BBC Radio Podcasts from All in the Mind

Mental health of military drone operators, conspiracy theories, the All in the Mind Awards

The mental health of military drone pilots.

FND - the most common disorder you’ve probably never heard of; political polarisation; All in the Mind Awards judge ZeZe

FND could be as common as MS or Parkinson's, so why do so many cases go undiagnosed?

Surfing and mental health, grief for dead celebrities, and being unique

Claudia finds out if surfing can boost mental health, by getting on a board herself!

Joe Wicks launches the All in the Mind Awards, and why music makes us cry

Smartphones and children, mental health labels and climate anxiety

The scant evidence for smartphone bans; are labels helpful?; coping with climate anxiety.

Toxic positivity

A discussion about toxic positivity from the Cheltenham Science Festival.

Tetris as therapy; internet addiction and teens; the psychology of secrets

Tetris therapy; teenage brains and internet addiction; the psychology of keeping secrets.

Languishing and the search for meaning in the modern world

Languishing; household chaos; an abuse survivor's story; reaching out to old friends

Grief, summer seasonal affective disorder, and anxiety in older people

The links between objects and grief, summer SAD, and how ageing affects anxiety.

Why is exercise good for your mental health?

Exercise is good for your mental health, but do we know why? And does it always work?

Dishonesty researcher accused of fraud; hypocrisy; suicide prevention; awe

Dishonesty researcher accused of fraud, psychology of hypocrisy, suicide prevention, awe.

The psychology of hope

We’re at the Northern Ireland Science Festival, exploring the psychology of hope.

Seasonality, learning to hope, and the gender citation gap

Seasonal psychology, learning to hope, male psychologists forget their female colleagues.

How nightmares link to real-life fears, and new research tackling post-cardiac arrest PTSD

The link between phobias and nightmares, and treating PTSD in cardiac arrest survivors.

The science behind screentime, the effect of live music, and can you imagine sounds in your head?

Are we really addicted to our phones? We take a look at the evidence.

What's going on with girls' mental health?

Claudia Hammond looks at the latest research into mental health issues among teenage girls

Eating to improve memory, and a new play about mental health services

Can what we eat improve our cognition? And a new play about NHS mental health services.

What Mastermind can tell us about blinking, how music shapes memory and why anger can be a useful emotion

Emotive music can shape the way we store and recall memories, according to new research.

The impact of bad news, compassion fatigue, and the psychology of whistleblowing

What affect does media exposure to traumatic news events have on our mental health?

Rowing the Atlantic in the name of science, psychologists tackling poverty, and the scent of fear makes us more observant.

Rowing an ocean for science, psychologists tackling poverty, and how fear helps us see.

ADHD medication shortage, life after being a carer and the benefits of keeping positive secrets

With a national shortage of medications, what can people living with ADHD do?

Belief in conspiracy theories, exercising before work, and living with OCD

Do more of us believe in conspiracy theories than ever before?

New psychosis drug, why its hard to recall 2021, and counselling in later life

A new psychosis drug, why we forget 2021, and therapy in later life – it’s not too late.

Grieving when estranged, musical hallucinations and the benefits of snoozing your alarm

Exploring the complex emotions of losing an estranged parent.

Increasing humility, suppressing negative thoughts and talking about mental health at work

Showing off might be on trend, but practising humility could bring benefits beyond praise.

All in the Mind Awards Ceremony

Winners announced in the All in the Mind Awards for groups, individuals and professionals.

Male friendship

A discussion from the Cheltenham Science Festival on the issues men face with friendship.

The perfection trap: do you feel 'good enough'?

Aiming for perfection: striving for success or risking our mental health?

Can we fix mental health care?

Two of the most senior leaders in the field discuss the future of mental health support.

Stories of Loss and Hope

Latest Awards finalists: a supportive boss and an online support group

Supporting a son with schizophrenia

All in the Mind Awards: a mother who supports her musician son, living with schizophrenia.

How much empathy should doctors have?

When it comes to healthcare, is there such a thing as caring too much?

Do lonely brains see the world differently?

Plus a look into the world of research journals that aren’t quite what they seem.

Aphasia

Communication problems after stroke: intensive speech therapy can make all the difference.

Feeling an unseen presence

What creates the sensation that someone else is in the room?

