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25/10/2024

https://youtu.be/TNAiL7XlBtA?si=VqFmiwoUomQO064t

As well as learning how to combine hypnosis, mindfulness, and CBT in our Diploma, you can also delve deeper into the CBT aspect with a certificate in Integra...

06/08/2024

I met some amazing people and saw an incredible sky.. and the day just got started. The world is magical if you have time to see it.

12/07/2024

Telling ourselves and each other stories, is so embedded within our psychological framework, it has become an essential part of our existence, for where would we be, if it was not for our stories? We tell stories to confirm and justify our very existence [..] This article barely scratches the surface of an intricate world of internal highways of communication, hidden within the human infrastructure, which ultimately leads to behavioural and social decisions, every moment, of every single day. Decisions that ultimately, impact on our existence and quality of life. The article certainly raises more questions than answers....

Introducing James… James is a successful banker enjoying significant authority and respect at work. Being into sports and a healthy lifestyle, he is tall and handsome, he has a beautiful wife and t…

11/04/2024

Recent research shows that financial gain may not be the cause of gambling behaviour . Mesolimbic dopamine (the principle neuromediator of incentive motivation) is indeed released to a larger extent in pathological gamblers than in healthy controls during gambling episodes (Linnet et al., 2011; Joutsa et al., 2012), as in other forms of compulsive and addictive behaviour. However, outcomes indicate that the interaction between dopamine and reward is not so straightforward (Blum et al., 2012; Linnet et al., 2012). In pathological gamblers and healthy controls, dopamine release seems to reflect the 'unpredictability of reward delivery' rather than the reward per se. This suggests that the motivation to gamble is strongly determined by the inability to predict reward occurrence. This also translates to other types of addictions, as we now have evidence that 'expectations' from a rewarding activity may be more important that getting the reward itself. Consider animal behaviour studies - hunting does not always lead to a reward, but this does not stop a predator from trying. Determining the exact timing of subjective feelings or how losses spur on a gambler's desire to play during gambling episodes is difficult because different emotions and cognitions constantly overlap. Nevertheless, Linnet et al., (2010) were able to measure mesolimbic dopamine release in pathological gamblers and healthy controls, winning or losing money. Unexpectedly, they found no difference in dopaminergic responses between the two groups who won money. Dopamine release in the ventral striatum, however, was more pronounced for the losses in gamblers relative to the healthy control. Given the motivational impact of dopamine, Linnet and colleagues argue that this effect could explain loss-chasing in gamblers. In addition, they point out that “pathological gamblers are not hyperdopaminergic per se, but have increased dopamine susceptibility toward certain types of decisions and behaviour”. This finding that dopamine release is higher in gamblers losing money than in gamblers winning money is also consistent with the evidence that near-misses enhance the motivation to gamble and recruit the brain reward circuit more than big-wins (Kassinove and Schare, 2001; Clark et al., 2009; Chase and Clark, 2010).

Daniel Mirea - Unfortunately, or perhaps not, as mammal species we are predisposed to addictions. Our preferred stimulus can of a self-destructive ...

28/03/2024

https://www.health.com/fish-oil-and-magnesium-8613123

Fish oil and magnesium are supplements used for a variety of health concerns. If you take them together, there are factors you should consider.

27/03/2024

The research was published in the International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education. Scientists conducted interviews with 494 students about their use of ChatGPT, with some admitting to being "addicted" to using the technology to complete assignments.

The AI chatbot can generate convincing answers to simple text prompts and is already used weekly by up to 32% of university students.

19/02/2024

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2020.0531

This article considers the evolution of brain architectures for predictive processing. We argue that brain mechanisms for predictive perception and action are not late evolutionary additions of advanced creatures like us. Rather, they emerged gradually ...

09/01/2024

OCD is a confusing and psychologically painful condition characterised by intrusive and random (but really not so random) thoughts and images that demand a focused-attention to specific messages. These messages are in fact thoughts and/or video clips about making mistakes, harming someone, contamination, disease, religion, fears of impulses or desires, or just about anything that one might consider dangerous, disgusting, or dirty. Examples of obsessive messages are 'I made a mistake and now I have to pay the price' or 'I saw myself being violent and this means I will lose control and act it out in real life'. Once these messages or intrusive thoughts have entered one's consciousness a process of compulsive safety-seeking actions begin alongside self-criticism and hypervigilance - or looking out for more 'crazy' thoughts. One ends up now watching himself, totally self-conscious, fearing every possible thought or intrusion that does not reflect an honest and good mind. The mind theory that dominates one's being is that one ought to have only certain types of thoughts, like kind thoughts or positive thoughts only and everything else is bad... but does anyone's mind truly operate in that way… highly unlikely.

One of the problems we encounter in the field of evidence-based, applied psychology, is the firm and long-established reliance on the medical-disease model. In a nutshell, this means that we must d…

11/12/2023

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/suppressing-negative-thoughts-good-for-mental-health

The commonly-held belief that attempting to suppress negative thoughts is bad for our mental health could be wrong, a new study from scientists at the

31/10/2023

There is always a story, behind the story.. RIP Matthew

Perry said he struggled with loneliness, self-doubt and is proof that addiction can enter any home and any life.Stream the full ABC News special ‘Matthew Per...

19/07/2023

https://beckinstitute.org/blog/remembering-dr-beck-on-his-birthday/?fbclid=IwAR1IO3fK_psdgeew2-SmMAFXZtGHYmrr-4uvBm4Sb3m3cGT8aCSxJZ0NPWY

As the anniversary of his birthday (and our first annual Aaron T. Beck Day celebration) approaches, we would like to share some messages from colleagues, friends, and supporters around the world.

07/07/2023

Your breath is there to remind you that you're alive and well..