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Oct 13, 20205 min read

Mental health services are failing the working class

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...

Psychedelics in Psychiatry: A Trip to the Future

Isabella Conti

Oct 8, 20207 min read

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Psychedelics in Psychiatry: A Trip to the Future

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

The Inflamed Brain: How inflammation can affect mood and behaviour

Etta Nettis

Oct 6, 20206 min read

Science & Research

The Inflamed Brain: How inflammation can affect mood and behaviour

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...

Telepsychiatry: How did we get here and where do we go now?

Anushka Pathak

Oct 1, 20208 min read

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Telepsychiatry: How did we get here and where do we go now?

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...

The missing pieces of the ADHD puzzle: inflammation, neurotrophin and cortisol?

Jane Chang

Sep 29, 20205 min read

Science & Research

The missing pieces of the ADHD puzzle: inflammation, neurotrophin and cortisol?

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

“More Unites Us Than Divides Us” — It’s Time for Neurology and Psychiatry to Work Together Again

Bibire Baykeens

Sep 24, 20208 min read

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“More Unites Us Than Divides Us” — It’s Time for Neurology and Psychiatry to Work Together Again

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

Culture S.H.O.C.K: Salut Hålla Olá Ciao Kumusta

Sofia Cussotto

Sep 22, 20206 min read

Arts & Culture

Culture S.H.O.C.K: Salut Hålla Olá Ciao Kumusta

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

The future of male mental health: society’s role in tackling the suicide crisis

Bethany Platford

Sep 17, 20207 min read

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The future of male mental health: society’s role in tackling the suicide crisis

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

What people say and what their brains do…..

Uma Vaidyanathan

Sep 15, 20206 min read

Science & Research

What people say and what their brains do…..

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

Global Mental Health: Where are we heading?

Cecilia Vinchenzo

Sep 10, 20207 min read

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Global Mental Health: Where are we heading?

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...

Neurostimulation could be a multi-pronged treatment for depression

Andrew Perrin

Sep 8, 20204 min read

Science & Research

Neurostimulation could be a multi-pronged treatment for depression

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

The Future is Feminist: tackling gender inequalities in psychiatric medicine and practice

Rebecca Murphy Lonergan

Sep 3, 20206 min read

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The Future is Feminist: tackling gender inequalities in psychiatric medicine and practice

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...

The future of child and adolescent psychiatry - a medical student’s perspective

Emily Jones

Aug 27, 202010 min read

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The future of child and adolescent psychiatry - a medical student’s perspective

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...

The pursuit of happiness: Why does nothing feel good when you have anhedonia?

Alessandra Borsini

Aug 25, 20206 min read

Science & Research

The pursuit of happiness: Why does nothing feel good when you have anhedonia?

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

The mind-body experience and the future for psychiatry

Tamara Searle

Aug 20, 20207 min read

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The mind-body experience and the future for psychiatry

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

Beautiful, healthy minds? Mathematics and mental health beyond the stereotypes

Karim Lekadir

Aug 18, 20204 min read

Science & Research

Beautiful, healthy minds? Mathematics and mental health beyond the stereotypes

“A beautiful mind” is the title of the critically acclaimed, unauthorised biography of the mathematician John Nash, who famously made...

Heather McAdam

Aug 13, 20208 min read

Psych Stars

The New Generation Game

A Need for Compassion when Encouraging Young People to Engage in Mental Health Special note from the editors: Please enjoy reading the...

WHY WE NEED THE OFFICE FOR MINORITY HEALTH

Dinesh Bhugra CBE

Aug 11, 20205 min read

WHY WE NEED THE OFFICE FOR MINORITY HEALTH

Race, Racism and Discrimination in minority health -where next According to the census in 2011, of the total 56.1 million population of...

How electroconvulsive therapy affects inflammation and new brain cells

Juliette Giacobbe

Aug 6, 20206 min read

How electroconvulsive therapy affects inflammation and new brain cells

More than 80 years since it was first used as a psychiatric treatment, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) still conjures up very strong...

Lack of symmetry — my mental health mapped out in 180 days

Rebecca J Burman

Aug 5, 20209 min read

Lived Experience

Lack of symmetry — my mental health mapped out in 180 days

Mothers Who Make is an international initiative providing mothers and makers peer support. It has been a saving grace for me during the...

Genes related to inflammation and stress may help tailor treatments for depression

Melisa Kose

Jul 29, 20204 min read

Science & Research

Genes related to inflammation and stress may help tailor treatments for depression

In the UK, roughly 1 in 5 people suffer from depression; while many find that they have some degree of response to antidepressant...

TEN POSITIVE THINGS THAT COULD EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC

Dinesh Bhugra CBE

Jul 23, 20204 min read

Society & World News

TEN POSITIVE THINGS THAT COULD EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC

First pandemic in living memory has created a number of sensational issues in the minds and behaviour of the general population,...

Mental health funding: A Cinderella Story

Courtney Worrell

Jul 21, 20209 min read

Society & World News

Mental health funding: A Cinderella Story

Once upon a time, there was a girl who grew up to become a mental health researcher… No. Wait. Once upon a time? I’m not the Cinderella...

Understanding mental health and how to keep it strong during this pandemic

Lokesh Agrawal

Jul 16, 20208 min read

Lifestyle & Relationships

Understanding mental health and how to keep it strong during this pandemic

Nowadays, everyone is talking about mental health, yet do they understand what this is? Let’s begin this blog by first understanding what...

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