Can you knit away your worries?

Claudia Hammond ponders whether crochet can help to ease mental health problems.

Fergal Keane and PTSD

Fergal Keane on living with PTSD. Daryl O'Connor's Covid and mental health research.

The sudden rise in teenagers developing tics during the pandemic

How much is social media behind a rise in involuntary tics in teens during the pandemic?

Can Mental Health Awareness have unintended consequences?

Do mental health awareness campaigns help reduce stigma or lead to unintended consequences

Devices to aid our memories and safe music for driving

Tips on how best to use devices to aid our memories.

Diagnosing bipolar disorder and the launch of the 2023 All in the Mind Awards

2023 All in the Mind Awards, why does getting a bipolar disorder diagnosis take so long?

Negotiating a crisis

Claudia meets Elizabeth Stokoe to find out how words can save lives during a crisis.

Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker on the current pandemic of poppycock and how to be more rational

Urban rewilding for wellbeing, oxytocin and kindness, false alarm crowd panic

Urban rewilding for wellbeing, oxytocin and kindness, and false alarm crowd panic.

One mother's story of the psychological impact on her children of her ex husband's sexual offences

The emotional impact of a parent's sexual offences on children

The Psychology of Regret

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of regret at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

Breastfeeding Trauma and the Psychology of Awkwardness

Claudia Hammond on the psychological trauma of breastfeeding.

Post-pandemic mental health; navigation ability; conversations with strangers

Post-pandemic mental health, navigation ability and conversations with strangers.

Gardening and mental health

How much evidence is there that nature boosts wellbeing and supports our mental health?

Manifestation; Overconfidence; Radio drama changing attitudes

Evidence for manifestation; Overconfidence; Changing attitudes with radio drama

Treating refugee mental health; Improving personal growth; Dreamachine

Treating refugee mental health, improving personal growth, and Dreamachine.

Dreams and dreaming; brain scans for personality traits; extrovert listening

Dreams and dreaming; brain scans for personality traits; extrovert listening.

How to cope when your child can't

Advice for parents on how to cope when their children are having mental health problems.

The Anatomy of Kindness

Claudia Hammond asks 'Can Bosses be kind?'

The Anatomy of Kindness

Claudia Hammond looks at the role of empathy and asks who are we kind to.

The Anatomy of Kindness

Claudia Hammond asks can we ever be purely kind and do our motivations matter?

The Anatomy of Kindness Results

The results of BBC Radio 4’s unique public science project on Kindness.

Looking inside the minds of our pets - and our relationships with them

Do our pets care about us, or do we just like to think they do?

Fish Oils for depression, Pain pleasure and a good life, Kindness, Comedy memory

Fish Oils for depression, Pain pleasure and a good life, kindness, and memory for comedy.

The power of expectation, Buildings and neurodiversity, Music therapy for Parkinson's

The power of expectation, buildings and neurodiversity, and music therapy for Parkinson's.

Earworms in sleep, body sensations and image, Louis Wain exhibition

Earworms in sleep, bodily sensations and body image, Louis Wain exhibition.

Stomach pains and eating disorders and post-Olympic blues.

Could tummy pains in children increase the risk of developing an eating disorder?

Depersonalisation disorder; Air pollution and mental health; Counter-messaging

Persecutory delusions, engine idling and taxi driver brains

Claudia hears about a new treatment for people experiencing persecutory delusions.

Does working in the office boost well-being?

What are we missing out on by shunning the office and working from home?

The Kindness Test

Claudia Hammond and guests explore the place of kindness in today's world

All in the Mind Awards ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in London

All in the Mind Awards ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in London.

The psychology of courage and bravery

Claudia Hammond discusses the psychology of bravery at the Cheltenham Science Festival.

Learning and taking breaks, the awards: Spectrum People, financial strain and pain

Taking breaks, the awards: Spectrum People, financial strain and pain

Autobiographical memory in lockdown; awards; psychosis and nightmares; Dean Burnett

Autobiographical memory in lockdown; Awards; psychosis and nightmares; Dean Burnett

Connecting older people to cut loneliness. Are moods contagious? Can gratitude change young people's lives? Awards finalist

Claudia Hammond asks are moods contagious?

