Psychology of mental health
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Psychology of mental health (C848): The study of psychological well-being
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Types of Reliability |
Research Methods Knowledge Base page from the Web Center for Social Research Methods (Cornell University) introduces the major forms of... |
reliability, Validity, statistics | view | |
Prof. Mark Williams on Mindfulness |
Professor Mark Williams from Oxford University delivers a lecture to the public about the science of mindfulness. The event was Science Oxford... |
mindfulness, Psychology, Science, depression, Emotion, mental health, Brain, meditation | view | |
Eero Castrén: Why do antidepressants work? |
Prof. Eero Castrén from Helsinki University, gave this Stockholm Psychiatry Lecture in September 2012 at Nobel Forum, Karolinksa Institute. ... |
antidepressants, Psychiatry, Neuroscience, Neurobiology, Brain, Neurotransmitters, plasticity | view | |
Allpsych - the Virtual Psychology Classroom |
AllPsych is dedicated to the education of psychology and this is a link to the website which contains a number of useful materials and references... |
virtual classroom, Reference, quizzes, research methods | view | |
What Happens When Things Go Wrong - Youtube Clip |
Professor Paul Bloom, Yale University, gives a lecture on psychopathology. He discusses the various ways of defining mental illness before... |
Psychology, abnormal psychology, psychopathology, Schizophrenia, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, dissociative disorders | view | |
The Autistic Spectrum: From Theory to Practice |
This is a link to an Open University unit on autism, where the wide spectrum of disorders associated with autism is described. The unit then... |
autism, asperger's, Psychology, psychological disorders, developmental disorders, child development, research, diagnosis, treatment | view | |
"Is Autism an extreme of the male brain?" A lecture by Simon Baron-Cohen |
This is a Stockholm Psychiatry Lecture given by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen of Cambridge University, entitled "Is Autism an extreme of the male... |
Gender, autism, aspergers, Brain, brain scanning, empathy | view | |
Introduction to Psychology Course by the Saylor Foundation |
This is a link to an online, introductory course which presents the fundamental principles of psychology. It begins with a short overview of the... |
Psychology, nature, nurture, nature-nurture debate, memory, Cognition, Communication, neurospsychology, Introduction, introduction to psychology, Learning, sensation, Perception, development, adolescence, psychopathology | view | |
Classical Psychology: Eysenck Discussing the Biological Basis of Personality in 1980 |
This clip is of Prof. Hans Eysenck (1916-1997) giving a St Göran lecture held in 1980 outlining his famous theory, "Biological Bases of... |
personality, eysenck, extroversion, introverts, levels of arousal, Brain, individual difference | view | |
"Dopamine: the two-faced molecule behind addiction and Parkinson's disease". Short documentary |
This short documentary presented by Prof. Fred Toates of the Open University, explores the role of dopamine in human behaviour, specifically in... |
addiction, Psychology, dopamine, reward, stimulus, Parkinson's disease, bipolar disorder, mania | view |