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Guts Reaction – The Joker

February 11, 2020 by Varya Clark in Guts Reaction, Film

Not everybody will see Arthur Fleck as vulnerable because not everybody has the luxury. Some of us have experienced nastier versions of him…

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February 11, 2020 /Varya Clark
The Joker, Joaquin Phoenix, Todd Phillips, mental health, violent offending, copycat violence, copycat, glamourising violence, empathy, disability art, American Psycho, Patrick Bateman, Carrie, Monster, Taxi Driver, Gotham, supervillain, DC cinematic universe, DC extended universe
Guts Reaction, Film

Mentalisation - a boring name for a beautiful idea

February 08, 2020 by Varya Clark in Research

What would it be like if you couldn’t understand the minds of others?

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February 08, 2020 /Varya Clark
psychoanalysis, borderline, zombies, Peter Fonagy, empathy, compassion, mental health, PSHE, highly sensitive person, Abram de Swaan, The Killing Compartments, Mentalisation, Mentalisation based therapy, MBT
Research

Sick notes

February 15, 2018 by Varya Clark in The Splits, Scott-Lapidot Disease

My ear was recently grabbed by a radio show on how diseases get their names…

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February 15, 2018 /Varya Clark
Disease, Scott Lapidot Disease, epidemiology, naming diseases, Word of Mouth, BBC, Michael Rosen, Professor Peter Piot, Laura Spinney, Spanish Flu, WHO, Ebola, complex disease, body and mind, mental health, madness, zombies, infection, public health
The Splits, Scott-Lapidot Disease