a review of the current state of the field in the journal Genome Medicine. So could we see a day when certain gut bacteria are used in the treatment of depression and anxiety? We brought together John Cryan with Phil Burnett, who's a neuroscientist working with psychiatrists at the University of Oxford.

Is the murder rate rising? Think you know what proportion of the population are immigrants or how many people voted in the last election? Ipsos Mori Social Research Institute has been conducting worldwide research to explore how accurate people's perceptions are about the reality of what's happening in their country. They've found we're not terribly good it. Their Global Director Bobby Duffy came into the All in the Mind studio to discuss what's going wrong with our thinking.

And we've the latest on the nine finalists in the All in the Mind Awards, the Depressed Cake Shop where the cakes are grey on the outside and bright on the inside, and they're getting people talking about depression in a very unique way.

Presented by Claudia Hammond.

And we've the latest on the nine finalists in the All in the Mind Awards - the Depressed Cake Shop where the cakes are grey on the outside and bright on the inside, and they're getting people talking about depression in a very unique way.

We are all guilty of making instant unconscious decisions about other people. Could a greater awareness and a practical approach help to overcome this common hurdle at work?

Claudia Hammond hosts a special edition recorded live in front of an audience at the Royal Institution in London to discuss something that happens to all of us, when our minds make snap judgments about other people without us even realising it. It's known as unconscious bias, it doesn't mean bias in any deliberate way. The whole point is that we don't even know it's happening. How does it play out in real life?

Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of experts to discuss what effect the bias in our decision making has on the lives of each and every one of us and what we can do about it

Taking part are business psychologist Binna Kandola; Jessica Rowson, from the Institute of Physics who's been examining why more girls don't choose to study physics at school; Emma Chapman, a Royal Astronomical Society fellow; and Louise Archer, Professor of Sociology of Education at King's College London.

The everyday results of unconscious bias.



Taking part are business psychologist Binna Kandola; Jessica Rowson, from the Institute of Physics who's been examining why more girls don't choose to study physics at school; Emma Chapman, a Royal Astronomical Society fellow; and Louise Archer, Professor of Sociology of Education at King's College London.

Claudia Hammond hosts a special edition recorded live in front of an audience at the Royal Institution in London to discuss something that happens to all of us - when our minds make snap judgments about other people without us even realising it. It's known as unconscious bias - it doesn't mean bias in any deliberate way. The whole point is that we don't even know it's happening. How does it play out in real life?

Children in the UK have written letters to Father Christmas since Victorian times and Dr Sian Pooley at the University of Oxford shows how they reveal the history of play.

LEGO Professor of Play Paul Ramchandani at the University of Cambridge researches the developmental benefits for children and looks at how fathers play with their children.

And how do you get children off the computer and playing outside? Helen Dodd, Professor of Child Psychology at Reading Univesity, and Dr Pete Etchells, Reader in Psychology and Science Communication at Bath Spa University, look at the evidence and ask if a balance can be achieved.

Letters to Santa, why play matters, balancing time between video games and outside play.

~All In The Mind: The Loneliness Experiment launches the world's largest ever survey of its kind on loneliness.

Britain is the 'loneliness capital of Europe' according to the Office for National Statistics. Loneliness is likely to affect all of us at some point in our lives and is not only distressing, but is implicated in health problems such as an increased risk of heart disease.

For some people loneliness occurs because of a change in circumstances such as after bereavement, becoming unemployed or starting university. And while some tend to adapt to their new lives and the feeling of loneliness fades others are less able to shake off their pain.

The Loneliness Experiment, devised by Professor Pamela Qualter and colleagues, aims to look at causes and possible solutions to loneliness. And we want as many people as possible to fill in our survey, even if they've never felt lonely, because we want to know what stops people feeling lonely, so that more of us can feel connected. To launch the Experiment Claudia Hammond is joined by Olivia Laing, author of Lonely City, and psychology professor, Pamela Qualter, an expert in loneliness in young people.

Building on the success of 2016's Rest Test, which was the largest global survey on rest, Radio 4 will explore the topic of loneliness in a further collaboration with the Wellcome Collection.

Britain is the loneliness capital of Europe according to the Office for National Statistics. Loneliness is likely to affect all of us at some point in our lives and is not only distressing, but is implicated in health problems such as an increased risk of heart disease.



Building on the success of 2016's Rest Test, which was the largest global survey on rest, Radio 4 will explore the topic of loneliness in a further collaboration with the Wellcome Collection.

Cognitive behavioural therapy is one of the most effective treatments for depression but it only works for 45% of patients, so success is not guaranteed. Claudia hears from Filippo Queirazza of Glasgow University who's been using brain imaging techniques to predict an individual's likely success with the therapy. This could dramatically increase the odds of correct treatment for a patient.

Talking to strangers is something many feel anxious about or reluctant to do but could it be good for your state of mind? Social psychologist Gillian Sandstrom of Essex University discusses her latest research: seemingly inconsequential conversations with strangers can have a surprisingly beneficial effect on mood and well being.

Producer: Adrian Washbourne

The need for possessions, predicting effective use of CBT and talking to strangers.

Based in the Cabinet Office and led by psychologist, David Halpern, this small team is chewing over ways to persuade us to make the 'right' decisions about the way we live using a nudge, rather than a regulatory shove - but will it work ?

Claudia Hammond talks to the Behavioural Insights Team about where they believe they can really make a difference and finds out whether the psychological research to date, justifies the belief that major policy challenges like the economy and public health, can be tackled using behavioural science.

And Claudia hears from the critics, sceptical that evidence of individual behaviour change can be extrapolated to whole populations when it comes to the most serious problems in our society.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Can we be 'nudged' into good behaviour? We report on the UK's Behavioural Insights Team.

Nudge' was the best-selling book that David Cameron famously ordered his shadow cabinet to read over their summer holidays. The previous Labour government had already shown some interest in the new science of behavioural economics, but as Prime Minister, Cameron put the ideas of University of Chicago behavioural economist, David Thaler, at the heart of his government, and set up the world's first Behavioural Insight Team, or 'Nudge Unit'.

Based in the Cabinet Office and led by psychologist, David Halpern, this small team is chewing over ways to persuade us to make the 'right' decisions about the way we live using a nudge, rather than a regulatory shove, but will it work ?

Claudia Hammond talks to the Behavioural Insight Team about where they believe they can really make a difference and finds out whether the psychological research to date, justifies the belief that major policy challenges like crime, obesity and environmental sustainability, can be tackled using behavioural science.

Can we be 'nudged' into good behaviour? We report on the UK's Behavioural Insight Team.

'Nudge' was the best-selling book that David Cameron famously ordered his shadow cabinet to read over their summer holidays. The previous Labour government had already shown some interest in the new science of behavioural economics, but as Prime Minister, Cameron put the ideas of University of Chicago behavioural economist, David Thaler, at the heart of his government, and set up the world's first Behavioural Insight Team, or 'Nudge Unit'.'

In this episode of All in the Mind, we’re at the 2024 Northern Ireland Science Festival where we’re discussing the psychology of hope.

With a live audience in Belfast’s Metropolitan Arts Centre, Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of experts well-versed in the topic of hope: Dr Karen Kirby, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Ulster; Dr Kevin Mitchell, associate professor of genetics and neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin; and author Sinéad Moriarty.

We take a look at the role of hope in medical scenarios, if we can learn to be hopeful, and how we can hold onto hope in the modern world. And we take questions from our audience – including whether or not we should all just lower our expectations.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producers: Lucy Taylor and Sophie Ormiston
Audio supervisors: Andrew Saunderson and Bill Maul
Production coordinator: Siobhan Maguire
Editor: Holly Squire

We\u2019re at the Northern Ireland Science Festival, exploring the psychology of hope.

The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.

In this episode of All in the Mind, we’re at the 2024 Northern Ireland Science Festival where we’re discussing the psychology of hope.

With a live audience in Belfast’s Metropolitan Arts Centre, Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of experts well-versed in the topic of hope: Dr Karen Kirby, senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Ulster; Dr Kevin Mitchell, associate professor of genetics and neuroscience at Trinity College Dublin; and author Sinéad Moriarty.

We take a look at the role of hope in medical scenarios, if we can learn to be hopeful, and how we can hold onto hope in the modern world. And we take questions from our audience – including whether or not we should all just lower our expectations.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producers: Lucy Taylor and Sophie Ormiston
Audio supervisors: Andrew Saunderson and Bill Maul
Production coordinator: Siobhan Maguire
Editor: Holly Squire

We\u2019re at the Northern Ireland Science Festival, exploring the psychology of hope.

The show with the latest evidence on psychology, mental health and neuroscience.

The Rest Test. What exactly is rest, are you getting enough and what's the best way to do it? A global investigation of rest needs your help to find out. Claudia Hammond talks to Dr Felicity Callard about why she wants to find out about the nation's resting habits. Arson costs the UK economy around £45 million every week. So why do people start fires and what can be done to change their behaviour? Professor Theresa Gannon discusses her research into the unique psychology of people who set fires and why her findings have helped her to develop a new treatment programme. Claudia also talks to Dr Lisa Cameron, the first clinical psychologist to become an MP. She talks about her plans for changing mental health and her psychological insights into the machinations of politics in the House.

The Rest Test. What exactly is rest, and can listeners help scientists find out?

Mental Health - Time for a Laugh?

We all like a good laugh and there's plenty of evidence that it makes us feel better. But if somebody asked you to a night of comedy and sketches around mental health - if you were honest would your heart sink? Can mental illness ever be funny? Can we poke fun at the absurdities of serious conditions such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or even - suicide? Or does a serious message automatically consign it to the unfunny bin? Claudia goes to see Cracking Up, a show that tackles the stigma around mental illness head on. She talks to the show's compere and writer, John Ryan, and the creator, health psychologist, Maya Twardzicki, about whether mental health can ever be funny.

Disclosing your mental health history when you apply for a job:

There's a lot of confusion about whether you should, or shouldn't reveal to a potential employer your history of mental illness. Employers too, aren't clear about what questions they can ask and when. Claudia asks the experts what the legal situation actually is. Ben Willmott, head of Public Policy for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and Emma Mamo who oversees employment work for the mental health charity, MIND, answer listeners' questions on the subject.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

The results from a scientific study of UK stress levels: how stressed are we as a nation?

Claudia Hammond reports on the results of the BBC's scientific study into the UK's stress levels. The BBC Stress test was launched in June and the results have just been revealed. How anxious and depressed are we and what does this huge psychology experiment tell us about the causes of all kinds of mental ill health. Peter Kinderman, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Liverpool, reveals the results of the first experiment of this size and asks what it can tell us about our mental well being and what coping mechanisms we can use to be more resilient to stress.

Producer: Pam Rutherford.

How stressed are we as a nation? Results from a scientific study of the UK's stress levels

The BBC Stress test was launched in June with BBC Lab UK, with the aim of answering one of the big questions in mental health, what is the cause of mental illness ? More than 32,000 Radio 4 listeners took part, making this one of the largest studies of its kind in the world. The early results are in and Peter Kinderman, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Liverpool, tells Claudia Hammond what the findings reveal about the origins of mental health problems and the most effective coping strategies.

Mental Health, Time for a Laugh?

We all like a good laugh and there's plenty of evidence that it makes us feel better. But if somebody asked you to a night of comedy and sketches around mental health, if you were honest would your heart sink? Can mental illness ever be funny? Can we poke fun at the absurdities of serious conditions such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder or even, suicide? Or does a serious message automatically consign it to the unfunny bin? Claudia goes to see Cracking Up, a show that tackles the stigma around mental illness head on. She talks to the show's compere and writer, John Ryan, and the creator, health psychologist, Maya Twardzicki, about whether mental health can ever be funny.

Claudia Hammond presents a series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

Claudia Hammond is in Sydney, Australia, with a live studio audience at the BBC's World Changing Ideas Summit finding out what is so special about the human mind. Are we the only creatures who can mentally time travel, deciding at will to look back nostalgically at a past event or to look forward, imagining something we've never done before? But the brilliance of the human mind brings its own problems too, a dread of the future or rumination about the past so strong, that a person develops depression. Claudia Hammond's guests are Thomas Suddendorf Professor of child cognition at the University of Queensland and Professor Helen Christensen Chief Scientist at Black Dog Institute, and they discuss whether new technology might hold some solutions for us.

