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Tamara Searle
Aug 20, 20207 min read
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...
Karim Lekadir
Aug 18, 20204 min read
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
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...
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...
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...
Rebecca J Burman
Aug 5, 20209 min read
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...
Melisa Kose
Jul 29, 20204 min read
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...
Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Jul 23, 20204 min read
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,...
Courtney Worrell
Jul 21, 20209 min read
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...
Lokesh Agrawal
Jul 16, 20208 min read
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...
Juliette Giacobbe
Jul 14, 20206 min read
Running from a scientist’s point of view: hating it or loving it?
Through this whole corona virus-lockdown ‘end of the world’ situation, a few things have kept my mental health afloat: coffee, impromptu...
Natasha Trotman
Jul 9, 20205 min read
Lockdown awakening: Embracing the complexities
The Lockdown experience from a neurodivergent perspective: Pre-lockdown a perpetual rhythm of Go! Push, rest, repeat across different...
Carolina Estevao
Jul 7, 20204 min read
The outdoors and mental health: an “after-the-lockdown” perspective
In these recent months of lockdown, I have felt drawn towards — or, better, hypnotized — by the nature around me. I have surrounded...
Carmine Pariante
Jul 3, 20202 min read
#SuperSaturday is not Independence Day — it is ‘acceptance’ day
Today it’s Saturday the 4th of July: Super Saturday. This is the day when England re-opens! What will it be like? What will it feel like?...
Grace Gatera
Jul 2, 20204 min read
Mental Health and my vision for the future
My name is Grace Gatera. I am 27 years old. In those years, I have attempted suicide twice, and have had countless episodes of panic...
Etta Nettis
Jun 30, 20208 min read
Inspiring Women: Baroness Deborah Bull and how the arts can support science
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life” said the painter Pablo Picasso. In the last few months, this quote came to my...
Fei Huang
Jun 25, 20206 min read
Does COVID-19 come from bats?
As of June 23rd, there have been more than 9 million cases and more than 475,000 deaths from COVID-19, with cases confirmed in 213...
Richard Simpson
Jun 23, 20206 min read
Exercising our immune system during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on health, society and the global economy. Worldwide infections are now over...
Jessica Zambotti
Jun 18, 20206 min read
Mobile Apps and Mental Health: what's up?
Technology is becoming increasingly more important in our daily lives. During both work and in free time, everyone holds a computer, a...
Annabel Amber Pilecka
Jun 16, 20203 min read
AMPLIFYING BLACK VOICES: Celebrating the work of black female influencers
hese past couple of weeks have been an important time for self-reflection. Through my reflective work, I have thought about all the women...
Anna McLaughlin
Jun 16, 202010 min read
Investigating the most convincing COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Let’s take a look at the flawed science underlying conspiracy theories and who is behind them. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,...
Felice Salmon
Jun 11, 20204 min read
Abecedary of a Pandemic
A is for apocalypse — an uncovering. As we create alternative approaches to actions it is as if we are planting an acorn amidst...
Penelope Brown
Jun 9, 20208 min read
Children in lockdown: Time to review the age of criminal responsibility?
The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children” Nelson Mandela, 1997 I was asked to write for this blog last...
Naomi Limbachiya
Jun 9, 20206 min read
How coronavirus has marked the use of breath, and George Floyd's murder has amplified it
Severe cases of Coronavirus are characterised by breathing difficulties. This is understandably discomforting; if you were to hold your...
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