Entitlement and bad luck; Awards finalist; intermittent fasting and memory

Entitlement and bad luck; Awards finalist; intermittent fasting and memory.

Voices & personality; Awards; canine jealousy; misophonia - noises that cause anger & anxiety, pink drinks make you run faster

Voices & personality; Awards; dog jealousy; misophonia & pink drinks make you run faster

Psychology of soap operas like the Archers; Awards Finalist

How can soap operas like the Archers help us psychologically?

Pen or keyboard - what's best for notetaking; All in the Mind Awards; USA racist killings and mental health of black Americans

How racist killings can trigger poor mental health for all black Americans.

Memory under lockdown; Awards finalist StrongMen; Lockdown resilience

First finalist in the All in the Mind Awards 2021; memory under lockdown.

Rapport; Brain health in later life; Changing optimism through lifespan

Rapport; Brain health in later life; Changing optimism through lifespan.

Racism, awards and hypermobility

Childhood racism and future mental health.

Wellcome Trust Mental health initiative; teenage sleep; choices children make

Wellcome Trust Mental health initiative, teenage sleep, choices children make.

Ambiguous Loss; All in the Mind Awards; Pandemic impact on memory; Corpus Callosum

Claudia Hammond launches the 2021 All in the Mind Awards

Recovery stories, personality change, Covid

Do recovery stories work; personality change and Covid.

Spotting Fake News; Humour Seriously; Green Prescriptions a Joy or Chore?

Spotting fake news; Humour Seriously; Green Prescriptions a joy or chore?

What's happened to our mental health in 2020; tools to get through the winter

The short and long-term impact of the pandemic on the nation's mental health

Anatomy of Touch: Digital Touch

Can touch ever be replicated digitally? And can we train our sense of touch to hear?

Anatomy of Touch: Health and Touch

Left isolating in London B and Z came up with a plan to stay healthy with a 6 o’clock hug

Anatomy of Touch: Culture

Does the culture we grow up in dictate our behaviour and how we feel about touch?

Anatomy of Touch: Don't Touch

BBC Touch Test looks at attitudes to touch from strangers and work colleagues.

Anatomy of Touch: Hunger

How important is touch to us? Claudia Hammond reveals the BBC Touch Test results.

Blue Health; Talking to the dying; Diet or exercise to halt memory decline

Blue Health; talking to the dying; diet, exercise and memory decline.

23/06/2020

A new therapy to help with memory and concentration in bipolar disorder.

Lockdown easing and mental health; early life stress and catching cold; new lockdown jobs

Space travel's impact on the brain; Viktor Frankl's search for meaning; Contagious stress

Space travel's impact on the brain; Viktor Frankl's search for meaning; contagious stress.

How children think about maths and time

Claudia Hammond explores how children think about maths and about time.

The Touch Test

The Touch Test: Claudia Hammond launches a major new study investigating the role of touch

Are bucket lists a good thing?

Bucket lists; depression; how altruism can alleviate pain

Allergies and anxiety; imposter syndrome; recognising dog expressions

The importance of play in childhood

Letters to Santa, why play matters, balancing time between video games and outside play.

Pain and the brain

Pain and the brain, with Claudia Hammond.

Lawyers' wellbeing; sociable brains; young peoples' mental health advisory group

Magic and gender bias

Psychiatrists with lived experience of mental ill health, magic and gender, AI emotion

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Million Minds tour; Personality traits and spending behaviour

Acceptance and commitment therapy; Million Minds tour; Personality traits and spending

Tackling Mental Health Myths

How art challenges mental health stereotypes plus what happens to language as we age

The need for possessions, predicting effective use of CBT, talking to strangers

The need for possessions, predicting effective use of CBT and talking to strangers.

Stress at work

Ex junior doctor Adam Kay and Professor Gail Kinman look at work stress and how to cope.

Preventing anxiety, CALMTown, Air pollution and psychosis

Preventing anxiety in children, CALMTown and does air pollution cause psychosis?

The science of meetings, Helping those with dementia sleep, Estimating body size

The science of meetings, helping those with dementia sleep, estimating body size

The psychology of motivation and procrastination

Claudia Hammond explores the psychology of motivation and procrastination.