Claudia Hammond is in Sydney, Australia, with a live studio audience at the BBC's World Changing Ideas Summit finding out what is so special about the human mind. Are we the only creatures who can mentally time travel - deciding at will to look back nostalgically at a past event or to look forward, imagining something we've never done before? But the brilliance of the human mind brings its own problems too, a dread of the future or rumination about the past so strong, that a person develops depression. Claudia Hammond's guests are Thomas Suddendorf Professor of child cognition at the University of Queensland and Professor Helen Christensen Chief Scientist at Black Dog Institute, and they discuss whether new technology might hold some solutions for us.

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While atrocities in Bosnia continue to shock, Professor Anthony Clare delves into the minds of torturers.

Sadistic monsters? Or can a violent world bring out the beast in us all? Producer Bruce Whitney Low Repeated Sunday 10.15pm

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Transient global amnesia is a sudden, temporary episode of memory loss that can't be attributed to a more common neurological condition, such as epilepsy or a stroke. Following a letter from a listener who suffered an episode of this curious condition we were intrigued to find out how it is triggered and what's really occurring in the brain. Claudia Hammond spoke with Adam Zeman, Professor of Cognitive and Behavioural Neurology at Exeter University.

Is the enthusiasm for mindfulness in schools running ahead of the evidence? The skill of learning to become aware of what's going on around you and in your body and mind at a given moment has been shown to benefit people who've had recurrent episodes of depression. An increasing number of schools are holding mindfulness classes. But when it comes to the research on its benefits in school, the results are mixed. Andre Tomlin started the blog Mental Elf which examines the evidence when it comes to mental health so we got him into the All in the Mind studio to help us examine what difference mindfulness does and doesn't make in school.

The latest Insiders Guide to getting the best out of mental health services asks: how do you tell your friends and family that you are having difficulties with your mental health if this is something you've never broached with them before? We hear from Stephen Buckley, Head of Information at Mind, Lisa Rodriguez who has had mental health issues herself and has long experience of managing mental health services, psychiatrist Sri Kalidindi and GP Daniel Dietch.

Autism spectrum disorder is a lifelong condition which can affect how a child or adult communicates with and relates to other people. Scientists are still trying to understand the causes and why symptoms can range from the mild to the severe. The Somali language doesn't have a word for autism, so when Nura Aabe's son Zak was diagnosed with autism at the age of two and a half she was at a loss to explain the diagnosis to others in the Somali community in the UK. As she explains to Claudia Hammond she was inspired by her experience to write a play called Yusuf Can't Talk

Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

Transient amnesia; mindfulness in schools; Insiders' Guide; autism in Somali culture.

Claudia Hammond explores the worlds of psychology, neuroscience and mental health.



Producer: Adrian Washbourne.

Trigger warnings, Myths about Van Gogh's mental health, Multi-tasking

Universities globally are increasingly being asked by students for trigger warnings on course material that could cause distress and the universities are responding. But what is the evidence they work? All in the Mind talks to Mevagh Sanson, one of the psychologists who has done the first empirical research to find out. The conclusion is - they don't. She talks to Claudia about the research and its implications. Also, there are many myths about Vincent van Gogh and his mental health. His creative genius has been linked to his struggles with his mental health but as curator at Tate Britain, Carol Jacobi explains he only experienced episodes of mental illness in the last 18 months of his life and far from being a symptom of his illness, he painted in order to stay well. Claudia and Carol discuss why some of the myths about Vincent Van Gogh, his incredible genius and his mental health still persist today. Mathijs Lucassen from the Open University joins Claudia to discuss the government's select committee enquiry into reality TV.

'NEWIn the first of the new series, Professor Anthony Clare looks at out-of-body experiences.'

Today, the first of three features on how well the community cares for those with mental illness.

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Dr Raj Persaud looks at schizophrenia, a condition which will affect one in 100 people during their lifetime, and hears from sufferers, their families and those who treat them, debunking the myths along the way. Producer Marya Burgess. Phone the BBC Action Line [number removed]

Dr Raj Persaud looks at schizophrenia, a condition which will affect one in 100 people during their lifetime, and hears from sufferers, their families and those who treat them, debunking the myths along the way. Producer Marya Burgess. Phone the BBC Action Line [number removed].

1: Is it possible to change one's personality? As researchers coin the term 'false-hope syndrome' this programme debates whetherthe self-improvement industry is built on myth or if fundamental change is possible. Producer Marya Burgess Dr Mark Porter on the self-improvement industry: page 35

1: Is it possible to change one's personality? As researchers coin the term false-hope syndrome this programme debates whetherthe self-improvement industry is built on myth or if fundamental change is possible. Producer Marya Burgess Dr Mark Porter on the self-improvement industry: page 35

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With Claudia Hammond

New series1/5. The series returns to examine everyday psychological challenges and to delve deeper into how our brains work. Presenter Claudia Hammond sets out on a journey to find out if it is all in the mind. Producer Helen Sharp Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm FM

1/5. Presenter Claudia Hammond examines everyday psychological challenges and delves deeper into how our brains work in a bid to find out if it is all in the mind. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

New series1/5. The series returns to examine everyday psychological challenges and to delve deeper into how our brains work. Presenter Claudia Hammond sets out on a journey to find out if it is 'all in the mind'. Producer Helen Sharp Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm FM

1/5. Presenter Claudia Hammond examines everyday psychological challenges and delves deeper into how our brains work in a bid to find out if it is 'all in the mind'. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Reality TV is a hugely popular sector of the broadcasting industry, but what is the emotional impact on children after the cameras have gone and their families' lives have been exposed to millions of people?

Claudia Hammond hears from children who have been greatly troubled by the way they were portrayed, and investigates the ethics and the impact of involving young people in reality TV.

'1/6. Reality TV is hugely popular, but what happens after the cameras have gone? Claudia Hammond hears from children who have been troubled by the way they were portrayed and looks at the ethics and the impact of involving young people in reality TV. Repeated from yesterday'

In the first of a new series, presenter CLAUDIA HAMMOND reports on the latest developments in neuroscience, mental health and psychology.

Anna Freud was the daughter of SIGMUND FREUD who pioneered child psychotherapy. She set up the Hampstead War nurseries during the Second World War, which became the Anna Freud Centre after her death in 1982. The Centre is now celebrating its 60th anniversary and Claudia investigates how it has changed and asks what the eponymous founder would think of its many new projects, including neuroscience and teenage brains.

Anna Freud was the daughter of Sigmund Freud who pioneered child psychotherapy. She set up the Hampstead War nurseries during the Second World War, which became the Anna Freud Centre after her death in 1982. The Centre is now celebrating its 60th anniversary and Claudia investigates how it has changed and asks what the founder would think of its many new projects, including neuroscience and teenage brains.

Claudia talks to the new Minister with responsibility for mental health, Norman Lamb.

And Rebecca Shaumberg explains why she thinks guilt is a positive characteristic in a leader.

Claudia Hammond asks whether the use of physical restraint in mental health services should be eliminated. She's joined by Jimmy Noak, director of nursing at Broadmoor Hospital, and by service user consultant, Jane McGrath, to find out what restraint involves, when it's used, when it goes wrong and why some people even ask for restraint for themselves when they are in crisis.

Also Claudia talks to Sophie Forster from Sussex University about her research into mind wandering and asks whether mind wanderers are less happy than others. And what are the challenges of starting a new business when you have a serious mental health problem? Claudia talks to one listener about her journey to self employment.

Should restraint in mental health hospitals be eliminated? Are mind wanderers less happy?

A new therapy to help with memory and concentration in bipolar disorder.

People living with bipolar disorder can experience episodes of depression and mania which last for weeks - and following these episodes many say they have cognitive deficits - difficulties with memory, concentrating and doing even simple tasks. Rosie Phillips who has bipolar and works as a Peer Support Services Manager for the charity Bipolar UK experienced such difficulties after an episode of mania. She describes the impact as like going head-first through a car windscreen, needing a long period of recovery. Professor Allan Young of Kings College, London, wants to see if a treatment called Cognitive Remediation Therapy can help. Originally used to improve the thinking skills of people with schizophrenia, the therapy involves working with a therapist on a computer for 3 months. Although the work has been affected by lockdown so far the results look promising.

Getting up early comes naturally to some people who are like larks whereas their late-night counterparts, the owls thrive on staying up late. New research carried out at Brunel University has revealed that the grey matter in one area of the brain called the precuneus is larger in owls than larks. But it's not such good news for owls. Previous studies have already shown that lower volumes of grey matter in this region are associated with how empathetic and pro-social someone is, traits which are associated with being an early riser.

When you use certain apps on your phone or computer a tell-tale blue or green dot or tick lets people know if you are online. But do you want everyone to know when you are available? New research suggests that many people don't realise just how much information that online status indicators reveal to other people.

People living with bipolar disorder can experience episodes of depression and mania which last for weeks, and following these episodes many say they have cognitive deficits, difficulties with memory, concentrating and doing even simple tasks. Rosie Phillips who has bipolar and works as a Peer Support Services Manager for the charity Bipolar UK experienced such difficulties after an episode of mania. She describes the impact as like going head-first through a car windscreen, needing a long period of recovery. Professor Allan Young of Kings College, London, wants to see if a treatment called Cognitive Remediation Therapy can help. Originally used to improve the thinking skills of people with schizophrenia, the therapy involves working with a therapist on a computer for 3 months. Although the work has been affected by lockdown so far the results look promising.

The first ever edition of All in the Mind was broadcast in October 1988. For its 25th anniversary, Claudia Hammond is joined by community psychiatrist, Graham Thornicroft, Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind and by the artist, Bobby Baker to look back at archive editions of the programme and explore how attitudes to mental health have changed in the last 25 years. Have campaigns to raise awareness of mental health been successful and how far is there still to go? More and more public figures are talking about their own experience of mental illness. Even last year MPs made history by opening up to the House of Commons about their own mental health problems. How much do these kinds of conversations help change attitudes?

The first ever edition of All in the Mind was broadcast in October 1988. For its 25th anniversary, Claudia Hammond and guests look back at archive editions of the programme to explore how attitudes to mental health have changed over the last 25 years. Have campaigns to raise awareness of mental health been successful and how far is there still to go? How much does public figures talking about their own experience of mental illness help change attitudes?

'The first ever edition of All in the Mind was broadcast in October 1988. For its 25th anniversary, Claudia Hammond and guests look back at archive editions of the programme to explore how attitudes to mental health have changed over the last 25 years. Have campaigns to raise awareness of mental health been successful and how far is there still to go? How much does public figures talking about their own experience of mental illness help change attitudes?'

'The first ever edition of All in the Mind was broadcast in October 1988. For its 25th anniversary, Claudia Hammond is joined by community psychiatrist, Graham Thornicroft, Paul Farmer, chief executive of Mind and by the artist, Bobby Baker to look back at archive editions of the programme and explore how attitudes to mental health have changed in the last 25 years. Have campaigns to raise awareness of mental health been successful and how far is there still to go? More and more public figures are talking about their own experience of mental illness. Even last year MPs made history by opening up to the House of Commons about their own mental health problems. How much do these kinds of conversations help change attitudes?'

Doomsday Prophets and the Nature of Belief

How do you cope with believing you are very right, but finding out you that were very wrong ? Neuroscientist Dr Kris de Meyer from King's College, London, spent six weeks interviewing followers of evangelical Christian broadcaster, Harold Camping, as they waited for May 21st, 2011, the date the earth was supposed to end. The resulting film explores the psychology of belief and tracks the mental gymnastics that individuals resort to when their fundamental beliefs are so publicly shattered.

News Consumption and Mental Wellbeing

Is bad news bad for your mental health ? Rolf Dobelli, author of The Art of Thinking, believes so, and he's given up on the habit. Rolf and Dr Pam Ramsden, from the University of Bolton, discuss with Claudia Hammond what we know about news consumption and mental wellbeing.

Psychology Research With Dr Christian Jarrett

Why women give better speeches if there's a picture of Hilary Clinton, or even Angela Merkel, behind them. Dr Christian Jarrett, Editor of the British Psychological Society's Research Digest, reviews the latest intriguing and important studies from psychology and neuroscience, including evidence that fighters should resist the urge to smile in their pre-match press conferences...apparently those who grin, do not win !

Presenter: Claudia Hammond

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Doomsday prophets and belief, news consumption and wellbeing, plus Christian Jarrett.

