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Is depression a response to unfortunate life events, or an unfolding of constitutional predisposition? The “learned helplessness” conceptualisation. Chemical and brain changes observed in depression – are they the cause or a manifestation of the negative mood?
The relationship between negative thoughts and depressed mood – which takes priority? What can be done to reverse the downward spiral? How can we tell when someone is at risk of suicide?
Glenn D. Wilson is one of Britain’s best-known psychologists. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programmes and has published more than 150 scientific articles and 33 books. He is an expert on individual differences; social and political attitudes; sexual behaviour, deviation and dysfunction; and psychology applied to the performing arts.
Not one to shy away from contention, his most recent books include:Born Gay: The Psychobiology of Sex Orientation, The Secret of Lasting Love and Psychology for Performing Artists.
He has lectured widely abroad, having been a guest of the Italian Cultural Association, and a visiting professor at California State University, Los Angeles, San Francisco State University, Stanford University, the University of Nevada, Reno and Sierra Nevada College.
Apart from being a professional psychologist, Dr Wilson trained as an opera singer at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and still undertakes professional engagements as an actor, singer and director.