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| | | Dr Raj Persaud explores the limits and potential of the mind, revealing the latest research and bringing together experts and commentators from the worlds of psychiatry, psychology and mental health.
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"All in the Mind provides a unique chance to meet the people at the cutting edge of research and developments on all aspects of the mind and brain from around the world. Please join me as we attempt to illuminate the most complex and least understood mechanism we have so far found in the Universe - the mind."
Prof. Raj Persaud
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PLACEBO EFFECT:
Controlled trials have shown that a simple sugar pill, or placebo, can sometimes be just as effective in relieving symptoms as genuine medication - just as long as the patient believes the pill they're swallowing contains the drug in question. But the mystery remains - how exactly does the mind effect the cure?
Claudia Hammond explores the history of the placebo effect when she talks to Robert Van Hasslen, Deputy Director of Research at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, Professor Bill Bynum from the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine and Julia Waite, a former nurse.
Dr Raj Persaud talks to Dylan Evans, an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Bath and author of a new book ‘Placebo – The Belief Effect’ about his theory as to the circumstances in which the placebo effect works.
FALSE HOPE SYNDROME:
Can people really change? Raj Persaud debates why some people make the same resolution five years in succession before they either succeed or give up, when he talks to Peter Herman, Professor of Psychology at the University of Toronto and Dr Dina Glouberman, founder of ‘Image-work’.
FLASHBULB MEMORY:
How does the brain process emotional experiences, dramatic encounters and memories? Raj Persaud talks to Dr Lia Kvavilashvili, a psychologist at the University of Hertfordshire who has been researching a phenomenon known as Flashbulb Memory. Are our memories as accurate as we assume?
Additional information:
Royal London Homeopathic Hospital
Greenwell Street
London
W1W 5BP
Tel: 020 7391 8833
Welcome Trust
The Wellcome Building
183 Euston Road
London
NW1 2BE
Tel: 020 7611 8888
Dylan Evans
Book: Placebo - The Belief Effect
HarperCollins - ISBN 0007126123
University of Bath
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
Tel: 01225-826131
University of Toronto
Department of Psychology
100 St. George Street
Room 4072
Toronto
Ontario
M5S 3G3
Tel: (416) 978-3406
Dr Dina Glouberman
Image work
92 Prince of Wales Road
London
NW5 3NE
Tel: 020 7267 4424
Skyros the Holistic Holiday
Books:
The Joy of Burnout: How the End of the World Can Be a New Beginning
Top of Form 1
Hodder Mobius ISBN: 0340821582
Life Choices, Life Changes: Develop your personal vision with image work.
Hodder & Stoughton General ISBN: 0340826762
University of Hertfordshire
College Lane
Hatfield
Herts
AL10 9AB
Tel: 01707 284000
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RELATED LINKS
Mental Health Foundation
Mind
Department of Health
BBC Health
BBCi Health - Mental Health
Reith Lectures 2003: The Emerging Mind
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