Non-Disclosure Agreements can be used to prevent employees discussing allegations of misbehaviour in the workplace with friends, family and even a therapist. But what is the impact of this silence? Claudia Hammond talks to psychologist Nina Burrowes about the effect of not talking about abusive behaviour and Zelda Perkins shares her experience of signing an NDA and the impact it had on her mental health.

Leonardo da Vinci produced some masterpieces but historical accounts show he struggled to complete his works, did da Vinci have ADHD?

Claudia visits The Listening Place - a small charity that provides support for anyone who, for whatever reason feels that life is no longer worth living. Visitors are able to speak to the same trained volunteer for an hour every fortnight. Claudia talks to Jon who first visited the charity 18 months ago when he was in desperate need of support. She meets volunteer Lucy who supported Jon during his time at The Listening Place.

Also, new research that suggests that even those whose lives don't revolve around logic and numbers can have an appreciation for mathematical 'beauty'.

The studio guest is Professor Catherine Loveday from the University of Westminster.

Producer: Caroline Steel

The impact signing NDAs can have on mental health and The Listening Place

Non-Disclosure Agreements can be used to prevent employees discussing allegations of misbehaviour in the workplace with friends, family and even a therapist. But what is the impact of this silence? All in the Mind talks to psychologist Nina Burrowes about the effect of not talking about abusive behaviour and Zelda Perkins shares her experience of signing an NDA and the impact it had on her mental health. Also, Claudia visits The Listening Place - a small charity that provides support for anyone who, for whatever reason feels like life is no longer worth living. Visitors are able to speak to the same trained volunteer for an hour every fortnight. Claudia talks to Jon who first visited The Listening Place 18 months ago when he was in desperate need of support. Volunteer Lucy supported Jon during his time at The Listening Place, we hear about her experience.

Claudia visits The Listening Place ? a small charity that provides support for anyone who, for whatever reason feels that life is no longer worth living. Visitors are able to speak to the same trained volunteer for an hour every fortnight. Claudia talks to Jon who first visited the charity 18 months ago when he was in desperate need of support. She meets volunteer Lucy who supported Jon during his time at The Listening Place.

Also, new research that suggests that even those whose lives don't revolve around logic and numbers can have an appreciation for mathematical beauty.

Non-Disclosure Agreements can be used to prevent employees discussing allegations of misbehaviour in the workplace with friends, family and even a therapist. But what is the impact of this silence? All in the Mind talks to psychologist Nina Burrowes about the effect of not talking about abusive behaviour and Zelda Perkins shares her experience of signing an NDA and the impact it had on her mental health. Also, Claudia visits The Listening Place ? a small charity that provides support for anyone who, for whatever reason feels like life is no longer worth living. Visitors are able to speak to the same trained volunteer for an hour every fortnight. Claudia talks to Jon who first visited The Listening Place 18 months ago when he was in desperate need of support. Volunteer Lucy supported Jon during his time at The Listening Place, we hear about her experience.

Leonardo da Vinci produced some masterpieces but historical accounts show he struggled to complete his works - did da Vinci have ADHD?

She takes a virtual reality ride on the London Underground designed to test paranoid thoughts in the general population.

New series 1/8. Claudia Hammond takes a virtual reality ride on the London

Underground, designed to test paranoid thoughts in the general population.

Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

PARANOIA

Paranoia, the feeling that people are out to get you is often thought of as a symptom of serious mental health problems like schizophrenia, but new research conducted at the Institute of Psychiatry has found that paranoia might be far more common than previously thought. In new research published in the British Journal of Psychiatry Dr Daniel Freeman measured people's paranoia by putting them on a virtual reality underground train journey. Claudia went to the Institute of Psychiatry in London to test the virtual tube ride and to talk to Dr Daniel Freeman.

HEROES

The psychologist Philip Zimbardo is famous for the classic Stanford Prison Experiment when back in 1971he turned the university basement into a fake prison where the young men playing the guards soon started abusing the people they were told were their prisoners. He showed how much circumstances can distort individual personalities and how given complete control over others, anyone can act as a monster. Now he's turned his attention to promoting positive, even heroic behavior. Through research and education he's wants young people to believe they are all ` heroes in waiting`. Claudia went to meet Professor Zimbardo in San Francisco and hears from a real, home-grown hero, Andrew Antonio, whose act of heroism helped to save a woman's life.

MENTAL HEALTH ACT COMMISSION

Every year fifteen thousand people are detained in locked unit under the Mental Health Act. Once there they have very few powers and someone has to make sure that these psychiatric units are run properly. At the moment inspectors from the Mental Health Act Commission visit each unit every 18 months and talk to at least four patients there to check on what's really going on. But there are fears that this level of scrutiny won't survive the new Health and Social Care Bill. In the future a new body covering the whole of health care The Care Quality Commission will be responsible for checking on standards in psychiatric units. There are concerns that under the new regime the sorts of abuses that have been uncovered in the past in psychiatric units might not get picked up. Professor Chris Heginbotham who ran the Mental Health Act Commission for England and Wales for 8 years talks to Claudia about his fears.

Claudia Hammond takes a virtual reality ride designed to test paranoid thoughts.

The psychologist Philip Zimbardo is famous for the classic Stanford Prison Experiment when back in 1971he turned the university basement into a fake prison where the young men playing the guards soon started abusing the people they were told were their prisoners. He showed how much circumstances can distort individual personalities and how given complete control over others, anyone can act as a monster. Now he's turned his attention to promoting positive, even heroic behavior. Through research and education he's wants young people to believe they are all ` heroes in waiting??. Claudia went to meet Professor Zimbardo in San Francisco and hears from a real, home-grown hero, Andrew Antonio, whose act of heroism helped to save a woman's life.

The psychologist Philip Zimbardo is famous for the classic Stanford Prison Experiment when back in 1971he turned the university basement into a fake prison where the young men playing the guards soon started abusing the people they were told were their prisoners. He showed how much circumstances can distort individual personalities and how given complete control over others, anyone can act as a monster. Now he's turned his attention to promoting positive, even heroic behavior. Through research and education he's wants young people to believe they are all ? heroes in waiting?. Claudia went to meet Professor Zimbardo in San Francisco and hears from a real, home-grown hero, Andrew Antonio, whose act of heroism helped to save a woman's life.

Dr Raj Persaud presents the series exploring the limits and potential of the human mind and examining the arguments surrounding mental health.

1/5. Raj Persaud shares his interest in the fascinating way that decisions and choices are made in the human mind. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

PATIENT CASE HISTORIES

Carmen Callil is the author of Bad Faith, a book about the `Eichman of France`, Louis Darquier and about his daughter, Carmen's own psychiatrist, Anne Darquier. In her book, Carmen strongly criticises the late Dr Robert Hobson, a psychotherapist who wrote about the case history of his patient, Anne Darquier, in his book, Forms of Feeling. Although Dr Hobson changed Anne's name, Carmen contends that not only was the content of his case history unfair, he also failed to protect Anne's identity.

In a forthcoming book review in the British Journal of Psychiatry, Gerald Russell, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry from the Institute of Psychiatry, speaks in defence of his former colleague, Dr Hobson. He says that Carmen Callil is mistaken in accusing Dr Hobson of breaking rules and that her criticisms will make it harder for practitioners to publish case histories about their patients.

Professor Russell fears that since the 1995 British Journal of Psychiatry new guidelines, requiring that before patients' written case histories could be submitted for publication, written consent had to be obtained and key personal details changed so that they could not be identified, it has been virtually impossible to get case histories into the Journal.

To discuss the importance of writing about and publishing patient case histories, Professor Raj Persaud is joined by Professor Gerald Russell, Carmen Callil, Peter Tyrer, Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry and Dr Chris Mace, Chair of the Faculty of Psychotherapy of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

POLONIUM-210

In the midst of last November's radiation poisoning from Polonium-210 of the Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko, it was easy to forget that scores of people in the capital could also have been victims and that the potential for mass panic was present.

In the past week, one of the key agencies involved in managing this unique public health hazard, held a conference in London to examine the whole incident. Dr James Rubin reveals the findings of new research investigating the psychological reaction of the public, as well as those directly touched by the incident. He also talks about his latest follow-up study into the psychological impact of the July 7th 2005 terrorist bombings on Londoners.

Dr Raj Persaud debates the importance of publishing patient case histories.

Carmen Callil is the author of Bad Faith, a book about the `Eichman of France??, Louis Darquier and about his daughter, Carmen's own psychiatrist, Anne Darquier. In her book, Carmen strongly criticises the late Dr Robert Hobson, a psychotherapist who wrote about the case history of his patient, Anne Darquier, in his book, Forms of Feeling. Although Dr Hobson changed Anne's name, Carmen contends that not only was the content of his case history unfair, he also failed to protect Anne's identity.

Professor Russell fears that since the 1995 British Journal of Psychiatry new guidelines - requiring that before patients' written case histories could be submitted for publication, written consent had to be obtained and key personal details changed so that they could not be identified - it has been virtually impossible to get case histories into the Journal.

New series 1/5. Raj Persaud reveals the latest discoveries in the worlds of psychology and psychiatry - about how the brain works, what governs the choices we make and the way we behave. Producer Fiona Hill.

Carmen Callil is the author of Bad Faith, a book about the ?Eichman of France?, Louis Darquier and about his daughter, Carmen's own psychiatrist, Anne Darquier. In her book, Carmen strongly criticises the late Dr Robert Hobson, a psychotherapist who wrote about the case history of his patient, Anne Darquier, in his book, Forms of Feeling. Although Dr Hobson changed Anne's name, Carmen contends that not only was the content of his case history unfair, he also failed to protect Anne's identity.

'New series 1/5. Raj Persaud reveals the latest discoveries in the worlds of psychology and psychiatry - about how the brain works, what governs the choices we make and the way we behave. Producer Fiona Hill.'

Anthony Clare presents a new series of the magazine programme devoted to illuminating the workings of the mind, normal and abnormal, as reflected through events, books, films and plays.

And throughout the new series, the programme will feature a user's guide to emotions.

Producer Tony Phillips

BBC Programme Number: 92HA2001

First broadcast on 1992-04-14

Recorded on 1992-04-07

Producer: T. PHILLIPS

Next in series: 21 April 1992

Previous in series: 05 November 1991

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She talks to the new president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Prof Dinesh Bhugra, about the stigma suffered by those with mental distress, the new Mental Health Act and why he believes so many acute in-patient wards are not fit for purpose.

New series 1/8. Professor Dinesh Bhugra , the new president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, discusses the stigma suffered by those with mental illnesses, and assesses the quality of the country's in-patient wards. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

RACE

New research from the United States shows it's common for people to avoid the subject of race in a misguided attempt to show that they're not racist.

The researchers used a version of the game Guess Who? and found that white people avoided asking black people about race, even when the issue was clearly relevant. All in the Mind talks to Evan Apfelbaum of Tufts University in the USA and Professor Binna Kandola, a Chartered Occupational Psychologist based in Oxford.

The new Mental Health Act finally comes into force this week in England and Wales. It's the first major legislation on mental health for twenty five years and there's been a battle between the Government and mental health professionals - including psychiatrists - over the new law. Claudia Hammond spoke to Professor Dinesh Bhugra, the new President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

SUICIDE AND SOUTH ASIAN WOMEN IN THE UK

Previous studies have shown that young South Asian women have high suicide rates but a new study, just published in the British Journal of Psychiatry, casts doubt on this. The study highlights new findings that say it's older South Asian women originally from India, Bangladesh and Pakistan who in fact have double the rates of suicide than other women in the UK.

The results even came as a surprise to the team that discovered them, led by Professor Kwame McKenzie from the University of Toronto in Canada. Claudia asked how these disturbing statistics had remained hidden until now.

Claudia talks to the president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Prof Dinesh Bhugra.

The new Mental Health Act finally comes into force this week in England and Wales. It's the first major legislation on mental health for twenty five years and there's been a battle between the Government and mental health professionals ? including psychiatrists ? over the new law. Claudia Hammond spoke to Professor Dinesh Bhugra, the new President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

'New series 1/8. Professor Dinesh Bhugra , the new president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, discusses the stigma suffered by those with mental illnesses, and assesses the quality of the country's in-patient wards. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

A hugely popular sector of the broadcasting industry, but what is the emotional impact on children after the cameras have gone and their families' lives have been exposed to millions of people?

