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• ASchizophrenia and a damaging blame game | Letters

  13-03-2016 20:32
  
  Deborah Orr is right to voice concern in her report of Oliver James’s psychological theorising and the harm it might do (Oliver James is wrong to blame parents for their children’s mental illness, 12 March). If it is as reported, James would be way out of his domain in considering that psychological abnormalities and serious mental illness like schizophrenia can have only psychological causes and never genetic causes. Unfortunately the genetic evidence is highly complex and technical
  
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• Not in Your Genes review – blame the parenting not the parents

  13-03-2016 08:00
  
  Oliver James makes a forceful argument for the influence of upbringing on personality“All of us were maltreated sometimes,” writes Oliver James in his latest offering, Not in Your Genes. A cheery thought, it forms the basis of the clinical psychologist’s long-held thesis that when it comes to personalities, mental health and emotional outlook, nature is a puny influence: it’s nurture that packs the punches. “I believe it is safe to say that genes hardly influence wh
  
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• On my radar: Andrew Solomon’s cultural highlights

  13-03-2016 07:59
  
  The author of Far from the Tree on Sue Klebold – brave mother of a Columbine school killer – a play about gay parenthood and the best chocolate in the worldBorn in Manhattan, writer Andrew Solomon studied English at Yale and Cambridge, later completing a PhD thesis in psychology on attachment parenting. He is a lecturer on psychology, politics, and the arts, and has given TED talks on depression, identity, love and acceptance. He is a dual UK-US citizen and lives in New York and Lond
  
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• Does being well-read make you a better mind reader?

  13-03-2016 07:00
  
  What is your preferred genre of book? Do you like potboilers or literary classics? What you choose reveals much about how you view others…How good are you at reading other people’s minds? To find out, answer this one question: how often do you read literary fiction? Defining ‘literary’ versus ‘popular’ fiction is not straightforward. Here are examples:Literary fiction The Runner by Don DeLillo, Blind Date by Lydia Davis, Chameleon by Anton Chekhov, The Round
  
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• Can the cold make you stronger?

  13-03-2016 07:00
  
  Wim Hof claims that a regime of cold baths and breathing techniques will stave off the flu and boost your immune systemCold showers are commonly associated with dousing sexual urges, tropical holidays and plumbing emergencies. But Dutch daredevil Wim Hof, who holds the world record for the longest time immersed in an ice bath, claims they can also teach people how to control their immune system.Hof was nicknamed “The Iceman” for his seemingly freakish feats, which include climbing Ev
  
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• How to 'reclaim your brain' from mental disease

  13-03-2016 06:04 via foxnews.com
  
  Many sufferers of mental disease would describe their illness, whether it be post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or anxiety, as a loss of control over their mind.
  
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