Further evidence that antidepressants simply don’t work (or, at least, don’t work the way the pharmaceutical companies insist they should) comes with the long overdue publication of Professor Irving Kirsch’s aptly named book, The Emperor’s New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth (The Bodley Head).
Professor Kirsch, now at the University of Hull, has published several papers before, including one extensive study in 2002, based on data extracted from the pharmaceutical industry by means of the Freedom of Information Act. This clearly demonstrated that all antidepressants, including the popular SSRIs, had no clinically significant benefit over placebo.
Since the Medical NLP course I attended last year, I have been applying the techniques in virtually all my consultations. As you can imagine, 10 minutes gives precious little time, so often I do double appointments for 20 minutes or even 30 minutes.
Some time ago, I had a very interesting case with a mother who brought in her six-year-old son, saying he would not sleep and that he kept the household up all nigh. She was convinced he had ADHD, but it was quickly obvious that he didn't. I decided to try MNLP.
Magic in Practice: Introducing Medical NLP - The Art and Science of Language in Healing and Health
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FIVE STAR RATINGS FROM AMAZON.CO.UK AND AMAZON.COM REVIEWERS
“… an elegant and wonderful book … this is the kind of book I hoped one of my students would write”- Dr Richard Bandler, Co-creator and Developer of NLP
“... A brilliantly refreshing antidote to targets and standardising interventions ... Convincing, highly readable and practical”- Speech and Language Therapy in Practice “Easily integrated into NHS practice There is also considerable scope in a private practice setting, so learning this very interesting and enjoyable approach can act as an additional source of income”- 'Non-Clinical Careers', London Deanery
Between a third and half of all patients seeking help from the medical profession are suffering from medically unexplained symptoms, and we are facing an epidemic of complex chronic conditions that have no easily discernible pathology or cause. Pressure for a model of ‘whole-person’ health care has been growing over the past 25 years, but, no practical, cost-effective, integrative model has been suggested, until now.
Medical NLP - developed out of the work of Dr Richard Bandler and the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming - offers for the first time a practical methodology and explicit interventions to help tackle this debilitating array of problems. Supported by new research and extensive clinical experience, Medical NLP offers the only internationally recognised and licensed health practitioner training that seamlessly integrates psychosocial therapeutic approaches with the existing biomedical principles and time constraints of the consultation process.Written in an accessible style for doctors, nurses, therapists and all other allied health professionals, this is a book about solutions, rather than problems.
Important note: Nothing on this site, written or implied, should be regarded as medical advice. Please seek advice for any serious condition from your appropriate health professional. All information is copyright-protected and may not be reproduced in any form without the express written permission of the authors, The Society of Medical NLP, or Dr Richard Bandler, Co-creator and Developer of NLP, whichever is relevant.
Last Updated on Friday, 04 June 2010 18:08
Podcasts by Magic in Practice author Garner Thomson
1. What is NLP? How can healthcare professionals utilise NLP techniques to understand their patients better? What does NLP contribute to the therapeutic encounter? In this West of Scotland Pain Group discussion, Garner Thomson, Training Director to the Society of Medical NLP and Dr Jonathan Bannister, Consultant Anaesthetist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Dundee, discuss the place of NLP in pain management and anaesthesia.
3. Garner Thomson and NLP Expert's Michael Beale discuss hypnosis and the newly published book Garner edited for Dr Richard Bandler - Richard Bandler's Guide to Trance-formation
Please allow up to two minutes for download if you would like to listen to the discussion)
