Conventional psychiatry has emphasized the genetic roots of psychosis based on the claim that twin and other studies show that schizophrenia is 80% heritable, which means that 80% of the cause is genetic. — 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 behaviorist approach to psychology which - whatever its limitations - at least taught me to see… — 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
