The Wellcome Collection has launched a six part digital narrative called Mindcraft about theories of the mind of the late eighteenth to late nineteenth centuries: just late enough to cover Freud. Worth a look for an interesting way of telling a digital story. Click here to explore Mindcraft for yourself.
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There is increasing evidence that psychoanalysis may be an effective therapy. A landmark review by Shedler (2010) included a number of randomised control trials* where psychodynamic therapies proved as effective as other forms of therapy. Midgley and Kennedy (2011) conducted another review, this time of studies relating to children and young adults and again found strong evidence of the value of […]
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(Photo link ) With all the emphasis upon A01 this and A02 that and A03 the other, I’d kind of forgotten about quotes. The use of quotes in exams is not by any means essential, but good ones can crystallize a point and hurl it with vigour – for example there’s some great ones in this short piece on […]
Read moreI got sent details of a lovely new website a while back. It has test questions, resources, filmclips, a shrine to Sigmund Freud… what more could you want? Less pleasingly, it carries on the preoccupation with cats that has so bedevilled psychology of late. I appreciate the marketing genius of designating a textbook ‘The Cat Book’ – it is, after […]
Read moreI just noticed there’s a Freud quiz appeared in the digital resources section of this site. On the surface it appears to be a straightforward tickbox exercise encouraging contemplation of the strengths and weaknesses of his approach to the treatment of mental disorders – however, like all good psychoanalytic research, there’s more to it than that: Like the […]
Read moreIf you go here, you can download a copy of one of the most famous radio broadcasts ever made: Orson Welles 1938 adaptation of ‘War Of The Worlds’, a drama that caused mass panic and hysteria when it was broadcast. Here’s what happened: “On the evening of Sunday, October 30, 1938 – a month after the […]
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