Claudia Hammond hears from children who have been greatly troubled by the way they were portrayed, and investigates the ethics and the impact of involving young people in reality TV.

Reality TV is a hugely popular sector of the broadcasting industry, but what is the emotional impact on children after the cameras have gone and their families' lives have been exposed to millions of people?

1/6. Reality TV is hugely popular, but what happens after the cameras have gone? Claudia Hammond hears from children who have been troubled by the way they were portrayed and looks at the ethics and the impact of involving young people in reality TV. Repeated from yesterday

'New series 1/6. Reality TV is hugely popular, but what happens after the cameras have gone and families' lives have been exposed to millions? Claudia Hammond hears from children who have been troubled by the way they were portrayed and investigates the ethics and the impact of involving young people in reality TV. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest scientific research about the brain and the mind.

Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest scientific research.

New series. 1/8. Claudia Hammond focuses on the brain, the mind and human behaviour as well as the wider mental health agenda. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Claudia Hammond talks to the eminent child psychiatrist Professor Sir Michael Rutter.

'New series. 1/8. Claudia Hammond focuses on the brain, the mind and human behaviour as well as the wider mental health agenda. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

Michael Scullin is Director of the Sleep, Neuroscience and Cognition Lab at Baylor University in the US and he has a useful suggestion to alleviate exam stress.

~All In The Mind awards, this week the finalist is Fiona Sadler a pastoral support advisor at a primary school in Norfolk. Fiona was nominated by Stephanie because of all the support she has shown over the years. They first became friends when Fiona found a note in Steph's son's school bag.

Post Olympic Blues. Dr Mathijs Luccassen from the Open University reports on the difficulties athletes face when they return from the Olympics.

Claudia visits the RHS Feel Good Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Professor Anthony Clare explores faith healing.

Repeated from yesterday 11.30am



Post Olympic Blues. Dr Mathijs Luccassen from the Open University reports on the difficulties athletes face when they return from the Olympics.

More than a third of Britons say that they believe in ghosts and nearly as many claim to have actually seen one.

Could these paranormal experiences be due to naturally-occurring electro-magnetic fields and low level sound, which make people feel that something 'strange' is happening? Claudia hears from scientists who actually built their own 'haunted room' in an attempt to show that they could induce a haunting by manipulating energy fields and sound.

More than a third of Britons say that they believe in ghosts and nearly as many claim to have actually seen one. Could these paranormal experiences be due to naturally-occurring electro-magnetic fields and low level sound, which make people feel that something 'strange' is happening? Claudia hears from scientists who actually built their own 'haunted room' in an attempt to show that they could induce a haunting by manipulating energy fields and sound.

The scientists who tried to induce a haunting by manipulating energy fields and sound.

New series. 1/8. Can ghostly experiences be explained by electromagnetic fields?

Claudia Hammond finds out from scientists who have constructed a 'haunted room'. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Claudia Hammond finds out from scientists who have constructed a haunted room. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

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Dr Raj Persaud explores the limits and potential of the human mind and examines the arguments surrounding mental health. Producer Cathy Drysdale

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'Dr Raj Persaud examines the world of the chronically shy. Why are some people gregarious and confident, while others hang back, painfully inhibited? What is going on in the shy person's brain during social interactions to cause such discomfort? Or should shyness be a perfectly acceptable expression of personal ity? Producer Marya Burgess Phone [number removed]'

'2/5. Dr Raj Persaud looks at the contentious issue of false-memory syndrome and the so-called 'truth drug', sodium amytal. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm'

Dr Raj Persaud explores the pressing issues in psychology and psychiatry. [Rpt of Tue 9.00pm]

'2/10. Dr Raj Persaud examines the latest research and brings together experts and commentators from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm'

Claudia Hammond examines everyday psychological challenges we face and delves into how the human brain works.

Claudia Hammond examines everyday psychological challenges we face and delves into how the human brain works. [Rptd Wed 4.30pm]

Claudia Hammond examines the everyday psychological challenges we face and delves into how the human brain works. [Rpt of Tue 9.00pm]

2/5. Claudia Hammond examines everyday psychological challenges and delves deeper into how our brains work. Producer Helen Sharp Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

2/6. Claudia Hammond considers whether all human brains have an innate colour sense or whether we learn which colour is which as we learn to speak. Producer Fiona Hill

Claudia Hammond considers whether our brains have an innate colour sense or whether we learn how to describe which colour is which as we learn to speak.

The first ever edition of All in the Mind was broadcast 25 years ago. In the second of three anniversary programmes CLAUDIA HAMMOND and guests look back at archive editions of the programme to examine what impact psychology research has had on our lives over the last 25 years. How does evidence-based psychology affect policy decisions? Is psychology just 'proving the obvious' or has it offered insights into ourselves which we could never have guessed?

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The first ever edition of All in the Mind was broadcast 25 years ago. In the second of three anniversary programmes CLAUDIA HAMMOND and guests look back at archive editions of the programme to examine what impact psychology research has had on our lives over the last 25 years. How does evidence-based psychology affect policy decisions? Is psychology just 'proving the obvious' or has it offered insights into ourselves which we could never have guessed?

The first ever edition of All in the Mind was broadcast 25 years ago. In the second of three anniversary programmes CLAUDIA HAMMOND and guests look back at archive editions of the programme to examine what impact psychology research has had on our lives over the last 25 years. How does evidence-based psychology affect policy decisions? Is psychology just 'proving the obvious' or has it offered insights into ourselves which we could never have guessed?

John, an infantry officer for 19 years, was held up at gunpoint, bombed and saw friends and colleagues killed in action. He tells Claudia Hammond about the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder that he suffered when he left the armed forces. And in the first-ever UK study of military personnel in a theatre of war, in Iraq, to test mental health, the military is revealed to have experienced less psychological distress than police or fire officers. One of the study's co-authors, Professor Simon Wessely, Director of the King's Centre for Military Health Research, describes the mental health lessons that are being being learned from the front line.

Antidepressants and Morality:

Molly Crockett from the Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute at the University of Cambridge says how a particular group of anti depressants, SSRIs, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, have been found to increase morality by raising the levels of Serotonin in the brain.

Community Treatment Orders:

Introduced two years ago to enable people with mental illness to leave hospital and continue their treatment at home, new figures show ten times more CTOs have been issued than original Department of Health predictions. Reka, who has a diagnosis of bi-polar disorder, describes her experience of spending a year subject to a CTO, compelled to take injections of anti-psychotic medication which she says left her 'like a zombie'. Anthony Deary from the Care Quality Commission, Tony Maden, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry from Imperial College in London and Dr Tony Zigmond, mental health law lead for the Royal College of Psychiatrists discuss the reasons for the ballooning use of CTOs.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Blue Health and well-being:

During lockdown many people have said how they value getting out in nature more than ever. But is there something extra special about getting out into places where there is water? This doesn't just have to mean the seaside. Could a river, canal or even a fountain in a park make us feel better? Dr Mathew White, senior lecturer in social and environmental psychology at Exeter University, is part of a large research project across eighteen countries called Blue Health. Dr Jo Garrett is a researcher in coastal environments and human health, and they discuss their latest research into pinning down the benefits of aquatic environments on our well-being.

Discussing dying:

It's never going to be an easy conversation, but one that a lot of us will face, whatever illness our relatives or friends might be dying from. What should you say and how can avoiding regrets afterwards about what you didn't say? We hear from Janie Brown, who spent more than thirty years nursing and counselling people dying from cancer and recounts some of her experiences in her book Radical Acts of Love, and writer Audrey Nieswandt.

Diet or exercise to starve off memory decline?

Even as we get older we carry on making new brain cells. The bad news is that the process slows down which can lead to problems with memory. But as Dr Sandrine Thuret and Dr Chiara De Lucia from Kings College London have found, our genetic makeup can influence this process. They've found that changing diet might make more of a difference to some, whilst exercise might make more of a difference to others.

Claudia Hammond's guest is Prof. Catherine Loveday, Principal Lecturer in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Westminster.

Anti-psychotic medication has long been seen as the first line of treatment for psychosis. In fact, prescriptions are increasing in the UK and around the world. But there's criticism that the effectiveness of these drugs has been over-estimated, and the serious side effects, underestimated. Now, in the first trial of its kind in the world, treating psychosis using talking therapies alone, is being measured and analysed.

It is the first time psychological treatment, in the absence of medication, has been put to the test, and the results of this experiment have the potential to transform the treatment options for the many people who have diagnoses of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Tony Morrison, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester, is leading the research along with colleagues in the North East of England. He tells CLAUDIA HAMMOND that patients should be given more choice about the treatments they're offered for psychosis, instead of medication always being the default option.

And trial participants, Natalie and Steve, describe their experience of psychosis and the treatments that helped them to recover and stay well.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

First CBT Psychosis Trial in the Absence of Medication

Antipsychotic medication has long been seen as the first line of treatment for psychosis. In fact, prescriptions are increasing in the UK and around the world. But there's criticism that the effectiveness of these drugs has been over-estimated, and the serious side effects, underestimated.

Now, in the first trial of its kind in the world, treating psychosis when people aren't taking antipsychotics using a talking therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, is being measured in a randomised controlled trial.

It is the first time since the 1970s that a psychological treatment, in the absence of medication, has been put to the test, and the results of this experiment have the potential to transform the treatment options for the many people who have diagnoses of schizophrenia and related disorders.

The trial's being run jointly by Manchester University and Greater Manchester West Mental Health Foundation Trust, and Tony Morrison, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester, is leading the research along with colleagues in the North East of England.

He tells Claudia Hammond that patients should be given more choice about the treatments they're offered instead of medication being the default option.

Trial participants, Natalie and Steve, describe their experience of psychosis and the treatments that have helped them and the Editor of the British Journal of Psychiatry, Peter Tyrer, puts the trial into context.

US Elections and Mental Health

Sixteen per cent of the American population don't have health care insurance and people with mental health problems are over-represented in this group. Daniel Carlat is Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts School of Medicine and he describes to Claudia how insurance companies are reluctant to fund mental health care.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy trial for psychosis, plus US elections and mental health.

Can psychosis be treated with talking therapy alone? - news from a radical new trial.

Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest scientific research about the brain and the mind.

Claudia Hammond presents the series exploring the latest scientific research.

Claudia Hammond hears about some surprising side effects of drugs used to treat conditions like schizophrenia and why they particularly effect women. Shubulade Smith, a consultant psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital in London, talks to Claudia about the hormonal side effects of anti-psychotic drugs and why they can cause infertility, premature ageing and a loss of libido. She discusses why patients are often not warned about the possible effects and how those effects can be avoided.

Why the origins of prejudice might lie in our evolutionary past and the need to avoid infection and disease. Claudia talks to Mark Schaller, Professor of Psychology at the University of British Columbia, about why our need to detect signals that might suggest someone has a disease may have led to us being programmed to erroneously discriminate against people who don't fit the norm.

Along with Freud, Carl Jung is one of the most influential figures in psychoanalysis. But his most important work has been kept in a Swiss bank vault for nearly half a century. Jung started writing his Red Book in 1914. It is the story of his exploration of his own soul, but it has remained a mystery because his family have kept it hidden. Claudia Hammond talks to Sonu Shamdasani from the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, the man responsible for getting it published, who explains why its so significant.

Claudia Hammond hears about surprising side effects of drugs used to treat schizophrenia.

She follows Janey Antoniou, a woman who hears constant voices in her head, as she teaches ambulance crews a greater understanding about caring for people who suffer from schizophrenia.

2/8. Claudia Hammond meets

Janey Antoniou who hears voices constantly in her head. She has schizophrenia and has learned ways of coping with the condition. Now she teaches police and ambulance crews about how to deal with greater sensitivity with people who have the illness. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

'She follows Janey Antoniou, a woman who hears constant voices in her head, as she teaches ambulance crews a greater understanding about caring for people who suffer from schizophrenia.'

DRUG TRIALS

Anyone who has to take a drug for a mental health problem wants to know that it's been tested to make sure that it's safe and that if trials had shown it wasn't you or your doctor would know about it. But recently various trials have come to light showing that anti-depressants don't always work or worse, that they can do harm. Now question marks hang over how open drug companies are being with their results. After the biggest investigation ever held into a drug company - an investigation that involved more than a million pages of data, Glaxo SmithKline were criticised for having kept quiet about trial results that revealed an increased suicide risk in children, using the antidepressant Seroxat.

