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…
Women Go for Smart and Generous Guys
Ever wondered what women go for in a man? Well research by Mark Prokosch and his team and reported in the Journal Evolution and Behaviour suggests that women tend to…
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…
Childhood Sexual Behaviour
There has been a lot of recent press attention given to young children who have been excluded from school for inappropriate sexual behaviour. I watched one mother talk of her…
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…
Gynaecomastia
As the name ‘man boobs’ suggests, enlarged breasts in a male are often dismissed lightly, or even treated as a joke. This article provides information for men who might be…
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,…