Since the Second World War, rates of common mental illness (depression and anxiety) have been increasing in the industrialized nations, whereas rates of recovery from severe mental illness have not improved despite the availability of apparently effective therapies such as… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
At the individual level, if we can identify the psychological mechanisms linking adverse environments to psychosis (and there has been a lot of progress with this despite minimal funding) we should be able to devise more effective interventions for those… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
Conventional psychiatry has emphasized the genetic roots of psychosis based on the claim that twin and other studies show that schizophrenia is 80% heritable,… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
If we are to believe the evidence from clinical trials there are many effective pharmacological and psychological treatments for mental illness. Epidemiological data, on… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
Countries with the best-resourced medical services have the best outcomes for physical illness (it is better to have a heart attack in Washington or… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
At the population level, making the world more just and less unequal, while trying to figure out the toxic aspects of the urban environmental… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
There are many kinds of adult adversities that can provoke severe psychological distress, including debt and unemployment, dysfunctional marital relationships and occupational stress. The… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
Childhood trauma is not necessarily a prophecy of doom, because some children are resilient or because later experiences help to restore mental health. — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
There is also evidence from epidemiological studies that psychotic-like experiences are much more common than has hitherto been thought (with about 10% of the… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
The only way you can estimate environmental influences is by measuring them. — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
Since the Second World War, rates of common mental illness (depression and anxiety) have been increasing in the industrialized nations, whereas rates of recovery… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
My interest in the psychological roots of psychosis has both personal (my brother Andrew committed suicide) and professional origins (I was trained in a… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
At the individual level, if we can identify the psychological mechanisms linking adverse environments to psychosis (and there has been a lot of progress… — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
There is almost no evidence that diagnoses such as 'schizophrenia' and 'bipolar disorder' correspond to discrete entities ('natural kinds' in the language of philosophy). — Richard Bentall Copy Share Image