Dr Tim Kendall, Joint Director, National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, Deputy Director, Royal College of Psychiatrists', research Unit, Medical Director & Consultant Psychiatrist, Sheffield Care Trust; and Dr Richard Tiner, the Medical Director of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, discuss transparency in drugs trials.

When ambulance staff are faced with someone with chest pain they know just what to do, but when it comes to mental health emergencies it can be hard to know exactly what kind of illness they're dealing with. To help staff from the emergency services Janey Antoniou is running training courses on how to understand the situation from the patient's perspective. Janey Antoniou hears voices constantly in her head, she was diagnosed with schizophrenia and depression 20 years ago and has learned ways of coping with the condition. Now she teaches police and ambulance crews about how to deal with greater sensitivity with people who have this illness. Kathleen Griffin went with Janey to a training course for staff at The Ambulance Training Centre in Bedford.

SMOKERS' BRAINS

When most people look back on a decision they think about how things might have turned out differently and then take that into account when they make the next decision: they learn to avoid bad things and to take advantage of good things. But extraordinarily, the same doesn't seem to happen with people who smoke. Dr Read Montague, who did the research at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, USA, found that smokers' brains acknowledge risk, but they then ignore it. For the first time scientists have realised that the brain recognises the risk Claudia Hammond spoke to Professor Montague about his research.

Claudia Hammond follows Janey Antoniou, a woman who hears constant voices in her head.

Anyone who has to take a drug for a mental health problem wants to know that it's been tested to make sure that it's safe and that if trials had shown it wasn't you or your doctor would know about it. But recently various trials have come to light showing that anti-depressants don't always work or worse, that they can do harm. Now question marks hang over how open drug companies are being with their results. After the biggest investigation ever held into a drug company ? an investigation that involved more than a million pages of data, Glaxo SmithKline were criticised for having kept quiet about trial results that revealed an increased suicide risk in children, using the antidepressant Seroxat.

Claudia Hammond presents a series that explores the limits and potential of the human mind.

The new edition of the American Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders will be launched later this month, Professor Simon Wessely discusses its potential impact in the UK.

A new survey discovers that 72% of therapists have cried during a therapy session, Claudia Hammond asks should therapists cry?

What is the link between sleep and mental illness? A study from Oxford University shows how chaotic sleep can be in people with schizophrenia.

Sleep and mental illness, Claudia Hammond on research looking into a shared mechanism.

Sleep and mental illness - Claudia Hammond on research looking into a shared mechanism.

People with mental health problems are often reluctant to report crimes. Richard Harwin discusses examples of vulnerable people having their houses taken over by drug dealers. They are often bullied and intimidated into not reporting to the police, or fear they may be held accountable for the crimes taking place in their homes.

Richard's job is to work with the police and those with mental health problems in the Hackney area of London. He was a psychiatric nurse before becoming a police officer and he trains other officers about mental illness.

Claudia Hammond speaks to the UK's first Mental Health Liaison Officer.

2/8. How can we help those with mental health problems have better experiences when dealing with the police?

Claudia Hammond speaks to the UK's first mental health liaison officer to see how he can help. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Fifty percent of the population holds some form of paranormal belief. Parapsychology research is booming and there are UK university departments studying phenomena such as psychics, s退ances, and telepathy. Much of the growth of parapsychology in the UK might be owed to the late Bob Morris, who in 1985 became the inaugural holder of The Koestler Chair of Psychology in Edinburgh University.

Dr Raj Persaud discusses the latest developments in the world of parapsychology with Dr Caroline Watt, Senior Lecturer in Psychology and a founder member of the Koestler Parapsychology Unit at Edinburgh University; and Professor Christopher French, Head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

LAUGHTER

The psychological and scientific study of laughter has recently taken a turn for the serious. Evolutionary theory argues that any behaviour as universal as laughter must have some solemn survival purpose. And laughter has such profound effects on people's brain and mind that it is now being seriously deployed to assist those suffering bereavement, having surgery, and even fertility treatment. Could further understanding of the function laughter served become a weapon in our armoury of persuasion and manipulation of others?

A recent study by the Universities of Kent and Liverpool revealed that laughter acts as a social lubricant and increases altruism towards strangers. Mark Van Vugt, Professor of Social Psychology and a member for the University of Kent's Centre for the Study of Group Processes explains how this theory was tested.

MIND WARS

The United States defence agencies are looking at ways of improving soldiers' endurance and psychological performance as well as ways of using brain power to remotely control machines, such as robots or aircraft.

Professor Jonathan Moreno, Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia, talks about his latest book Mind Wars - Brain Research and National Defense, which reveals how advances in brain research may change the way wars are fought in the future, and how developments in neuroscience could be employed to control soldiers, or maybe even the enemy.

Dr Raj Persaud is joined by Jonathan Moreno to discuss brain research in national defence.

How can we harness the power of the human nervous system in order to gain strategic advantage over our adversaries?

Dr Raj Persaud is joined by Jonathan Moreno, Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia, to discuss the role of brain research in national defence.

4/5. Dr Raj Persaud discusses the possible role of brain research in connection with national defence with Jonathan Moreno, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics in Virginia. Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Repeated from yesterday 9pm

Fifty percent of the population holds some form of paranormal belief. Parapsychology research is booming and there are UK university departments studying phenomena such as psychics, s?ances, and telepathy. Much of the growth of parapsychology in the UK might be owed to the late Bob Morris, who in 1985 became the inaugural holder of The Koestler Chair of Psychology in Edinburgh University.

Professor Jonathan Moreno, Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia, talks about his latest book Mind Wars ? Brain Research and National Defense, which reveals how advances in brain research may change the way wars are fought in the future, and how developments in neuroscience could be employed to control soldiers, or maybe even the enemy.

Professor Jonathan Moreno, Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia, talks about his latest book Mind Wars - Brain Research and National Defense - which reveals how advances in brain research may change the way wars are fought in the future, and how developments in neuroscience could be employed to control soldiers, or maybe even the enemy.

Professor Jonathan Moreno, Director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics at the University of Virginia, talks about his latest book Mind Wars ? Brain Research and National Defense - which reveals how advances in brain research may change the way wars are fought in the future, and how developments in neuroscience could be employed to control soldiers, or maybe even the enemy.

'4/5. Dr Raj Persaud discusses the possible role of brain research in connection with national defence with Jonathan Moreno, director of the Center for Biomedical Ethics in Virginia. Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

New approach to spider phobia, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, and empathic cars

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We hear from the latest finalist in the All in the Mind Awards - someone who knows just what it's like to struggle for many years with mental health issues and to deal with some of worst things that can happen in life. Douglas, who's had to deal with a combination of physical and mental pain, nominated his GP Jens Foell for an award in the Professional category.

What type of personality dictates whether we're prepared to stand up to someone dropping litter, chatting during a movie or more serious transgressions such as verbal abuse? It takes a certain type of person to say something, rather than to sit there and fume. So who is the most likely to stand up to anti-social behaviour? Markus Brauer, who's Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Wisconsin Madison, has been investigating just that. How did he go about it?

Professor Anthony Clare talks to novelist Ruth Rendell. Plus: the fear of performing.

Is it possible to take the guesswork out of the prescription of medication for psychosis? Medication is available for the distressing experiences of hallucinations or delusions, but anti-psychotics only work for about three quarters of people and psychiatrists currently have no good way of working out who those people are. New research at Kings College London is trialling a type of scan that's been around for some time, a PET scan, but using it in a new way to detect whether a person's brain has an overactive dopamine system which might be able to predict which drugs will work. Claudia Hammond talks to Oliver Howes, Professor of Molecular Psychiatry, King's College London and Sameer Jauhar, Senior Research Fellow, King's College London who've been conducting this game changing research.

We hear from the latest finalist in the All in the Mind Awards, someone who knows just what it's like to struggle for many years with mental health issues and to deal with some of worst things that can happen in life. Douglas, who's had to deal with a combination of physical and mental pain, nominated his GP Jens Foell for an award in the Professional category.

Professor Anthony Clare asks whether the Government's latest plans for the care of psychiatric patients in the community will actually help, or merely take away more rights.

Repeated from yesterday 11.30am



What type of personality dictates whether we're prepared to stand up to someone dropping litter, chatting during a movie or more serious transgressions such as verbal abuse? It takes a certain type of person to say something, rather than to sit there and fume. So who is the most likely to stand up to anti-social behaviour? Markus Brauer, who's Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Wisconsin Madison, has been investigating just that. How did he go about it?

10,000 children are admitted to intensive care every year for life-saving treatment, and some of them are left with traumatic flashbacks. Claudia hears about new research on the benefits of keeping diaries for such children and of having a shoulder to cry on for parents.

2/8. Practical and emotional support is now offered to families of children in intensive care in a London hospital. Claudia Hammond finds out about how psychologists are helping families to cope.

Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

SUICIDE IN WALES

The new strategy to cut suicide rates in Wales has been welcomed by the former chief executive of the Samaritans. The Welsh Assembly says that almost three quarters of those who have killed themselves in Wales had had no contact with mental health services in the year before they died.

Simon Armson, a clinical psychotherapist who used to be chief executive of the Samaritans welcomes the idea of concentrating everybody's mind on the problem. Claudia speaks to him about why it's OK to talk about suicidal feelings.

Every year ten thousand children are treated in paediatric intensive care units in the UK. Most of the time they're sedated with drugs, and new research has found that a significant number experience hallucinations brought on by the drugs they're given. These experiences can leave children with disturbing flashbacks later on, but clinical psychologists can play a part in helping both children and their parents to cope with a stay in intensive care.

Claudia visited the paediatric intensive care unit at St George's Hospital in south London to meet clinical psychologist Dr Gillian Colville, to see how it's done.

BLUE LIGHT

New research has found that if office workers sit under lights which have a blue-ish tinge, they not only feel happier and find it easier to concentrate, but they even sleep better at night. Derk-Jan Dijk, Professor of Sleep of Physiology at the University of Surrey described this bluish light to Claudia.

PSYCHICS HEARING VOICES

Many people would assume that hearing voices is a mental health problem, but that's not the case for everyone. Psychics and mediums often hear voices and say they wouldn't be without them. Dr Liz Andrew, Clinical Psychologist and Research Fellow at Cardiff University, set out to find out how hearing voices is a positive experience for one set of people,and a distressing one for another.

Her results have just been published in the journal Psychological Medicine. She explained to Claudia how the people with mental health problems in her study felt about their voices.

Claudia Hammond speaks to clinical psychologists in the paediatric intensive care unit.

Claudia visited the paediatric intensive care unit at St George's Hospital in south London to meet clinical psychologist Dr Gillian Colville - to see how it's done.

Dr Raj Persaud presents the series exploring the limits and potential of the human mind and examining the arguments surrounding mental health. This edition features a woman who has contracted Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 52. She and her husband talk about their plans for the moment when she won't be able to make decisions for herself.

Rptd from yesterday at 9pm

A new law, The Mental Capacity Act, comes into force in two distinct stages, in April and October this year, to protect people who are not able to make their own decisions. To find out the implications for patients and carers alike, Professor Raj Persaud talks to Heather Roberts, who has Alzheimers Disease, about how she and her husband, Dave, are planning for the moment when she won't be able to make decisions for herself.

Dr Julian Hughes, Consultant at North Tyneside General Hospital and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, at the Institute for Ageing and Health, explains how doctors decide when a person has lost their mental capacity.

MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG CHILDREN

Last week the mental health charity Rethink announced that between ten and twenty per cent of young people have a mental health problem. Rethink is currently working on a project led by the Institute of Psychiatry, to develop training for school nurses, enabling them to better recognise early warning signs.

Dr David Campbell, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the Tavistock Clinic's Child and Family Department and Peter Wilson, Child Psychotherapist and Clinical Advisor at The Place2Be discuss the deteriorating mental health of young children and talk about the steps that are being taken to help them express their feelings.

Sara Parker, visits Chalkhill Primary School in Wembley and meets Lynne Darnell, the school project manager who is trained in psychodynamic counselling.

Dr Raj Persaud meets a woman who has contracted Alzheimer's Disease at the age of 52.

A new law - The Mental Capacity Act - comes into force in two distinct stages - in April and October this year - to protect people who are not able to make their own decisions. To find out the implications for patients and carers alike, Professor Raj Persaud talks to Heather Roberts, who has Alzheimers Disease, about how she and her husband, Dave, are planning for the moment when she won't be able to make decisions for herself.

