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How to keep anxiety at bay over Christmas

For many of us, Christmas is the most social and the most stressful time of the year. In a time-poor society, the run-up to Christmas is...

What positive psychology teaches us about resilience

Positive psychology looks at how people survive, bounce back and thrive from the inevitable losses that no human can avoid. Trauma is a...

The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read review: It made me angry

Philippa Perry’s view on parenting is admirable, but regrettably simplistic. In the introduction to The Book You Wish Your Parents Had...

Seven Signs of Life review: Bold, courageous and most welcome

Aoife Abbey gives voice to the complexity of what it means to be a human being. Over the past number of years a genre in literature...

A life dedicated to dying well

Our citizens will die better in a culture and setting where we can approach, rather than avoid, our mortality. At the end of life there...

Interview: Mental health should be sixth vital sign in hospitals

Mental health should be sixth vital sign in hospitals, says Dr Paul D'Alton. Clinical psychologist Dr Paul D’Alton would like to see...