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Radio 4,01 Dec 2009,30 mins

Renaming Schizophrenia - Mindfulness

All in the Mind

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Claudia Hammond asks if changing the name of schizophrenia would help people understand what the condition is all about. Critics say the name is so inaccurate that it stigmatises mental illness and holds back research into treatment. Plus mindfulness, an ancient technique now being used to treat everything from clinical depression to everyday stress. Claudia learns how to practise mindfulness on her way to work.

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