New approach to spider phobia, Putting yourself in someone else's shoes, Empathic cars

New approach to spider phobia, putting yourself in someone else's shoes, and empathic cars

NDAs, The Listening Place

The impact signing NDAs can have on mental health and The Listening Place

Trigger warnings, Myths about Van Gogh's mental health

Trigger warnings, Myths about Van Gogh's mental health, Multi-tasking

Café Conversations, The light triad, Conveying anxiety through cartoon pigeons, Listener feedback

Café Conversations, the light triad, conveying anxiety through cartoon pigeons

Our visual experience: perception of colour and eye contact

Claudia Hammond and guests explore the complexity of our visual experience

Spatial navigation, aphantasia and depression musical

Spatial navigation, aphantasia: people with no mind's eye and a musical about depression

A tale of recovery from Clarke Carlisle and his wife

Ex-footballer Clarke Carlisle on his struggle with depression and suicidal thoughts

Neuromyths

Neuromyths: Claudia explores some common myths in neuroscience

Citizens UK and Mental Health, Robin Ince, Film Cuts and Attention

Citizens UK and addressing community mental health, Robin Ince, film cuts and attention

Self-care, Schadenfreude, How maths ability might relate to ball-catching skills

Self-care, schadenfreude and how maths ability might relate to ball-catching skills.

Antidepressant withdrawal, Mates in Mind, Eyes that betray personality

Antidepressant withdrawal, Mates in Mind, and eyes that betray personality.

MDMA for alcohol dependence, Music and sleep, Interoceptive skills, Parasites and entrepreneurship

Claudia Hammond investigates why MDMA might help treat people addicted to alcohol

Emotionally unstable personality disorder, Agreeableness and money, Emodiversity

Emotionally unstable personality disorder, agreeableness and money, and emodiversity.

30th anniversary, Incivility of politicians, Arctic scientists' mental health

30th anniversary, incivility of politicians and ratings, Arctic scientists' mental health

Loneliness Results

Claudia Hammond reveals the results of the BBC Loneliness Experiment

How You Can Feel Less Lonely

1. Distraction - devoting time to hobbies, study or work

How You Can Feel Less Lonely

2. Taking up new social activities or joining a club

How You Can Feel Less Lonely

3. Changing your thinking to make it more positive

How You Can Feel Less Lonely

4. Starting a conversation with someone

How You Can Feel Less Lonely

5. Talking to Friends or family about your feelings

How You Can Feel Less Lonely

6. Look for the good in everyone

How You Can Feel Less Lonely

7. Reflecting on why you feel lonely

All in the Mind Awards ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in London

All in the Mind Awards ceremony from the Wellcome Collection in London.

Autobiographical memory loss, All in the Mind Awards, Gaming addiction, Depression after Spanish flu

Autobiographical memory loss, All in the Mind Awards, Gaming addiction, Spanish Flu.

Predicting memory loss in Parkinson's, 22 The Avenue phoneline, Alexander Morison archive

Predicting memory loss in Parkinson's, 22 The Avenue phoneline, Alexander Morison archive.

KIM in the Awards, Smell blindness, How to find help for your own mental health, Paul Broks

KIM - the latest group in the Awards, smell blindness and neuropsychologist Paul Broks.

Psychosis and medication, AITM awards, Challenging antisocial behaviour

Psychosis and medication, AITM awards, Challenging antisocial behaviour.

The Feel Good Garden at Chelsea Flower Show, All in the Mind Awards, avoiding exam stress

Claudia visits the RHS Feel Good Garden at the Chelsea Flower Show.

Why is yawning catching? And the nurse who went the extra mile to help her cancer patient

Tips to help insomnia and the nurse who went the extra mile to treat her cancer patient.

Self-driving cars and the pedestrian, Risk tolerance in the brain, Awards nominee

Self-driving cars and the pedestrian, risk tolerance in the brain, and Awards nominee.

Changing mindsets, Exercise to prevent depression, Nathan and Judith

Changing mindsets, Exercise to prevent depression, Nathan and Judith.

Sarah's runners, Avatars and eyewitness testimony, Untranslatable words

Sarah's runners, avatars and eyewitness testimony and untranslatable words.

The Loneliness Experiment

Claudia Hammond launches the BBC Loneliness Experiment with Olivia Laing and Pam Qualter.

