Prosecutors weigh up whether to charge Cliff Richard over sex crime allegations http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/79847668/prosecutors-weigh-up-whether-to-charge-cliff-richard-over-sex-crime-allegations Prosecutors said they would consider whether singer Cliff Richard, one of Britain’s best-known entertainers, should face charges over alleged historical sex crimes after being handed a file of evidence by police on Tuesday. Richard, 75, has twiceContinue Reading

Women Are Posting Pictures to Challenge a Stereotype About PTSD http://themighty.com/2016/05/facesofptsd-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-awareness/ The idea started with a disappointing online search. While researching for a piece about trigger warnings, Cissy White realized when she searched for images under “post-traumatic stress disorder” (PTSD), the top results showed exclusively men in uniform. Given that women are more thanContinue Reading

Don’t compare Trump and Duterte – the Philippines leader is far worse http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/may/10/donald-trump-rodrigo-duterte-philippines In the video, Duterte was shown telling a crowd of laughing supporters at a campaign rally: “They raped all of the women … There was this Australian lay minister … when they took them out … IContinue Reading

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2016/05/08/psychodynamic-psychotherapy-a-misunderstood-but-effective-powerful-treatment/ Psychodynamic psychotherapy is based “on the idea that unconscious thoughts, feelings and behaviors affect our conscious life,” said Deborah L. Cabaniss, M.D., clinical professor of psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and the director of psychotherapy training in the Department of Psychiatry at Columbia. IdentifyingContinue Reading

Adult ADHD is a comparatively new diagnosis – for years, mainstream psychologists believed childhood ADHD ‘burnt itself out’ in late adolescence. Now it’s thought the condition can persist into adulthood, with studies suggesting 60 per cent of children diagnosed with ADHD suffer symptoms in early adulthood, according to the RoyalContinue Reading

Australian criminals link up in NZ http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/382149/australian-criminals-linking-new-zealand Crimes already committed include sexual offending against a child and armed robbery, documents obtained by the Herald under the Official Information Act reveal. At least 1000 deportees from Australia are expected over five years after a hardline law change in late 2014 sawContinue Reading

Teacher Caroline Parry is jailed for swapping child sex abuse images with ‘fellow paedo’ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3575192/Female-teacher-45-discovered-haul-child-sex-abuse-images-memory-stick-swapping-sick-fantasies-man-online.html Harry Hadfield, prosecuting, said the investigation was launched by the National Crime Agency while it was looking into the conduct of the man in the US. On the USB stick which contained images of abuse,Continue Reading

Women Are the Invisible Victims of PTSD http://motherboard.vice.com/read/ptsd-isnt-just-for-soldiers Technically, PTSD is largely the same for men and women, characterized by things like fear based anxiety, sleep disturbance, flashbacks, feelings of detachment and more. And both men and women often experience multiple conditions alongside PTSD. But they seem to develop different setsContinue Reading