Dr Raj Persaud discovers how computer games are being developed into virtual reality war zones in order to treat traumatised soldiers.

Raj Persaud experiences first hand a version of the American's Virtual Iraq. He is joined by Professor Paul Sharkey, Director of the Visualisation Centre at Reading University, Dr David Purves, Head of the Berkshire Traumatic Stress Service, and Researcher Ronan Jamieson, to find out how virtual reality is being used as a therapeutic tool to treat combat troops returning from Iraq who are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

A team led by Professor Skip Rizzo at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies has built the prototype called Virtual Iraq using the art assets from Full Spectrum Warrior. Professor Rizzo explains why the realism provided by Virtual Reality was so important in the therapeutic process.

THE SCIENCE OF ATTRACTION

Have psychologists finally unlocked the secrets of attraction? Why do British men prefer slimmer women whereas the Samoans fall for females with the fuller figure? Philosopher David Hume declared `Beauty is no quality in things themselves; it exists merely in the mind that contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.??

But is it really the case that beauty, particularly personal physical attractiveness, defies scientific measurement because it's purely subjective? Dr Viren Swami, Evolutionary and Social Psychologist and Research Associate at the University of Liverpool and the author of The Missing Arms of Venus de Milo, Reflections of the Science of Attractiveness explains why beauty can be objectively and scientifically defined.

Dr Raj Persaud sees how computer gaming technology is providing therapy for combat troops.

Dr Raj Persaud sees how the latest computer gaming technology is being developed into a therapeutic tool for combat troops suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

2/5. Could creating a 'virtual Iraq' help returning troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder? Dr Raj Persaud sees how the very latest computer gaming technology is being developed as a therapeutic tool. Producer Fiona Hill Rptd tomorrow at 4.30pm

2/5. Could creating a virtual Iraq help returning troops suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder? Dr Raj Persaud sees how the very latest computer gaming technology is being developed as a therapeutic tool. Producer Fiona Hill Rptd tomorrow at 4.30pm

Have psychologists finally unlocked the secrets of attraction? Why do British men prefer slimmer women whereas the Samoans fall for females with the fuller figure? Philosopher David Hume declared ?Beauty is no quality in things themselves; it exists merely in the mind that contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.??

Have psychologists finally unlocked the secrets of attraction? Why do British men prefer slimmer women whereas the Samoans fall for females with the fuller figure? Philosopher David Hume declared `Beauty is no quality in things themselves; it exists merely in the mind that contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.`

In the All in the Mind Awards, Claudia hears from a nomination in the professional category. Fiona who nominated the nurse who gave her treatment for cancer for the 2018 Awards. Fiona explains why her experience of childhood trauma re-surfaced when she realised what her treatment for bladder cancer would involve. And why nurse Tanya went the extra mile to manage her anxieties and make the treatment as trauma free as possible. Also in the programme,is yawning really as contagious as we think it is, or does it depend on who is doing the yawning?

Tips to help insomnia and the nurse who went the extra mile to treat her cancer patient.

Claudia hears from Fiona who nominated the nurse who gave her treatment for bladder cancer for the 2018 All in the Mind Awards. Fiona explains why her experience of childhood trauma re-surfaced when she realised what her treatment for bladder cancer would involve. And why nurse Tanya went the extra mile to manage her anxieties and make the treatment as trauma free as possible. Also in the programme, is yawning really as contagious as we think it is, or does it depend on who is doing the yawning? John Drury from Sussex University talks about his latest research. And for people who find it difficult to drop off at night, how does writing a list help? Michael Scullion from Baylor University talks explains. Studio guest, Professor Daryl O'Connor from the University of Leeds talks about the relationship between conscientiousness and stress.

Claudia hears from Fiona who nominated the nurse who gave her treatment for bladder cancer for the 2018 All in the Mind Awards. Fiona explains why her experience of childhood trauma re-surfaced when she realised what her treatment for bladder cancer would involve. And why nurse Tanya went the extra mile to manage her anxieties and make the treatment as trauma free as possible. Also in the programme for people who find it difficult to drop off at night, how does writing a to-do list help? Michael Scullin from Baylor University explains. Studio guest, Professor Daryl O'Connor from the University of Leeds talks about the relationship between conscientiousness and stress. And,is yawning really as contagious as we think it is, or does it depend on who is doing the yawning? John Drury from Sussex University talks about his latest research.



In the All in the Mind Awards, Claudia hears from a nomination in the professional category. Fiona who nominated the nurse who gave her treatment for cancer for the 2018 Awards. Fiona explains why her experience of childhood trauma re-surfaced when she realised what her treatment for bladder cancer would involve. And why nurse Tanya went the extra mile to manage her anxieties and make the treatment as trauma free as possible. Also in the programme,is yawning really as contagious as we think it is, or does it depend on who is doing the yawning?

Claudia hears from Fiona who nominated the nurse who gave her treatment for bladder cancer for the 2018 All in the Mind Awards. Fiona explains why her experience of childhood trauma re-surfaced when she realised what her treatment for bladder cancer would involve. And why nurse Tanya went the extra mile to manage her anxieties and make the treatment as trauma free as possible. Also in the programme, is yawning really as contagious as we think it is, or does it depend on who is doing the yawning? John Drury from Sussex University talks about his latest research. And for people who find it difficult to drop off at night, how does writing a list help? Michael Scullion from Baylor University talks explains. Studio guest, Professor Daryl O'Connor from the University of Leeds talks about the relationship between conscientiousness and stress.

Claudia hears from Fiona who nominated the nurse who gave her treatment for bladder cancer for the 2018 All in the Mind Awards. Fiona explains why her experience of childhood trauma re-surfaced when she realised what her treatment for bladder cancer would involve. And why nurse Tanya went the extra mile to manage her anxieties and make the treatment as trauma free as possible. Also in the programme for people who find it difficult to drop off at night, how does writing a to-do list help? Michael Scullin from Baylor University explains. Studio guest, Professor Daryl O'Connor from the University of Leeds talks about the relationship between conscientiousness and stress. And,is yawning really as contagious as we think it is, or does it depend on who is doing the yawning? John Drury from Sussex University talks about his latest research.

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Dr Raj Persaud explores the limits and potential of the human mind and examines the arguments surrounding mental health. Producer Cathy Drysdale For more information PHONE: [number removed]. Rptd Sunday 9pm

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This week, Dr Raj Persaud asks the experts why some people suffering from depression are discovering that getting less sleep improves their mood. Sleep deprivation therapy was widely used in 1970's, but rapidly became unpopular as antidepressant medications took over. Now it's medication that's become unpopular with some patients. So, is sleep deprivation therapy as a treatment for depression about to make a comeback?

'3/6. Dr Raj Persaud assesses the reintroduction of sleep deprivation as a means of tackling depression. Anti-depressants have overshadowed the tactic since the 80s, but their appeal for some is now waning. Repeated from yesterday 9pm'

Dr Raj Persaud explores the pressing issues in psychology and psychiatry. [Rpt of Tue 9.00pm]

'3/10. Dr Raj Persaud examines the latest research and brings together experts and commentators from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm'

Kwame McKenzie examines everyday psychological challenges we face and delves into how the human brain works. [Rptd Wed 4.30pm]

3/5. Kwame McKenzie examines everyday psychological challenges and delves deeper into how our brains work in a bid to find out if it is all in the mind.

Producer Helen Sharp Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

3/5. Kwame McKenzie examines everyday psychological challenges and delves deeper into how our brains work in a bid to find out if it is 'all in the mind'.

Series exploring the limits and potential of the human mind and examining the arguments surrounding mental health.

Claudia Hammond reports on an American high school pupil who is objecting, through the courts, to the mass USA screening programme for mental illness.

4/6. In the USA a mass screening programme for mental illness is well under way using a controversial online test that takes barely 15 minutes to complete.

Claudia Hammond hears about one high-school student who's objecting, through the courts, to her instant diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

'Claudia Hammond reports on an American high school pupil who is objecting, through the courts, to the mass USA screening programme for mental illness.'

'4/6. Claudia Hammond hears about one American high-school pupil who's objecting, through the courts, to a brief, online mass-screening programme for mental illness. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

Claudia Hammond hears about one high-school student who's objecting, through the courts, to her instant diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder and social anxiety disorder. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

Series exploring the limits and potential of the human mind and examining the arguments surrounding mental health.

Claudia Hammond reports on an American high school pupil who is objecting, through the courts, to the mass USA screening programme for mental illness.

Claudia Hammond speaks to the UK's first Mental Health Liaison Officer.

Claudia Hammond speaks to the UK's first mental health liaison officer to see how he can help. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

Claudia Hammond speaks to the UK's first Mental Health Liaison Officer, Richard Harwin, to see how he can help those with mental health problems to have better experiences when dealing with the police.

People with mental health problems are often reluctant to report crimes.

Richard Harwin discusses examples of vulnerable people having their houses taken over by drug dealers.

They are often bullied and intimidated into not reporting to the police, or fear they may be held accountable for the crimes taking place in their homes.

Richard's job is to work with the police and those with mental health problems in the Hackney area of London.

He was a psychiatric nurse before becoming a police officer and he trains other officers about mental illness.

People with mental health problems are often reluctant to report crimes. Richard Harwin discusses examples of vulnerable people having their houses taken over by drug dealers. They are often bullied and intimidated into not reporting to the police, or fear they may be held accountable for the crimes taking place in their homes.

Richard's job is to work with the police and those with mental health problems in the Hackney area of London. He was a psychiatric nurse before becoming a police officer and he trains other officers about mental illness.

Claudia Hammond speaks to the UK's first Mental Health Liaison Officer.

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The last programme in which Professor Anthony Clare explores matters of the mind.

Producer Matt Thompson

Producer Matt Thompson

Contributors

Producer: Matt Thompson

In this special anniversary programme CLAUDIA HAMMOND looks at developments in neuroscience and how our understanding of the brain has changed.

In 1988 scientists predicted that new techniques of scanning the brain would lead to exciting innovative treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Researchers were enthusiastic about the possibilities of seeing what went on in the brain. Many had high hopes that this would help us understand how and why mental health problems develop. But how much progress has been made?

Professor Irene Tracey Director of the Oxford Centre for functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain and Professor Sophie Scott from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London discuss with Claudia the major advances in this fast growing field but also take a sceptical look and asks whether with highly ambitious big brain studies the science is still promising more than it delivers.

Professor Irene Tracey, Director of the Oxford Centre for functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain, and Professor Sophie Scott, from the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, discuss with Claudia the major advances in this fast growing field. They also take a sceptical look and ask whether with highly ambitious big brain studies the science is still promising more than it delivers.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Carl Rogers, and American psychologist and one of the founders of humanistic psychotherapy. He developed a non-directive psychotherapy which he initially called client-centred therapy, his approach radicalised the profession and his contribution is still being felt today.

For almost a quarter of a century, Howard Kirschenbaum, Emeritus Professor in the Department of counselling and human development at the University of Rochester in the States, has been interpreting and researching the life and work of Carl Rogers. He is the author of a soon to be published updated biography entitled The Life and Work of Carl Rogers.

Professor Kirschenbaum talks about the work, influence and legacy of Carl Rogers.

REFUGEE DOCTORS

It takes refugee doctors a minimum of 18 months before they can work in medicine here in the UK and the route to employment is a difficult one. One charity, the Migrant and Refugee Communities Forum, is attempting to tap into the unused resources of this group in a initiative called Face to Face. Refugee doctors are paired up with migrants from the same geographical and cultural background as themselves, who have mental health needs. The doctors act as mentors to this group. Reporter Kathleen Griffin spoke to David from Face to Face and Zahara and Ibrahim who are taking part in the scheme.

ASYLUM CLAIMS AND MEMORY OF TRAUMA

To claim asylum in this country, applicants have to demonstrate a `well founded?? fear of persecution in their country of origin. In a series of interviews applicants are asked to disclose their personal history and experience. It is the difficult job of the immigration, or Home Office official, to work out which stories are true. Accounts which are deemed contradictory, incomplete or inconsistent tend to be rejected based on the assumption that such errors indicate that the applicant has been lying.

But new research reveals that the discrepancies in asylum seekers' accounts could be a direct result of their traumatic experience, not because they're lying. Dr Jane Herlihy is a Clinical Psychologist at the Trauma Clinic in London and has recently been calling for the asylum process to take account of the latest `science of trauma??