Children of parents with mental illness, Exercise perception, Dame Kelly Holmes, Addressing panic attacks

Children of parents with mental illness, exercise, Kelly Holmes, addressing panic attacks.

Intuition, All in the Mind Awards, Transcranial direct current stimulation, Think Ahead

Intuition, All in the Mind Awards and transcranial direct current stimulation.

Dementia films, The unconscious mind, Citizen mental health campaign

Dementia films, why sad music makes people spend more and Citizen UK mental health project

The Brain Prize winners

The winners of the 2017 Brain Prize discuss their groundbreaking work on reward.

Claudia Hammond launches the 2018 All in the Mind Awards

Claudia Hammond launches the 2018 All in the Mind Awards.

Sibling rivalry, Prisoner of war diaries, Inflammation and depression

Sibling rivalry, Prisoner of war diaries, Inflammation and depression.

Sleep paralysis; Exploding head syndrome; Robot therapy; Mental health awareness

Sleep paralysis, exploding head syndrome, robot therapy, mental health awareness campaigns

Personality change, Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine, Insider's Guide, The self-help craze

Personality change, Roald Dahl's Marvellous Medicine, Insider's Guide, the self-help craze

New brain cells and depression; Yoga in prisons; Insiders' Guide; Preferring our own ideas

New brain cells and depression; yoga in prisons; Insiders' Guide; preferring our own ideas

Mental health support in the community; Awareness in children; Insiders' Guide

Mental heath workers begin learning on the job through the Think Ahead scheme.

Anxiety and children; First impressions; Mental health manifestos; Insiders' Guide

Parents of anxious children; first impressions; mental health manifestos; Insiders' Guide.

Transient amnesia; Mindfulness in schools; Insiders' Guide; Autism in Somali culture

Transient amnesia; mindfulness in schools; Insiders' Guide; autism in Somali culture.

Mental health support in the community; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Confidence

The Everyday Effect of Unconscious Bias

The everyday results of unconscious bias.

Cyber snooping your therapist; Performing anxiety; Insiders' Guide; Bribery and corruption

Cyber snooping your therapist; performing anxiety; Insiders' Guide; bribery and corruption

Heart failure; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Use of you

Heart failure; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health; Use of you.

Adult ADHD; Insiders' Guide to Mental Health Services; Wound healing & expressive writing

Adult ADHD, Insiders' Guide to Mental Health Services, wound healing & expressive writing.

Boomerang generation, Listener feedback, All in the Mind Awards, The lipstick effect

The Boomerang generation, parents may moan but are there any health benefits?

ADHD and mindwandering, Treating insomnia helps depression, Think Ahead scheme

ADHD and mindwandering, treating insomnia helps depression and the Think Ahead scheme.

Pathological Demand Avoidance, Is wisdom a trait or a state, Anxiety-free comedy gigs

Claudia Hammond examines pathological demand avoidance.

Adolescent brain, Awards update, Phonagnosia

Adolescent brain, awards update, phonagnosia.

Time travelling in the human mind

Claudia Hammond and guests examine our ability to mentally time travel.

How Are Memories Formed?

Claudia Hammond meets the winners of the 2016 Brain Prize.

Taking pride, Correct vocabulary in describing mental health, Green exercise

Taking pride, correct vocabulary in describing mental health, green exercise.

Tasers, Amnesia Museum, The dangers of diagnosing Donald Trump

Being shot by a taser hurts, but evidence says it could also affect thinking and memory.

All in the Mind Awards Ceremony from Wellcome Collection in London

Claudia Hammond hosts the All in the Mind Awards ceremony.

Care farming; All in the Mind Awards; Turn-taking in conversation

Care farming, the All in the Mind Awards and turn-taking in conversation.

Supertaskers, Technology to Replace Exams and the All in the Mind Awards

2.5% of people are supertaskers, plus replacing exams with AI and our latest award winner.

Aircraft noise and mental health, All in the Mind Awards, Imitation in newborn babies

Claudia Hammond examines a study linking aircraft noise and mental health.

The Depressed Cake Shop, Gut bacteria and the mind, The perils of perception

The Depressed Cake Shop, plus gut bacteria and the mind, and the perils of perception.

Exams and the mental health of children, A community approach to suicide prevention

The reality of exam stress, and the community initiative to prevent suicide.

