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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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CRAVING SUNLIGHT
On Sunday the clocks went back an hour and we gained an hour of sleep but how does this change affect us? Do we feel better or worse and do our inner biological clocks get confused? Raj Persaud talks to Russell Foster, Professor of Molecular Neuroscience at Imperial College, and author of Rhythms of Life about the rhythms embedded in our genes and how they are affected by the seasons.
CAPSULE LIFE
Astronauts, submariners and even arctic explorers live in fairly extreme conditions. It's often described as capsule living because of its lack of space and privacy. However one day this kind of experience might be available to all of us, but are we ready for it?
Raj Persaud joins listener Jeff Tall, a former submarine commander during the Gulf war, aboard the HMS Alliance, Professor Elizabeth Morris, Glaciologist, and Dr. David F. Dinges, team leader for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute, to discuss the preparations for, and psychological effect of, living in a confined space.
MENTAL HEALTH AWARDS
Last month All in the Mind won a Mental Health Media Award for our series on the particular problems facing black people in the psychiatric system. Trevor Phillips, Chair of the Commission for Racial Equality,joins Raj Persaud to discuss what still needs to be done.
MALINGERING
Malingering is not a medical or psychiatric disorder but, from a military point of view, it is punishable under the Articles of War. However it is usually difficult, if not impossible, to provide unassailable proof of guilt and nowadays it's used mainly in an attempt to de-fraud insurance companies.
Peter Halligan, Professor of Neuropsychology at Cardiff University, explains to Raj Persaud how neuropsychologists try to detect a malingerer.
Additional information
Professor Russell Foster
Professor of Molecular Neuroscience at Imperial College Faculty of Medicine
Rhythms of Life: The Biological Clocks That Control the Daily Lives of Every Living Thing
Leon Kreitzman, Russell Foster
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN 1861975716
The Dana Centre
Professor Elizabeth Morris
Arctic Science Adviser at the Scott Polar Research Institute
Dr David F. Dinges
Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Pennsylvania University;
Chief Division of Sleep and Chronobiology; Director Unit for Experimental Psychiatry, School of Medicine
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Team leader for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute
Mental Health Media Awards 2004
Professor Peter Halligan
Professor of Neuropsychology, School of Psychology, Cardiff University,
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RELATED LINKS
Mental Health Foundation
Mind
SANE
Department of Health
BBC Health
BBC Health - Mental Health
Reith Lectures 2003: The Emerging Mind
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