Dr Raj Persaud talks to Dr Jane Herlihy and considers the implications these findings have for the way interviews with asylum seekers are conducted.

Dr Raj Persaud hears from refugee doctors who mentor asylum seekers with mental illness.

Dr Raj Persaud hears from refugee doctors in the UK who are using their medical skills to mentor asylum seekers suffering from mental illness.

3/5. Dr Raj Persaud hears from refugee doctors in the UK who are using their skills to help mentor asylum seekers with mental illness. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

3/5 Dr Raj Persaud hears from refugee doctors in the UK. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

To claim asylum in this country, applicants have to demonstrate a ?well founded?? fear of persecution in their country of origin. In a series of interviews applicants are asked to disclose their personal history and experience. It is the difficult job of the immigration, or Home Office official, to work out which stories are true. Accounts which are deemed contradictory, incomplete or inconsistent tend to be rejected based on the assumption that such errors indicate that the applicant has been lying.

But new research reveals that the discrepancies in asylum seekers' accounts could be a direct result of their traumatic experience, not because they're lying. Dr Jane Herlihy is a Clinical Psychologist at the Trauma Clinic in London and has recently been calling for the asylum process to take account of the latest ?science of trauma??

To claim asylum in this country, applicants have to demonstrate a `well founded` fear of persecution in their country of origin. In a series of interviews applicants are asked to disclose their personal history and experience. It is the difficult job of the immigration, or Home Office official, to work out which stories are true. Accounts which are deemed contradictory, incomplete or inconsistent tend to be rejected based on the assumption that such errors indicate that the applicant has been lying.

But new research reveals that the discrepancies in asylum seekers' accounts could be a direct result of their traumatic experience, not because they're lying. Dr Jane Herlihy is a Clinical Psychologist at the Trauma Clinic in London and has recently been calling for the asylum process to take account of the latest `science of trauma`.

But new research reveals that the discrepancies in asylum seekers' accounts could be a direct result of their traumatic experience, not because they're lying. Dr Jane Herlihy is a Clinical Psychologist at the Trauma Clinic in London and has recently been calling for the asylum process to take account of the latest `science of trauma??.

To claim asylum in this country, applicants have to demonstrate a ?well founded? fear of persecution in their country of origin. In a series of interviews applicants are asked to disclose their personal history and experience. It is the difficult job of the immigration, or Home Office official, to work out which stories are true. Accounts which are deemed contradictory, incomplete or inconsistent tend to be rejected based on the assumption that such errors indicate that the applicant has been lying.

But new research reveals that the discrepancies in asylum seekers' accounts could be a direct result of their traumatic experience, not because they're lying. Dr Jane Herlihy is a Clinical Psychologist at the Trauma Clinic in London and has recently been calling for the asylum process to take account of the latest ?science of trauma?.

Claudia Hammond investigates the role of sleep in mental health.

Revision Techniques That Work

Students up and down the UK are busy revising for exams. Claudia Hammond discovers which methods are effective from Professor John Dunlosky, and the results will send a shiver down the spine of those who've left their revision to the last minute.

His review concludes that using a highlighter pen, underlining, reading and re-reading, and using mnemonics are the least effective techniques. Instead, students should do lots of practice tests and plan their revision sessions over time.

Right or Wrong ?, Therapists Who Cry

Last week's research paper from the USA on therapists who cry when their clients disclose something sad prompted scores of All in the Mind listeners to share their experiences. Claudia reviews the responses and airs a range of views.

Out Of Area Hospital Care for Detained Patients

An investigation by Community Care journal has disclosed an increase in the numbers of patients, detained under the Mental Health Act, who are being sent, many miles away from their homes, to be treated in private hospitals. Community Editor, Andy McNicoll tells Claudia Hammond about suspicions that out-of-area care is linked to acute bed closures and describes the concerns this practice raises for the care of vulnerable patients.

Psychological Treatments for Skin Disorders

More than half of the UK population experience a skin condition in any given 12 month period and the psychological impact on the individual can be enormous. The All Party Parliamentary Group on Skin has just published an updated report, a decade since they last investigated, criticising the lack of access to psychological help for sufferers and the trivialisation of skin disease in general. Dr Andrew Thompson, clinical psychologist and researcher at the University of Sheffield, talks to Claudia Hammond about the scale of unmet psychological need and Emma Rush, chairwoman of The Vitiligo Society, describes her personal experience of living with such a visible difference.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Which methods work best for exam revision? Not the highlighter pen, apparently.

Right or Wrong ? - Therapists Who Cry

Raj Persaud finds out how the latest advances in neuroscience are gaining the edge in Formula 1 and peers into the mind of a Formula 1 racing driver, at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Does what goes on in the driver's mind determine which car first crosses the finishing line?

Honda's top driver, Jenson Button, who last year won the Hungarian Grand Prix and in the second half of the season, won more points than any other driver, explains what mental preparation is needed to drive at 220 miles per hour.

Tony Lycholat is Head of Human Performance at Honda and the man responsible for keeping Jenson's mind on track; he describes his role.

Twenty two year old Lewis Hamilton has astounded Formula 1 fans and won a place in the history books by ending up on the podium at every race this season and winning the past two Grand Prix in America and Canada. Dr Kerry Spackman is a neuroscientist, who as a consultant to the Maclaren team, has worked with Lewis Hamilton, helping to prepare him for his very first season in Formula 1.

Dr Spackman talks about his research, which shows that in Formula 1 some cars are faster than others, but that the driver is the key to better speed.

IRAQ MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

In 2003, after the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein, Dr Sabah Sadik went back to his country to visit his family. He had originally trained as a psychiatrist but had left in 1979 to work in the UK. He describes what he found in Iraq after three wars, years of sanctions and continuing violence; 25 million people with just 91 psychiatrists.

Dr Sabah Sadik is now National Advisor for Mental Health to the Iraqi Ministry of Health, helping to rebuild the country's mental health services.

Dr Raj Persaud explores how developments in neuroscience are being applied to motor racing

Series exploring the limits and potential of the human mind and examining the arguments surrounding mental health.

Dr Raj Persaud watches British Grand Prix stars Lewis Hamilton, David Coulthard and Jenson Button race at Goodwood and finds out how the latest developments in neuroscience are being used by Formula 1 teams to prepare their drivers for the track.

New series 1/5. Dr Raj Persaud watches Formula One drivers Louis Hamilton , David Coulthard and Jenson Button race at Goodwood and discovers how racing teams are using neuroscience to prepare their stars for the track. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

1/5. Dr Raj Persaud watches Formula One drivers race and discovers how the sport is using neuroscience to prepare its stars for the track. Repeated from yesterday at 9pm

'Dr Raj Persaud watches British Grand Prix stars Lewis Hamilton, David Coulthard and Jenson Button race at Goodwood and finds out how the latest developments in neuroscience are being used by Formula 1 teams to prepare their drivers for the track.'

'New series 1/5. Dr Raj Persaud watches Formula One drivers Louis Hamilton , David Coulthard and Jenson Button race at Goodwood and discovers how racing teams are using neuroscience to prepare their stars for the track. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

Munchausen by Proxy, when a parent deliberately falsifies illness in a child by making up or even causing symptoms, has been renamed as Fabricated or Induced Illness after controversial cases in the past few years. But senior doctors are concerned that there is now a public reluctance to accept that the condition does exist, however rare. Claudia hears about the cases, usually mothers, who do harm their children on purpose.

Claudia Hammond looks into the condition once termed 'Munchausen by Proxy'.

The reasons behind the financial crisis. Women who deliberately injure their children.

with a report on a new eye-movement therapy for deep-seated trauma. Repeated from yesterday 11.30am

3/8. Claudia Hammond examines cases of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, finds out about the new name fabricated or induced illness, and talks to a psychiatrist about the condition.

Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

3/8. Claudia Hammond examines cases of Munchausen's syndrome by proxy, finds out about the new name 'fabricated or induced illness', and talks to a psychiatrist about the condition.

Most of us think we're pretty good at guessing when somebody's gay or straight, but what signals are we using to make our decision, and how often are we right ?

Psychologists at Queen Mary University of London are, for the first time, trying to isolate the individual signals and patterns in somebody's face, in order to work out exactly what motivates us to make a snap decision about sexuality.

Using cutting edge computer imagery, researchers have found a way of transferring male facial expressions onto female faces and vice versa, which means they can work out exactly how our 'gaydar' works.

Hopes are that the work will help to challenge stereotypes and prejudice by increasing awareness of how quickly, and often inaccurately, people classify each other.

Producer: Fiona Hill.

Using cutting edge computer imagery, researchers have found a way of transferring male facial expressions onto female faces and vice versa, which means they can work out exactly how our gaydar works.

Sexuality and Faces, How does our 'Gaydar' work ?

Dr Qazi Rahman, assistant professor in Cognitive Biology, and PHd student, William Jolly, are hoping that their research will challenge stereotypes and prejudice by increasing awareness of how quickly, and often inaccurately, people classify each other.

The Me Generation

Professor Jean Twenge from San Diego State University in California has already coined the phrase, 'Generation Me', describing the growing number of people who take it for granted that the self comes first. And she's less than flattering abut the downsides of this fundamental cultural shift.

She talks to Claudia Hammond about her latest research using data mined from the American Freshman Survey. This study captures students' attitudes right back to 1966, and compares how current students rate themselves and their abilities compared to the generation 45 years ago. Unsurprisingly, she finds that the younger generation is more likely to view themselves as above average, even though these attitudes aren't born out by the facts.

IQ Tests and Learning Disabilities

Psychologists are considering whether guidelines on how learning disabilities are assessed should be revised, following concerns that IQ test scores could be depriving people of a formal diagnosis, and therefore access to services.

Dr Simon Whitaker, consultant clinical psychologist and senior visiting research fellow at Huddersfield University, has completed research which raises questions about the reliability and consistency of IQ scores for people with learning difficulties.

Current rules mean people must score less than 70 on an IQ test as well as fulfilling other criteria but Dr Whitaker claims IQ tests aren't reliable enough and that those missing out on a diagnosis are also missing out on access to services.

Dr Theresa Joyce, consultant clinical psychologist and the person leading the British Psychological Society Review on how learning disabilities are diagnosed and assessed, tells Claudia Hammond that a range of scores is used before a diagnosis is reached.

How 'gaydar' works, narcissism and the Me Generation, IQ tests and learning disabilities.

'How accurate is gaydar, the guessing of a person's sexuality just by looking at them?'

Sexuality and Faces - How does our 'Gaydar' work ?

Dr Martin Seligman's mission is to promote positive psychology.

He says that psychology has spent over a hundred years studying misery and it might be more rewarding to look at what makes people happy.

Doing brave things might be one way to make us happier, or at least have interesting results, as Claudia discovers.

If Dr Seligman is right, should we be introducing happiness classes into the national curriculum to prevent children becoming depressed adults? Wellington College's headmaster, Anthony Sheldon, has initiated wellbeing classes to teach pupils resilience.

Claudia meets some of the pupils and discovers if the teenagers think this is helpful or if they are sceptical about it.

Not everyone may want to be cheery, however, and work by American psychologist Julie Norem suggests that defensive pessimism might be a better strategy for some people.

Claudia Hammond asks Martin Seligman if we can all be taught to be happy.

Dr Martin Seligman's mission is to promote positive psychology. He says that psychology has spent over a hundred years studying misery and it might be more rewarding to look at what makes people happy. Doing brave things might be one way to make us happier, or at least have interesting results, as Claudia discovers.

If Dr Seligman is right, should we be introducing happiness classes into the national curriculum to prevent children becoming depressed adults? Wellington College's headmaster, Anthony Sheldon, has initiated wellbeing classes to teach pupils resilience. Claudia meets some of the pupils and discovers if the teenagers think this is helpful or if they are sceptical about it.

3/8. Psychologist Claudia Hammond investigates the workings of the brain, the mind and the wider mental health agenda. Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

In a special edition, Claudia Hammond talks to the father of Positive Psychology, Professor Martin Seligman, about why optimism is not only good for your health, but could also help you live longer. Claudia visits a school that has introduced happiness lessons with some surprising results. And we hear from Dr Julie Norem about why, for some of us, a more pessimistic approach might be the winning strategy.