Suicide in the veterinary profession, Psychology of autonomous cars, Awards nomination

Claudia Hammond examines the high suicide rate within the veterinary profession.

Psychiatrist shortage, GP helps with mental health, Why boredom could be a good thing

Psychiatrist shortage, GP helps with mental health, and why boredom might be a good thing.

All in the Mind Awards, Elegy, Directors in theatre and film turn to psychologists

All in the Mind awards, Elegy, why theatre and film directors are turning to psychologists

All in the Mind Awards Finalists - Common Wheel, Psychology Replication Crisis, Gender Stereotyping in Babies.

Claudia Hammond meets one of the All in the Mind Awards finalists.

Psychology of a Mars mission, Superforecasters, MPs guide to mental health, Recovery College

Space psychology, superforecasters, MPs guide to mental health and Recovery College.

Brain bank dismantling, Climate change psychology, Trigger warnings for books

Including a look at the dismantling of Europe's largest brain bank.

Bilingualism, Kevan Jones MP, Talking therapies and memorising art

Claudia Hammond finds out why bilingualism protects against damage caused by a stroke.

Mindfulness, Rest and slothfulness, All in the Mind Awards, Compulsive sexual behaviour and the internet

The scientific evidence behind Mindfulness, and can the internet can drive sex addiction?

Astronauts, All in the Mind Awards, Crying and Lying

How astronauts' view of Earth from space changes their perspective on life.

Launch of 2016 All in the Mind Awards, Latest results from Big Brain Projects

The 2016 All in the Mind awards launch, plus can the human brain be recreated?

The Rest Test, Treatment for arsonists, From psychologist to MP

The Rest Test. What exactly is rest, and can listeners help scientists find out?

Teenage Mental Health

Claudia Hammond is joined by a panel of experts to discuss teenage mental health.

Conspiracy theories, New MPs on mental health, Raw Sounds music project

Conspiracy theories - why do some believe but not others? Claudia Hammond presents.

19/05/2015

Claudia Hammond on the effects of alcohol on the brain and the role of movement in ADHD.

Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Social Media and PTSD, Preventing Procrastination

Claudia Hammond on body dysmorphia, social media PTSD and preventing procrastination.

05/05/2015

Claudia Hammond on new research that could prevent ear worms, plus how to be invisible.

28/04/2015

Mental health policies and Matt Haig's book on depression recovery. With Claudia Hammond.

21/04/2015

Claudia Hammond examines the evidence on whether screen time is bad for young people.

London Bombings, Insight and Analysis

Claudia Hammond meets a psychologist who treated people after the 2005 London bombings.

Psychology of voting, media portrayals of mental health, designer asylum

The psychology of voting, portrayals of mental health in the media, and a designer asylum.

Musical hallucinations and mental health in the novel

What musical hallucinations teach us about the brain, plus mental health in novels.

Hypnotism; Automatic Writing; Magic and Memory

Claudia on conjuring and magic - how what we believe affects what we see.

Perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder, Mirror neurons, Baby anxiety

Claudia Hammond investigates a hidden condition - perinatal obsessive compulsive disorder.

Hoarding Disorder; Unfitness to Plead; Mood Phone Apps

Claudia Hammond on when stockpiling clutter and possessions tips into hoarding disorder.

02/12/2014

Mobile phones and driving, intensive treatment for PTSD, and new drugs for psychosis.

Airport Security; Attitudes to Psychosis; Walking Happy

Upgrading airport security; Psychosis; Happy walking.

Problem Gambling; Owls and Larks; Milgram Revisited; Depression and Gut Instinct

Claudia finds out about the only NHS clinic for problem gamblers. Should there be more?

1:4 and Stigma; Emotional Brain Training; Clio Barnard

Claudia Hammond asks if the 1:4 mental health statistic reduces or increases stigma.

Radicalisation; Bystander Effect; Recovery Letters

Claudia Hammond explores pioneering new research into radicalisation.

24/06/2014

Claudia Hammond hosts the All in the Mind Awards Ceremony, and meets all the finalists.

17/06/2014

Claudia Hammond meets more finalists in the All in the Mind 25th anniversary awards.

