Iron Man Family Outing Book Review
Book Review: Iron Man Family Outing – Poems about a transition into a more conscious manhood by Rick Belden. Fathers are important, especially to little boys. The author of this…
Women’s Equality Day
Since 1971, the 26th August has been designated women’s equality day. It’s a day when women, and some men, reflect on the sexism that is still faced by women around…
Who is Male?
The athlete Caster Semenya has recently caused headlines the world over since her gold medal in the Berlin World Athletic Championships caused the IAAF to order tests to ascertain her…
Ban on People with HIV Entering the USA to be lifted
Since 1987 there has been a ban on HIV+ people entering the United States. The US is one of a minority of countries that took the view that people with…
Conscientious Men Live Longer
It’s a sad fact, but look round the average nursing home and they are full to the rafters … with women. Men often leave their partners widows but not the…
Computerised CBT
All the really exciting developments in therapy these days make claim to the title ‘Cognitive Behavioural Therapy’ or CBT. It’s a great therapy that helps you to understand the relationship…
Fathers Mental Health Impacts On Their Children
Children of fathers who have psychiatric disorders are twice as likely to develop psychiatric or behavioural problems themselves. This research has been published in The Lancet by a team of University…
New Mental Health Campaign For Men
MIND, the UK’s leading mental health charity, has launched a a new campaign focussed on men and mental health. It has a two pronged attack. First, it wants to encourage…
Boys “Make People Unhappy” (Apparently!).
Research by Tony Cassidy and his team at Ulster University reported in Therapy Today, suggests that families with lots of boys are more vulnerable in times of divorce. It appears…
God On The Brain
When I was a university student, I formed some pretty strong conclusions about God and about science. God, or so I reasoned, was about the meaning of life and morality,…