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Community Spaces: Outdated or the Cure for Loneliness?
The evolutionary function of loneliness is believed to be a signal from the brain to change lifestyle and increase social connections...
Niamh Alford
Sep 7, 20234 min read


Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month: Reflections and Experiences
This year’s theme is “Stories To Tell”, and is dedicated to celebrating the stories that contribute to the South Asian Community.
Inspire the Mind
Aug 17, 20235 min read


Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' perfectly captures how it feels to be a woman
This article contains spoilers It’s safe to say that Barbie has taken the world by storm. With a marketing campaign seemingly tinging...
Courtney Worrell
Aug 11, 20234 min read

Conversations about the NHS
It is inevitable that as the National Health Service (NHS) celebrates its 75th birthday this year, there is likely to be a spate of books...
Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Aug 10, 20235 min read

Weather Extremes in Italy: A Personal Testimony from Lombardy
Eco-anxiety. Eco-anxiety has been defined as “an extreme worry about the current and future harm to the environment caused by human...
Valentina Zonca
Aug 7, 20234 min read


Are “Excited to Announce” Posts on LinkedIn Motivating or Demoralising?
Over the last couple of years, the phrase ‘social media’ has become typically synonymous with TikTok dances, hot Twitter takes, and...
neurominded
Jul 6, 20235 min read


Navigating the TikTok Generation: TikTok’s Rising Popularity among Today’s Youth
There is no doubt TikTok has taken the world by storm. With the unique combination of short-video content and Instagram’s influencer...
Aishah Mehmood and Constance Hsiah
Jul 5, 20233 min read

World Refugee Day: Mental Health after Fleeing
Each year, on the 20th of June, the world honours everyone who was forced to flee their home country to escape conflict, climate, or...
Lea Schmid
Jun 20, 20234 min read


The Disappearance and Reappearance of Rituals
Why do we need rituals? For a number of reasons, in many settings and situations people need rituals to give them a degree of comfort,...
Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Jun 15, 20233 min read

Apple's Commitment to Mental Health?
This year, at Apple’s 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the tech giant unveiled many exciting new projects, with its first new...
Lea Schmid
Jun 13, 20234 min read


Zimbabwean Youth Approach to demystifying Mental Health
I am an MPhil (Masters of Philosophy) in Neuroscience student at the University of Cambridge, mental health advocate, and blogger. I was...
Tanatswa Chikaura
Jun 12, 20235 min read

Challenging My Reflection in the Mirror and My Thoughts on Ageism
I am a "millennial snowflake" psychiatrist hitting middle age with all its crises and needs.
Daniela Enache
May 18, 20234 min read


Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty and a History of Hate Speech
Trigger Warning: This blog discusses sexual assault, hate speech, and fatphobia which some readers may find distressing. Our selective...
Sorcha Alford
May 12, 20235 min read


The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 3
The war in Ukraine is still ongoing but more and more people are organizing conferences and building platforms to address an important...
Yuliya Kovalchuk
Apr 18, 20234 min read


The World Population Has Crossed 8 Billion: A milestone or millstone?
The total population of the world crossed 8 billion a couple of months ago. Although a clear milestone has been passed, there remain...
Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Apr 4, 20234 min read


‘Ted Lasso’ and the Conversation Around Mental Health
‘Ted Lasso’ is an award-winning show that tells the story of an American-football coach hired to manage AFC Richmond, a British football...
Lea Schmid
Mar 28, 20234 min read


The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 2
Running a small independent business is already a challenge with small margins and the ever-increasing inflation. Try doing that under...
Yuliya Kovalchuk
Mar 15, 20235 min read

In the aftermath of the earthquakes in Turkey: The road to safety and stability
As a stress researcher from Turkey, I was finalizing a manuscript on the long-term impact of trauma when my world turned upside down with...
Elif Aysimi Duman
Mar 8, 20235 min read


The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 1
As a person from Ukraine, living in Berlin, I never understood when people here complained about lousy winter weather. The temperatures...
Yuliya Kovalchuk
Mar 7, 20234 min read

One War Year Later
On the morning of February 24th, 2022, I was woken up at 5 am by a phone call from my mother, who simply said: “A full-scale invasion has...
Yuliya Kovalchuk
Mar 3, 20235 min read

Some British Media narratives and languages seem to ignore the high prevalence of Femicide in the UK
Trigger warning: The following article discusses violence against women and has mentions of suicide and murder. Some readers may find...
Anna Sri
Feb 27, 20234 min read


The pressures of reaching your 30s child-free
“Record numbers of women are reaching the age of 30 child-free, new official figures have shown” — The Guardian “Half of women in...
Lea Schmid
Feb 14, 20235 min read


NHS Strikes & Burnout: A Call For Change
In December 2022, for the first time in 106 years, the Royal College of Nursing decided to strike after a ballot vote of more than...
Frances Weston
Jan 27, 20233 min read


Reflecting on the article about Prince Harry: Debunking the myth of "psychotherapy cult"
If you fell off a bike, would you feel ashamed that you were hurting? And if this happened to your friend, would you judge them for...
Zuzanna Zajkowska
Jan 20, 20235 min read
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