Sue Dalby Psychology

01/04/2026

When a child grows up in fear, the brain doesn’t just remember — it adapts.This video explores what childhood trauma does to the brain, how Adverse Childhood...

25/03/2026

One in four American homes now grows up without a father — and the consequences are starting to show. This video dives into the emotional, psychological, and societal impact of fatherlessness on Gen Z. From crime and aggression to identity and relationships, the effects are deeper than most people...

09/03/2026

At last someone says this (again). Lucy Johnstone said this and was persecuted. Now here it is again. Loud and proud.

We tend to think that depression and other mental illnesses are medical conditions caused by problems in the brain, and that framing them this way reduces stigma and leads to better treatment.

However, Joanna Moncrieff argues that this is deeply mistaken, and that medicalising mental distress can actually increase stigma, undermine hope of recovery, and distract us from what really helps.

Drawing on science, philosophy, and the history of pharmaceutical marketing, join Joanna in the search for a new and better model of mental health.

Joanna Moncrieff is a British psychiatrist and academic. She is Professor of Critical and Social Psychiatry at University College London and a leading figure in the Critical Psychiatry Network.

Tap here to watch her full interview. https://iai.tv/video/the-medicalisation-of-mental-illness-joanna-moncrieff

18/12/2025

In a sobering statistic for Australia, 100 women were killed this year. The latest was stabbed to death in Melbourne on Boxing Day, allegedly by her partner....

11/12/2025

25/11/2025

Do not love half lovers
Do not entertain half friends
Do not live half a life
and do not die a half death

If you choose silence, then be silent
When you speak, do so until you are finished
Do not silence yourself to say something
And do not speak to be silent

If you accept, then express it bluntly
Do not mask it
If you refuse then be clear about it
for an ambiguous refusal is but a weak acceptance

Do not accept half a solution
Do not believe half truths
Do not dream half a dream
Do not fantasize about half hopes

Half the way will get you no where
Half an idea will bear you no results

Half a life is a life you didn't live,
A word you have not said
A smile you postponed
A love you have not had
A friendship you did not know

The half is a mere moment of inability
but you are able for you are not half a being
You are a whole that exists to live a life
not half a life.
~ Khalil Gibran ~

Photo: The image is a digital art piece titled "The Taste of the Stars" by an artist known as rbka.

Archaeology for the Woman's Soul

25/11/2025

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