10/06/2014

Claudia Hammond meets two more finalists in the All in the Mind 25th anniversary awards.

03/06/2014

Claudia Hammond meets more finalists in the All in the Mind anniversary awards.

27/05/2014

Visual overload; All in the Mind mental health awards finalist; professional boundaries.

20/05/2014

How to help friends, All in the Mind awards finalists, and mental health in the City.

13/05/2014

Claudia Hammond hears from a shortlisted entry to the All in the Mind mental health awards

06/05/2014

Are mental health services in crisis? And was shell shock in WWI hugely underdiagnosed?

29/04/2014

Claudia hears from one pair of finalists in the All in the Mind mental health awards.

14/01/2014

Claudia Hammond reports on a mental health triage scheme with Leicestershire police force.

07/01/2014

Should restraint in mental health hospitals be eliminated? Are mind wanderers less happy?

31/12/2013

New research on soldiers trained to resist the overwhelming affects of cognitive fatigue.

24/12/2013

How the brain responds to music could lead to exciting new therapies. With Claudia Hammond

17/12/2013

Does performing rituals improve the taste of food? Claudia Hammond investigates.

10/12/2013

Brains struggle with learning to dance. Claudia has a lesson with Strictly's Robin Windsor

03/12/2013

Claudia launches 3 new awards to recognise outstanding help and support in mental health.

26/11/2013

Professors Sophie Scott and Irene Tracey examine 25 years of understanding the brain.

19/11/2013

Claudia explores the real-world impact of psychology research over the last 25 years.

12/11/2013

Claudia explores how attitudes to mental health have changed over the last 25 years.

Ageless Psychiatry; From DNA to the Brain; Recipe of Life

Do older people need specialist mental health services? Claudia Hammond investigates.

Bipolar abortion case; Wind farms; Children and war

Why NIMBYs are misunderstood - the complex psychology of windfarm opposition.

Memory and depression; Global mental health; Compassion training

How an ancient memory training technique can help people with depression.

Neuromyths in schools; psychosis and prisons; the case of HM

Neuromyths in the classroom - how brain facts and fiction are being muddled up in schools.

Big Brain Projects; Anti-depressants; learning disability and bereavement

Europe and the USA are spending millions mapping the brain but will this approach pay off?

Exam revision; Therapists who cry; NHS acute bed shortages; Skin disorders

Which methods work best for exam revision? Not the highlighter pen, apparently.

DSM-5; Should therapists cry? Sleep and mental illness

Sleep and mental illness - Claudia Hammond on research looking into a shared mechanism.

Doomsday prophets; News consumption and wellbeing; Christian Jarrett

Doomsday prophets and belief, news consumption and wellbeing, plus Christian Jarrett.

Mind mindedness; communicating risk; dyslexia

Claudia Hammond investigates how reading a baby's mind helps its development.

Preventing PTSD; Archaeology and mental health; Organophospates

Preventing PTSD by 'thinking' differently; organophosphates; archaeology and mental health

Alzheimer's Disease

Claudia Hammond on understanding the changes in the brain leading to Alzheimer's disease.

27/11/2012

Polygraph testing for sex offenders, birdsong and wellbeing, body image and disfigurement.

20/11/2012

The chilling history of the Victorian 'mad doctor', and the boredom of the drone operator.

Gaydar, the Me Generation, IQ tests and learning disabilities

How 'gaydar' works, narcissism and the Me Generation, IQ tests and learning disabilities.

CBT for psychosis; US elections and mental health

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy trial for psychosis, plus US elections and mental health.

30/10/2012

Claudia Hammond reports on 60 years of the Anna Freud Centre and how it uses neuroscience.

26/06/2012

Richard Mabey on depressive illness, ecotherapy, and the evidence for 'green therapy'.

19/06/2012

Death while detained on psychiatric ward. Does parenting make you happy? Club drug clinic.

12/06/2012

The senior executive and her female stalker; babies as jokers; sports participation.

05/06/2012

Claudia talks to Jacopo Annese from the San Diego brain observatory about brain donation.

29/05/2012

Could there ever be a vaccine against depression? Claudia Hammond investigates.

22/05/2012

3D body scanners and eating disorders, rise of the 'neuro-novel', and teenagers' brains.