The programme also hears from listeners regarding the previous week's programme on the side effects of anti-psychotic medication for women.

'3/8. Psychologist Claudia Hammond investigates the workings of the brain, the mind and the wider mental health agenda. Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

3/8. Could filming people during a psychotic episode help an individual gain insight into their condition? Claudia Hammond investigates the arguments for and against. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

'Claudia Hammond hears about the potential advantages of video-taping people while they are suffering from hallucinations or a psychosic episode, which has been shown to give patients a greater understanding of their illness.'

HOW MAD ARE YOU?

How Mad Are You?, a two-part BBC 2 Horizon programme, ends this week. It features ten people who are put in a house together: half of whom have previously been diagnosed as mentally ill. They're given various tasks to perform, including performing stand up comedy and cleaning out a cowshed, while a panel of experts observes them and tries to guess who has the diagnosis, and who doesn't. Can a TV programme like this help to demystify psychiatric disorders, or will it just reinforce stereotypes? One of the members of the expert panel, Richard Bentall, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Bangor, tells Claudia Hammond why he decided to take part.

EMDR

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, or EMDR, is a therapy which involves talking about a traumatic incident whilst moving your eyes backwards and forwards. It's one of the therapies recommended by NICE, the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, for treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, but the treatment does have its detractors, mainly because critics can't see how moving eyes can effect an individual's ability to process trauma.

~All In The Mind sits in on an EMDR session with Dr Sandi Richman, a consultant clinical psychologist at the Traumatic Stress Service at the Maudsley Hospital in South London and an EMDR practitioner and trainer. And Claudia Hammond speaks to Dr Ray Gunter, an experimental psychologist at the University of Calgary, about his new research on how EMDR actually works.

AIDS ORPHANS IN SOUTH AFRICA

In South Africa children whose parents died from AIDS are suffering from such elevated levels of mental health problems that the rates are even higher than for children whose parents were murdered. There are 1.4 million such children now, a figure set to almost double in the next decade.

In the largest-ever controlled study of children orphaned by AIDS in South Africa, Dr Lucie Cluver, Lecturer in Evidence-Based Social Intervention at Oxford University, interviewed 1200 children and she tells Claudia Hammond what she found.

Claudia Hammond explores new research into Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing.

How Mad Are You?, a two-part BBC 2 Horizon programme, ends this week. It features ten people who are put in a house together: half of whom have previously been diagnosed as mentally ill. They're given various tasks to perform - including performing stand up comedy and cleaning out a cowshed - while a panel of experts observes them and tries to guess who has the diagnosis, and who doesn't. Can a TV programme like this help to demystify psychiatric disorders, or will it just reinforce stereotypes? One of the members of the expert panel, Richard Bentall, Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Bangor, tells Claudia Hammond why he decided to take part.

KIM stands for Knowledge, Inspiration and Motivation. It is a mental health group running activities for people around Holywell in North Wales and is the latest group finalist in the All in the Mind Awards. They were nominated by Hannah who explains why she sought their help as a teenager. Sophie Forster from Sussex University talks about her new research on smell blindness. One of the awards judges, Mandy Stevens, talks about some of the best ways to find help for your own mental health. Also, neuropsychologist and writer, Paul Broks talks about grief and how his wife's death changed his views on the importance of magical thinking.



KIM stands for Knowledge, Inspiration and Motivation. It is a mental health group running activities for people around Holywell in North Wales and is the latest group finalist in the All in the Mind Awards. They were nominated by Hannah who explains why she sought their help as a teenager. Sophie Forster from Sussex University talks about her new research on smell blindness. One of the awards judges, Mandy Stevens, talks about some of the best ways to find help for your own mental health. Also, neuropsychologist and writer, Paul Broks talks about grief and how his wife's death changed his views on the importance of magical thinking.

KIM - the latest group in the Awards, smell blindness and neuropsychologist Paul Broks.

Dr Raj Persaud presents the series exploring the limits and potential of the human mind and examining the arguments surrounding mental health. This programme considers new studies on the possibility of judging personality by appearance.

Is it possible to guess another's personality from facial information only? Dr Anthony C Little, Royal Society University Research Fellow, discusses the findings of his recently published research entitled Using composite images to assess accuracy in personality attribution to faces.

Raj Persaud tests out the new research which appears to show that there is some truth in the popular belief that facial characteristics might accurately reveal character.

SUICIDE HOTSPOTS

The annual progress report from the National Suicide Prevention Strategy for England has just been published. It concludes that the rate of suicide is continuing to fall, but greater reductions are needed if the target of cutting rates by one fifth by the year 2010 is to be met.

The report acknowledges that the likelihood of taking one's own life will depend to some extent on the ease of access to and knowledge of effective means, because suicidal behaviour is sometimes impulsive. Reducing access to domestic gas, carbon monoxide emissions from vehicles, the pack size of analgesics as well as installing barriers at suicide hotspots can help in the prevention of suicide. One UK bridge has had barriers since 1998 and as a result the number of deaths has halved.

Professor Raj Persaud is joined by David Gunnell, Professor of Epidemiology at Bristol University and member of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy Advisory Group to discuss the effectiveness of barriers on bridges and talks to film director Eric Steel about his documentary,The Bridge, about suicides from the Golden Gate Bridge.

FOYLE TAXIWATCH

As suicide rates In Northern Ireland continue to rise, taxi drivers in Londonderry, concerned about the problem, have taken the issue into their own hands. Many of them are being trained in suicide awareness skills including what they can do to save lives at one of the city's most notorious death spots. Marie-Louise Connolly talks to the drivers involved.

New studies on the possibility of judging personality by appearance are considered.

3/5. Dr Raj Persaud explores phrenology and physiognomy - deducing character through a study of head shape and facial features. Though the practices have been discredited as pseudo-science, recent studies reveal they may yet hold a germ of truth. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

'3/5. Dr Raj Persaud explores phrenology and physiognomy - deducing character through a study of head shape and facial features. Though the practices have been discredited as pseudo-science, recent studies reveal they may yet hold a germ of truth. Producer Fiona Hill Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

THOMPSON

Next in series: REPEAT

Previous in series: 07 November 1990

Broadcast history

13 Nov 1990 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)

Recorded on 1990-11-08.

Producer: M. THOMPSON

BBC Programme Number: 90HA3076

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The last programme in which Professor Anthony Clare explores matters of the mind.

Producer Matt Thompson

THOMPSON

Next in series: REPEAT

Previous in series: 07 November 1990

Broadcast history

13 Nov 1990 10:02-10:30 (RADIO 4)

Recorded on 1990-11-08.

Producer: M. THOMPSON

BBC Programme Number: 90HA3076

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The last programme in which Professor Anthony Clare explores matters of the mind.

Producer Matt Thompson

Producer Matt Thompson

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Producer: Matt Thompson

First broadcast on 1992-04-21

Recorded on 1992-04-15

Producer: T. PHILLIPS

Next in series: 28 April 1992

Previous in series: 14 April 1992

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21 Apr 1992 11:30-12:00 (RADIO 4)

22 Apr 1992 20:00-20:30 (RADIO 4)

BBC Programme Number: 92HA2003

First broadcast on 1992-04-28

Recorded on 1992-04-24

Producer: T. PHILLIPS

Next in series: 05 May 1992

Previous in series: 21 April 1992

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The vision of autonomous vehicles on our roads is becoming a reality, but in order for driverless cars to succeed, not only does the technology need to be faultless, but it's essential they can interact with pedestrians safely. So we need to know more about how pedestrians deal with the cars. Claudia Hammond takes a driverless ride with Prof Ed Galea of the University of Greenwich who's just conducted a trail to assess the detailed response of other road users.

Some of us are much more likely to take risks than others. One way of spotting the risk-takers is to look at how they behave, but do our brains hold clues as well. Joe Kable, Associate Professor of Psychology at the university of Pennsylvania, has unravelled the system in the brain that could help predict the degrees of risk we're prepared to take.

And Claudia meets the third of the nine finalists for the All in the Mind Awards 2018. We hear from Maddie, a professional actor- nominated by her childhood friend and now health economist Stephanie.

Self-driving cars and the pedestrian, risk tolerance in the brain, and Awards nominee.



And Claudia meets the third of the nine finalists for the All in the Mind Awards 2018. We hear from Maddie, a professional actor- nominated by her childhood friend and now health economist Stephanie.

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD are rarely asked what they think about the stigma or the drugs they take. But on this week's All In The Mind, children have their say.

The number of children who are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, or ADHD, has risen hugely in the UK, but what's striking in all the research is that children who have the condition are rarely asked what they think. Claudia Hammond hears from youngsters about the stigma and bullying associated with having ADHD and how they feel about the drugs they take.

3/8. Claudia Hammond reports on the latest developments in psychology, psychiatry and mental health. Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

SYNAESTHESIA

In Synaesthesia - where two or more senses are inter-connected, the letter A might be yellow, or the word fragile might taste of mint. It may sound strange, but most of us will know six or seven people with synaesthesia. It runs in families. Some see it as a disorder, others see it as a gift. The subject will be a familiar one for regular AITM listeners, but now new research has shown that synaesthesia exists in even more forms than we used to think. Claudia went to Sussex University to meet Dr Jamie Ward, who's the author of The Frog Who Croaked Blue, and to try out some of his ground-breaking work for herself.

Read your responses to this item.

ADHD, KIDS AND DRUGS

Every year the number of children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD goes up. The drug Ritalin is a common treatment, but new draft guidelines from NICE are making some radical suggestions about treatment. They'll say the under fives shouldn't have the drugs at all, and, older children, unless it's very severe should be offered psychological support and their parents, training programmes, before drugs are even considered. Dr Ilina Singh is the Wellcome Trust Bioethics and Society lecturer at the London School of Economics and for the past decade, she's been researching the attitudes and views of children and young people with ADHD: what they think about their illness and about the drugs they are given to treat it. All in the Mind talked to a group of children with ADHD about their views of taking Ritalin and to Dr Ilina Singh on her ongoing study about ADHD, children and medication in the UK and the USA.

ROW OVER PSYCHOLOGISTS WORKING AT GUANTANAMO BAY AND CIA 'BLACK SITES

In the United States doctors, nurses and psychiatrists are all banned by their professional organisations from taking part in interrogations, but this is not the case with psychologists . It is an issue which has deeply split The American Psychological Association. One of the latest protest resignations is Professor Beth Shinn, the former head of two APA divisions. She talks to Claudia.

Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder have their say.

In Synaesthesia ? where two or more senses are inter-connected, the letter A might be yellow, or the word fragile might taste of mint. It may sound strange, but most of us will know six or seven people with synaesthesia. It runs in families. Some see it as a disorder, others see it as a gift. The subject will be a familiar one for regular AITM listeners, but now new research has shown that synaesthesia exists in even more forms than we used to think. Claudia went to Sussex University to meet Dr Jamie Ward, who's the author of The Frog Who Croaked Blue, and to try out some of his ground-breaking work for herself.

'3/8. Claudia Hammond reports on the latest developments in psychology, psychiatry and mental health. Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm'

Claudia Hammond visits the RHS Feel Good Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show. The garden is part of the 70th birthday celebrations for the NHS and was proposed by occupational therapist Andrew Kingston and designed by Matt Keightley. It highlights the benefits of gardening for mental health. After the show the garden will be replanted in the grounds of a hospital in Archway.

Michael Scullin is Director of the Sleep, Neuroscience and Cognition Lab at Baylor University in the US and he has a useful suggestion to alleviate exam stress.

~All In The Mind awards, this week the finalist is Fiona Sadler a pastoral support advisor at a primary school in Norfolk. Fiona was nominated by Stephanie because of all the support she has shown over the years. They first became friends when Fiona found a note in Steph's son's school bag.

Post Olympic Blues. Dr Mathijs Luccassen from the Open University reports on the difficulties athletes face when they return from the Olympics.

Claudia visits the RHS Feel Good Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of motivation and procrastination with an audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival. Is willpower a good source of motivation? And why being a chronic procrastinator is bad for your health but there are ways to stop. Claudia is joined by guests: BBC presenter and Team GB triathlete, Louise Minchin, who talks about her route from journalist to representing team GB in triathlon world championships; Fuschia Sirois from Sheffield University, who discusses procrastination, why we do it and how we can stop; and Ian Taylor from Loughborough University, who discusses some of the best ways to motivate ourselves to achieve our goals.

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of motivation and procrastination.