tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737633890176949647.post183538391135485173..comments2023-08-22T10:06:28.678+01:00Comments on Discursive of Tunbridge Wells: Seduced by biology: The BBC, black dog and biological biasCCCU Applied Psychologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12127528347937708211noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737633890176949647.post-27152790648278813992014-08-22T21:17:56.550+01:002014-08-22T21:17:56.550+01:00just read this, and by looking at the linked artic...just read this, and by looking at the linked articles discovered "affectionless control" which sums up my childhood. This helps explain my depression, low self esteem and feelings of helplessness. It also explains my brothers need to prove himself by doing well in his career. Thanks, I've just ha a lightbulb moment that has confirmed some of my own analysis of my life.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737633890176949647.post-91870505520738501712014-04-07T13:39:21.327+01:002014-04-07T13:39:21.327+01:00I benefited very much, thank you.I benefited very much, thank you.Biyolojihttp://hakkindabilgial.com/bilim/biyoloji/index.1.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737633890176949647.post-91777136263974758022014-02-26T22:09:13.508+00:002014-02-26T22:09:13.508+00:00Searching for bio-markers for depression strikes m...Searching for bio-markers for depression strikes me as a similar enterprise to trying to find bio-markers for experiences such as frustration, anger or excitement. Inevitably, they'll be biological correlates floating around in the blood stream or within the brain's synapses, but it would be more sensible to look at life experiences, and the meanings attached to them, for clues at to why someone is feeling frustration/anger/excitement.Gary Sidleyhttp://gsidley.hubpages.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737633890176949647.post-44579680309845786352014-02-22T13:01:50.917+00:002014-02-22T13:01:50.917+00:00Thanks for this really interesting post which aler...Thanks for this really interesting post which alerts us to the dangers of biological essentialism in psychiatry (I agree that the Dar-Nimrod and Heine paper is worth reading, as well as some of the responses to it). The findings from the research are interesting but, of course, cortisol is properly interpreted as a stress marker and not a biomarker. It is true that trying to 'correct' affected children's cortisol levels would leave the social roots of depression unaddressed. It would also be very unlikely to alter their subjective experience of being depressed which includes numerous well-documented cognitive changes (e.g. pessimism, rumination) which are also understandable reactions to adverse environments. Let's not forget that cortisol is part of the individual's defensive attempt to muster the biological resources necessary for dealing with threatening and unsupportive environments. We need to understand which aspects of the environment are toxic, and to find ways of emerliorating them. In order to find out how to help individauls, we also need to understand the mechanisms which link specific risk factors to specific outcomes, research that the Wellcome Trust appears to be reluctant to fund. At the University of Liverpool we have a vibrant research group working on these problems, mostly on a shoestring.Richard Bentallhttp://www.liv.ac.uk/psychology-health-and-society/research/psychosis/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3737633890176949647.post-72271650687256560962014-02-20T11:52:36.940+00:002014-02-20T11:52:36.940+00:00Thank Sue, for taking the time to articulate this ...Thank Sue, for taking the time to articulate this so clearly. You speak for the thousands of us who put our frustration with uncritical media reporting of this issue (and particularly the Today programme's) to no better use than shouting at the radio...Anne Cookehttps://twitter.com/AnneCooke14noreply@blogger.com