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• Psychological tests for pilots cannot prevent crashes, say experts

  27-03-2015 19:25
  
  Aviation screening programmes under scrutiny after reports that Germanwings co-pilot had sicknote for day he apparently crashed plane
  Every day pilots assume responsibility for hundreds of lives. But the tests airlines use to assess qualified pilots’ mental and psychological fitness for the job vary from country to country, are invariably perfunctory, and can never perfectly predict how an individual will behave in particular circumstances on any given day.A French prosecutor’s allegation th
  
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• The Germanwings tragedy: inside the mind of a pilot | Michael Bloomfield

  27-03-2015 17:45
  
  As a qualified pilot and psychiatrist, I am certain that no prior psychological test to Andreas Lubitz would have predicted his actionsFrench prosecutors have reported that first officer Andreas Lubitz appeared to want to destroy the aircraft carrying 149 innocent people aboard Germanwings flight 4U9525. As a qualified pilot and a psychiatrist, I have since repeatedly imagined nightmare scenarios in that cockpit. Although we will never know what was truly going through Lubitz’s mind as the air
  
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• How body's good fat tissue communicates with brain

  27-03-2015 15:10
  Brown fat tissue, the body’s “good fat,” communicates with the brain through sensory nerves, possibly sharing information that is important for fighting human obesity, such as how much fat we have and how much fat we’ve lost, according to researchers.
  
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• New study examines dialectical behavior therapy for reducing suicide attempts

  27-03-2015 15:00
  Different forms of dialectical behavior therapy - or DBT - equally reduce suicide attempts, self-injuries and suicidal thoughts, according to a new study.
  
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• Capita Conferences Announces Their Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Conference

  27-03-2015 14:30 via pr.com
  About the event:This National Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Conference provides vital insights at a pivotal time for the IAPT programme. As they reach the March 2015 deadline for access and recovery targets, this conference unites leading experts and practitioners to review the challenges and successes of the IAPT programme.Attend to gain actionable strategies into the expansion of IAPT to new [PR.com]
  
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• Claims about Andreas Lubitz's mental health only serve to stigmatise depression | Pete Etchells

  27-03-2015 12:38
  
  The media is today reporting that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz may have been dealing with depression. But claiming a causal link between mental illness and the crash only serves to further stigmatise depressionWhenever a major disaster occurs, it’s a perfectly understandable human reaction that we need to find a reason behind it. However, trying to make sense of a terrible situation is one thing, and falling over ourselves to jump to ridiculous conclusions is quite another. And quite fr
  
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• £1.1m study to reduce cognitive problems in people with MS

  27-03-2015 10:00
  Experts in Nottingham are leading a major new study into how people with multiple sclerosis (MS) could overcome problems with attention and memory associated to their condition.
  
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• More schools, more challenging assignments add up to higher IQ scores

  27-03-2015 08:00
  More schooling -- and the more mentally challenging problems tackled in those schools -- may be the best explanation for the dramatic rise in IQ scores during the past century, often referred to as...
  
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