‘News and Research’ at Psychology, Philosophy and Real Life, Page 2

The nature of the relationship between creativity and mental illness is by no means “settled science.”

Online therapy is a rapidly growing field, and research is barely keeping up with it. What actually happens in a session, and what specific behaviours might be consistently helpful?

Creativity is a natural outgrowth of our capacity to use prior knowledge and experience as well as innate talent to envision and fashion new and novel expressions. As such, it can be nurtured and developed.

Laughter actually triggers beneficial physical changes in the body, strenthening the immune system by decreasing hormones that compound stress and increasing the presence of antibodies that fight infections.

Good clinicians not only have to stay abreast of the research, they have to bring some common sense and seasoned skepticism to their analysis of the research findings in order to incorporate only sound, reliable, and proven methods into the practice of their art.