Authors: Joanna Moncrieff, Ruth E. Cooper, Tom Stockmann, Simone Amendola, Michael P. Hengartner & Mark A. Horowitz Publication: Molecular Psychiatry (2022)Cite this article Date: 20 July 2022 This article is clear summary of the scientific facts regarding the serotonin theory of depression, and how this theory no…
Dear ISPA Members, Spring is here! I trust this message finds you well and thriving in your respective strategic psychotherapy and clinical hypnotherapy pursuits. It is with great pleasure that I address you today to share some exciting developments within…
Dear ISPA Members, We hope this newsletter finds you in good health and high spirits. As we approach the halfway mark of the year, we would like to take a moment to express our heartfelt gratitude for your continued support…
Welcome to the first edition of Wh-ISPA’s for 2023. It’s refreshing to see that we can now freely see each other and have put the pandemic behind us. Let’s hope this continues! As the newly appointed acting president of ISPA,…
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Joanna Moncrieff and Dr Mark Horowitz (both UCL Psychiatry) report on their new research showing no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for depression. This article is a clear and concise…
I recently read this article on the experience our older adults have with depression. It is a well written article detailing the differences older adults experience with depression. The publishes, National Institute of Aging, shares “Depression in older adults may…
Author: Timothy P Carmody 1, Carol Duncan, Joel A Simon, Sharon Solkowitz, Joy Huggins, Sharon Lee, Kevin Delucchi This randomized controlled trial study was conducted to compare the results of patients who wanted to stop smoking when their therapy was either a combination of counselling therapy and…
Author: C S Ginandes 1, D I Rosenthal This is another clinical study looking at the results of using hypnosis within a clearly medical setting, with the intention of understanding if hypnosis does n fact make a different to physical healing and…
Authors: Carol Ginandes 1, Patricia Brooks, William Sando, Christopher Jones, John Aker Medical hypnosis has been researched for decades, although most of the studies have focused on various functional applications. For example: reducing anxiety pre medical procedure, pain reduction, introduction to anesthesia etc. However, these…