June 2013

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The effectiveness of prebiotics in modifying the gastrointestinal microbiota for the management of digestive disorders

The June Nutrition Society Paper of the month is the Sir David Cuthbertson Medal Lecture published in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society  and is entitled ‘ Mechanisms and effectiveness of prebiotics in modifying the gastrointestinal microbiota for the management of digestive disorders’ The gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota is a complex and metabolically active ecosystem that plays an important role in health and disease.…

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Renaming schizophrenia

The name “Schizophrenia” is the subject of a new Forum in the journal Psychological Medicine. An article written by Bill George and Aadt Klijn, Foreign Affairs co-coordinators for Anoiksis (the Dutch association of and for people with a psychotic vulnerability), has been reflected on by various commentators.…

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Meet the new Editor-in-Chief of tCBT

My name is Pam Myles and I am the new Editor-in-Chief for the Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (tCBT), an e-journal published by Cambridge Journals for the BABCP (British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies).…

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