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The Horse Meat Scandals Reveal We Are More Psychologically Screwed Up Than We Realised About Eating Animals

(28) Comments | Posted 21 February 2013 | (00:00)

Everyone's getting upset because horses are turning up in our dinners rather than cows. But is it possible that this 'scandal' is revealing more about our relationships with animals and conflicts in our inner psyches, than the nutritional content of our meals?

We develop relationships with certain animals, such as...

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Knowing the Difference Between Love and Stalking Could Save Your Life

(2) Comments | Posted 14 February 2013 | (00:00)

Glen Skoler, a Forensic Psychologist based in Washington DC, has posed the question of whether the most famous love obsession in western literature - Shakespeare's sonnets for his 'dark lady' - reveal that the writer at the center of the Western canon of literature, was in fact an obsessed stalker....

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How NHS Mental Health Care Was Failing as Patient Nicola Edgington Killed Again

(5) Comments | Posted 9 February 2013 | (00:00)

The media coverage over the savage killing of Sally Hodkin by psychiatric patient Nicola Edgington has, yet again, failed to uncover the real collapse in NHS mental health services.

Edgington walked out of hospital in the early hours of 10 October 2011, where she had gone seeking help, apparently...

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Does the Man Tasered Outside Buckingham Palace Raise Questions Over the Safety of the Royal Family?

(1) Comments | Posted 4 February 2013 | (08:48)

Reports that police deployed a taser stun gun on a man brandishing knives outside Buckingham Palace might appear about a bizarre and rare incident, but the massive media attention it ignited reminds us of one possible motivation for attacking a Royal - the seeking of notoriety or attention for a...

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Do Armed Guards Prevent You From Being Shot?

(0) Comments | Posted 21 January 2013 | (11:02)

"Are the President's kids more important than yours?" begins the current National Rifle Association (NRA) television advert. It suggests Mr. Obama has different standards for the safety of his own children than he does for other people's. While his kids are protected at school by armed security personnel, Obama has...

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