Dr Helen Combes featured on BBC Radio Stoke discussing Blue Monday

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Dr Helen Combes

Dr Helen Combes, Clinical Psychologist and Principal Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at Staffordshire University, was featured on BBC Radio Stoke discussing Blue Monday with Perry Spiller’s radio show:

BBC Radio Stoke – Perry Spiller Show (from 47 minutes) (link available until 16th February 2016)

Dr Combes discussed how changes in activity levels and reinforcements (i.e. rewards associated with the Christmas/New Year holidays) may lead to a “come down” in human behaviour and emotional well-being.


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