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Knots and black holes: why we’re all prone to madness and what we can do about it

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  • Peter Kinderman

    (University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK)

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People from all walks of life can suffer from mental health problems such as low mood, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive problems, even hearing voices. In extreme circumstances, people can begin to fear that other people are plotting to harm them and some of us even take our own lives. While it is overwhelmingly true that traumatic experiences or on-going deprivation or abuse are possible factors that contribute to psychological problems, there remains an apparent capriciousness to mental health problems. Some people seem to rise above trauma; other people are plagued by great misery without obvious external causes. There is a tendency to explain these differences as reflecting personal, even biological, vulnerabilities. This article is published as part of a collection entitled “On balance: lifestyle, mental health and wellbeing”.

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  • Peter Kinderman, 2016. "Knots and black holes: why we’re all prone to madness and what we can do about it," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 2(1), pages 1-4, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palcom:v:2:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1057_palcomms.2016.74
    DOI: 10.1057/palcomms.2016.74
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    1. Anna Macintyre & Daniel Ferris & Briana Gonçalves & Neil Quinn, 2018. "What has economics got to do with it? The impact of socioeconomic factors on mental health and the case for collective action," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 4(1), pages 1-5, December.

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