Tag Archives: psychology

OCD Brains Work Harder to Stay on Track. Comment: Constant twiddling hair both sides especially during school … OCD made it particularly difficult to adapt to effects of TBI but as the doctors bluff “every brain injury differs from person to person”. Method I use I count to 5 in a batch. Written about in my book “Fortune Favours the Brave” Amazon

Posted on February 23, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

OCD Brains Work Harder to Stay on Track FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·February 21, 2026 Summary: Getting dressed in the morning seems like a simple sequence, but for those with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), the brain may be working overtime just to keep from “getting … Continue reading →

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Last January, Dr Sean Maskey found hundreds of children who had attended the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) in South Kerry had received substandard care, with significant harm caused to 46 children due to the inappropriate prescription of medication.  By: Joan Cronin lectures in social work at the School of Applied Social Studies in University College Cork. The article is written in 2023 yet Government continue to drag their heels.

Posted on February 21, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

JOIN NOW MEMBERS LOGIN 19 Jan, 2023 A family in Kerry talking to a consultant psychiatrist in Doha will not solve Camhs crisis One year after the Maskey Report, its core recommendation that trust in the service must be restored appears … Continue reading →

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AI time for people to engage even augment. RTÉ Investigates: The Psychiatric Care ScandalThe RTÉ Prime Time episodes you referenced aired as a two-part investigative documentary series titled RTÉ Investigates: The Psychiatric Care Scandal on Monday, February 9, 2026, and Tuesday, February 10, 2026, at 9:35 PM on RTÉ One and RTÉ Player.

Posted on February 16, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

See new posts Prime Time RTE programme Monday and Tuesday last week Mental Health Prisons and community services Thought for 48s RTÉ Investigates: The Psychiatric Care Scandal. The RTÉ Prime Time episodes you referenced aired as a two-part investigative documentary … Continue reading →

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New Atlas: When smell is lost …. Comment: Lost sense of smell when I sustained TBI

Posted on January 14, 2026 by michelleclarke2015

Medical Innovations When smell is lost, our sense of touch may replace it By Chelsea Haney January 12, 2026 If we lose one sense maybe we can retrain other sensory pathways to pick up the lost information? Depositphotos View 1 Images … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Self-Centeredness. “…Rather, the top five countries were Germany, Iraq, China, Nepal and South Korea, with the five countries with the lowest narcissism scores being Serbia, Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Denmark…”. U.S. was No 16

Posted on December 15, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Study Challenges Myths About Self-Centeredness FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology ·December 14, 2025 Summary: A large international study of more than 45,000 people shows that narcissism is a universal personality trait—not one concentrated in any single country. Although nations differed somewhat, the five highest-scoring countries … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 24, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

AI Interviews Outperform Standard Mental Health Rating Scales. Comment: as a person with mental illness (depression, anxiety, compulsivity) I can see great potential here. Ireland and mental illness is in the wilderness and people who could be treated while still … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Storytelling and the Brain … how memories are formed. Comment: Fascinated by this because TBI with amnesia means no stories and aphantasia is about no visuals. I watch Podcast grasp it deeply in the moment but then like a sheet of rain on a window pane, it is gone forever more except if there is a predictive prompt, then there might be some recognition.

Posted on October 23, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

How Storytelling Style Shapes the Way the Brain Forms Memories Featured Neuroscience ·October 20, 2025 Summary: The way an event is described—through feelings or sensory detail—changes how the brain stores and recalls it. In this study, participants listened to stories that … Continue reading →

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Psychology Today: “Practice, Pause, Repeat, Empower”

Posted on October 1, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

The Path to Learning: Practice, Pause, Repeat, Empower Repetition and distributed practice fortify neural pathways and knowledge. Updated September 30, 2025 |  Reviewed by Kaja Perina THE BASICS Key points Source: Hey Juda/Pixabay Research indicates that repetition and distributed practice effectively fires and … Continue reading →

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Neuroscience News: Left or Right? Have you a problem with numbers?

Posted on September 10, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Left or Right? Brain’s Split Determines How We Map Numbers FeaturedNeuroscience ·September 9, 2025 Summary: A study in newborn chicks shows that brain lateralisation is essential for the development of a left-to-right mental number line. Chicks with strongly lateralised brains consistently … Continue reading →

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Who the Empath Becomes After Absorbing the Narcissist’s Darkness and Surviving – Carl Jung

Posted on September 5, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

Aug 31, 2025 #CarlJung#Shadow#DepthPsychology Who the Empath Becomes After Absorbing the Narcissist’s Darkness and Surviving – Carl Jung Discover the profound transformation that occurs when empaths survive narcissistic abuse and emerge as something entirely different. This deep exploration reveals how … Continue reading →

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