Category: News

A man knows it is time to retire when: his children have already retired his passion for golf exceeds his passion for his job he begins to notice not only…

Research by Kevin Beaver at Florida State University has found a link between the low-activity version of the gene MAOA and gang behaviour in men.  This gene, which is rarely…

With the passing of the new year my attention turned to what I want to achieve in the next twelve months.  Yet again I find myself resolving to go to…

The number of boys calling the UK child telephone helpline ChildLine is starting to increase. Historically boys have only represented 20% of calls to the service but this has increased…

Bullying is a serious matter. I am often invited to hear the ongoing effects in men who have been bullied as a child. Very often the experience of being bullied…

Everything comes in fashions. Mental health research is no exception. As I have reported elsewhere in this blog, mindfulness is currently the flavour of the moment in mental health. By…

Depressed mood is one of the most common problems I see in my practice with men. Feeling low is not the only symptoms guys complain of. Often low mood is…

In Western culture we have become fascinated, dazzled and bewitched by our own egos. We know what we like and what we don’t like. We know who we like and…

Mindfulness, through meditation, is gathering momentum in the mental health industry as a treatment that can help in a wide range of mental health problems, particularly depression. I thought I…

Smell is an important indicator of sexual attraction, and science is starting to understand why. One of the first studies to look at sexual attraction and smell was conducted by…