Why The Long Face?
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Why The Long Face?
A new Podcast shining a light on mental health. A psychiatrist and a management consultant walk into a bar. This should be the start of the lamest joke ever but, it turns out to be origins of Why The Long Face? - a new Podcast where we hope to shine a light on our wonderful but all-too-frail huma...
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S4 Epilogue - Impact and Repair
Extra bonus episode! It's three months down the line and Ash has being doing a lot of reflection on the impact his struggles have had on those closest...
S4 E8 - Perspective
In this final episode Ash is looking back with Pete on the previous weeks of struggle, and trying to make sense of it all. Ash reflects with us on his...
S4 E7 - A Better Place
There are quite a few audios with Ash and Pete to absorb during this period, as Ash starts to come through this difficult time and realise the effect...
S4 E6 - The Crash
Some bits in this episode are hard to listen to as Ash struggles with an overwhelming down period. However, there are periods of light as he is able t...
S4 E5 - In The High
We are thrilled to be back, especially as we welcome a new guest and friend of the show: Ashley Pollak! Ash is generously giving us a unique insight i...
S4 E4 - The Trigger
We are thrilled to be back, especially as we welcome a new guest and friend of the show: Ashley Pollak! Ash is generously giving us a unique insight i...
S4 E3 - Can't Switch Off
We are thrilled to be back, especially as we welcome a new guest and friend of the show: Ashley Pollak! Ash is generously giving us a unique insight i...
S4 E2 - Anxious Times
We are thrilled to be back, especially as we welcome a new guest and friend of the show: Ashley Pollak! Ash is generously giving us a unique insight i...
S4 E1 - Setting the Scene
We are thrilled to be back, especially as we welcome a new guest and friend of the show: Ashley Pollak! Ash is generously giving us a unique insight i...
S4 E0 - Season Teaser! Introducing Ashley Pollak
We are thrilled to be back, especially as we welcome a new guest and friend of the show: Ashley Pollak! Ash is generously giving us a unique insight i...
S3 E6 - Managing the psychology of furlough and home working - with Tim Payne
In the Ep we talk to Tim Payne, a Partner within KPMG's People Consulting Practice, about the negative psychological effects of being furloughed and w...
S3 E5 - Managing kids during the pandemic, with Dr Lee David
In this episode we welcome Dr Lee David into our lock-down virtual studio. Lee is a GP, mental health specialist and mother two, who has invented an i...
S3 E4 - Mental first aid in the pandemic, with Imogen Wall
In this Ep, we are more than thrilled to welcome Imogen Wall, a mental heath expert and first responder with many experiences of major crisis situatio...
S3 E3 - The hostile (COVID) environment, with Mark Bradley
In this very special ep, we have the pleasure of welcoming Mark Bradley to the mic. Mark has helped people all over the world who have suffered from a...
S3 E2 - Why the long isolation? The survival kit.
Well, it looks as though this isolation thing isn't going away any time soon, so Dr K has come up with a "Survival Kit" which the boys will talk throu...
S3 E1 - Why the long pandemic?! Anxiety managment.
We start Season 3 in a way we did not expect to, with our take on the Covid-19 crisis, with particular reference to how it might effect our mental hea...
S2 E10 - Exercising for mental health
In the last episode of this season we talk about exercise, its positive effect on mood and how benefits can be long lasting to help ease or even preve...
S2 E9 - Attachment styles and adult relationships
Does the way you were treated as a child in terms of intimacy with your primary care giver effect your close relationships in late life? There is a la...
S2 E8 - He's on the spectrum!
"On the spectrum" is a phrase often heard, but also often misunderstood. What spectrum are we talking about? Is it an official medical term? Is it the...
S2 E7 - The biophilia hypothesis - does nature make us happier?
We all like a nice weekend in the country don't we? But is there something in our biology which makes the restorative power of nature a real thing. In...
S2 E6 - Is ketamine a miracle cure for depression?
Is ketamine a miracle cure for depression or another fad with no basis for effective use of depression?
S2 E5 - The CBD craze - is cannabidiol a mental health panacea?
There seems to be a groundswell of evidence supporting the idea that cannabidiol (a non-psychoactive ingredient of cannabis) can help with several men...
S2 E4 - Burnout: Deal With It!
Although "burnout" is not a medical term, it is often used. Mostly referring to work situations, often white collar, burnout happens when the amount e...
S2 E3 - Microdosing of psychedelics: is there something in it?
Microdosing is taking small quantities of psychoactive drugs in an effort to help improve personal performance and reduce feeling of depression and an...
S2 E2 - Are we getting to grips with Gender Dysphoria?
Gender Dysphoria is no longer being treated as medical disorder which is a great leap forward for the acceptance of people who feel wrongly assigned o...
S2 E1 - Donald Trump, and what makes a narcissist
Everyone knows what a narcissist is right? A big head? An alpha male / female? A selfish sociopath? In this ep we delve into its clinical meaning and...
S2 E0 - Intro to Season 2
Welcome to Season 2 - Deep dives into more generic mental health and other issues affecting us all today!
S1 Short Cuts: Sigmund Freud
A very very very silly look at the work of Sigmund Freud. Paul does try to be a little serious, but Oli stops him! We are a bit ashamed of our childis...
S1 Short Cuts: ECT
The idea of treating mental illness by subjecting the patient to shock of electricity through the brain seems utterly barbaric. And yet, when all othe...
S1 Short Cuts: Bipolar depression and Stephen Fry
In the second of our end of season "Short cuts" we discuss the sometimes misunderstood condition, bipolar depression. To help us describe this someti...
S1 Short Cuts: Depression and creativity
Depression has been linked to creativity. But is that really true? Also can getting absorbed in a creative endeavor help people suffering from depress...
S1 E10 - Winter Depression
Released on World Mental Health Day 2019, Paul and Oliver look into why many of us get depressed as the nights drawn in in Northern latitudes, and how...
S1 E9 - Depression in Men
In the 9th episode of the season the discussion is focused on depression in men. From the pressures of society, ‘manliness’ and how men often hide the...
S1 E8 - Suicide & Assessing Risk
In this episode Paul and Oliver discuss the complex topic of suicide, how such thoughts can develop and the types of behaviour we should all be aware...
S1 E7 - Teaser - The Gender Gap
Teaser for Ep 7 - is depression more likely or different depending on gender?
S1 E6 - The story of loss, grief and depression
In the 6th episode of the season, Paul and Oliver look at the impact of loss in our lives and how it affects our mental health, ranging from a bereave...
S1 E6 - Teaser - The story of loss, grief and depression
Teaser for Episode #6 - The story of loss, grief and depression