Money and Motivation; Street Therapy and Insanity Law

Money and motivation, street therapy and reforming the law on insanity.

08/05/2012

Claudia visits HMP Grendon, the only prison in Europe that runs as a therapeutic community

01/05/2012

Could future health reforms affect mental health services? The psychology of online dating

The Stress Special: The Results - Time for a Laugh - Disclosing Mental Health Histories

The results from a scientific study of UK stress levels: how stressed are we as a nation?

Taxi Drivers - Mental Illness and Work - Neuroscience and the Law

Taxi drivers' brains; disclosing mental health problems at work; neuroscience and the law.

Bipolar Disorder - Complaints Choirs - Employment and Mental Illness

Bipolar disorder and misdiagnosis; complaining; employment support with mental illness.

Anxiety - Fraud in Psychology - Earworms

Mentoring scheme for people with anxiety, fraud in psychology and earworms.

English Riots - Anchoring - Bullying

English riots; "anchoring" and credit card minimum payments; bullying and BPD.

Daniel Kahneman - Conjoined Twins

One of the world's most influential psychologists, Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman.

The "Nudge" to Good Behaviour

Can we be 'nudged' into good behaviour? We report on the UK's Behavioural Insights Team.

Sleep - Hysteria

The power of sleep to improve memory and why hysteria isn't a thing of the past.

Romanian Orphanage Babies: 21 Years On

Their treatment shocked the world - how have the adopted Romanian babies recovered?

Antipsychotic Drugs - Breaking Habits - PTSD

Health risks of antipsychotic drugs, breaking habits, PTSD after recovering bodies in Iraq

Arson - Parenting Courses - Autism

Understanding arsonists; Parents teach parenting skills to each other and Autism.

Gambling and Superstition - Gardening for Mental Health - Metaphors

The link between gambling and superstitious thinking, and gardening for mental health.

Mental Health in Hong Kong

A special programme about mental health care in Hong Kong. Claudia Hammond reports.

The Stress Special

The launch of an online experiment to test the nation's mental health.

Siblings with Mental Health Problems - Grief - Predicting the Future

Siblings with mental health problems, expert prediction, and are stages of grief a myth?

Compassion and Faith - Junk Food Adverts - Magicians

Claudia Hammond talks to Professor Paul Gilbert about compassion.

Teenage Relationships - Memory

Controlling and violent behaviour in teenage relationships; super autobiographical memory.

Racism - Defeat - Comic Strips

Can mess make us racist; how to bounce back from defeat; and a comic strip success story.

Earthquake Trauma Treatment - Placebo Power - Facial Mimicry

A look at earthquake trauma treatment, the power of placebo, and reading emotions.

Ostracism - Anorexia

Rejected, dejected. Claudia Hammond discusses ostracism with Prof Kip Williams.

Personal Space - Suicide and Bereavement - Reporting Neuroscience

Claudia Hammond on personal space and claustrophobia. What can brain scans tell us?

Professor James Fallon's Self-Discovery - Mirror-Pain - Spring

Claudia Hammond talks to a neuroscientist who has the brain and genes of a psychopath.

London's East End Baby Language Lab

Claudia Hammond joins mothers and babies at a portable language lab in London's East End.

Mental Illness - The Remote Psychiatrist - Who Do You Think You Are?

Claudia Hammond unpicks the statistic that 1 in 4 people have a mental health problem.

Adoption and Social Networking

Claudia Hammond looks at social networking and adoption.

Wiring the Brain

Wiring the brain. Plus online psychological support for cancer. Claudia Hammond reports.

Life in and out of Asylums - Digital Memories - Work Capability Test

Life in and out of the asylum. Poet and writer John O'Donoghue talks to Claudia Hammond.

Preventing Flashbacks - Taste and Music - Therapeutic Design

Claudia Hammond looks at how the senses influence our memories, food and homes.

Cognitive Psychology - Testosterone and City Traders - Suicide Bombers

Claudia Hammond investigates cognitive psychology and the challenge to forensic science.

Young Offenders - Twenty Four Hour Memory Loss - Worrying

A new study offers hope for keeping young offenders out of prison. Claudia Hammond reports

Battlefield Military Mental Health - Antidepressants and Morality - Community Treatment Orders

Claudia Hammond on the UK's first study from the Iraq war zone.