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Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) is a common but serious mental illness that causes symptoms affecting emotions, thoughts, and daily...

When Sir David Attenborough joined Instagram in September, his account gained over 1 million followers in less than 5 hours and broke a...

Reflections from the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists on the latest series of PsychStar blogs I was glad to be invited to...

As we adjust to a second lockdown, one musical voice keeps playing in my head: that of Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet and...

I opened my phone a couple of days ago to a headline reading, “A Black doctor died in childbirth, highlighting a tragic trend that...

One of the perks of getting older is the constant sense of déjà vu when listening to political debates. So, here we go again,...

I am not a clinician, but I have come to acknowledge the 3 C’s of the clinic: communication between the patient and physician,...

My experiences working as a support worker for adults with intellectual disability, before starting medical school and alongside my...

During childhood and adolescence, parents play a crucial role in their child’s development, acting as their first teachers and preparing...

Mental health stigma and discrimination is slowly decreasing, as shown in the report ‘Time to Change’ in 2015. Given the current effects...

Telling people to ‘speak up’ and ‘be kind’ on social media isn’t going to change the fact that mental health services are failing the...

Disclaimer: This blog is by no means an endorsement, nor is it advocating illegal activities. It is purely a discussion about the growing...

Think of the last time you had a cold sore, or the flu, or a bowel infection…I am sure you don’t have the fondest memories of that...

A lot has been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the last 6 months. For those of us familiar with the inside of clinic rooms, one of...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood disorder with a global prevalence rate of 5–10%. ADHD presents with...

Psychiatry, like many other specialties within medicine, has a range of sub-specialties from which one can choose during higher training,...

Salut, Hålla, Olá, Ciao, Kumusta: these are all ways to say ‘hello’ in various languages. The first letters also happen to spell out the...

Content Warning  — This blog deals with the topic of suicide and may be distressing to some readers. If any of the topics raised resonate...

A major topic in research over the past couple of decades has been understanding biological correlates (or as often referred to,...

Special note from the editors: This is the fifth blog of our new series, The future of mental health as seen by the future leaders in...

Many psychiatrists would say that while we treat depression in many ways, all these many treatments can be grouped into one of a few...

Special note from the editors: This is the fourth blog of our new series, The future of mental health as seen by the future leaders in...

Special note from the editors: This is the third blog of our new series, The future of mental health as seen by the future leaders in...

By Alessandra Borsini and Amelia St John Wallis Editors note: Congratulations to Dr. Alessandra Borsini, a neuroscientist in the SPILab,...