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Maria Grazia Di Benedetto

HOW CAN WE STOP SUICIDE?

As I sit here and write this, I find it hard to fathom the thought of wanting to end my own life. I’ve just returned to work after my...

Your blood changes your brain: new insights on how blood inflammation affects the life of brain cell

Alessandra Borsini

Aug 20, 20194 min read

Science & Research

Your blood changes your brain: new insights on how blood inflammation affects the life of brain cell

An old story I would like to start my blog by telling you an old story… It was a hot day in August 2008, when Tony Wyss-Coray sat in a...

Predicting Children’s Health: The Promise of Blood Tests

Sarah Horn

Aug 13, 20198 min read

Science & Research

Predicting Children’s Health: The Promise of Blood Tests

Predicting Children’s Health: The Promise of Blood Tests What if children could get a test at the doctor’s office that would tell them if...

The big impact of stress on the immune system in depression

Andrew Perrin

Aug 6, 20195 min read

Science & Research

The big impact of stress on the immune system in depression

Stress — it’s a hot topic for discussion. It seems that every day we are confronted with new information on managing it. The body has...

The secret bond between mother and child: The power of breast milk nutrients

Jul 30, 20195 min read

The secret bond between mother and child: The power of breast milk nutrients

Having a baby is considered a unique and incomparable experience in the life of any woman, and breastfeeding is often described as one of...

Is social media acting as a risk factor in adolescent mental health problems?

Frances Weston

Jul 23, 20196 min read

Is social media acting as a risk factor in adolescent mental health problems?

Social media platforms are constantly growing and becoming a central part of people’s lives, especially for the younger generations....

Clara Snijders

Jul 18, 20194 min read

You are not your emotions

Have you ever experienced an emotion so strong it felt as if you were losing touch with your own self? Did you feel like these emotions...

The causes of obesity are not as simple as you might think

Ellen Lambert

Jul 16, 20199 min read

The causes of obesity are not as simple as you might think

Just last month, I was chatting to a friend, who happens to be a doctor, about my research. She asked me: “So, really? You would classify...

CAN A MOTHER’S HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD STRESS AFFECT THEIR OWN CHILDREN?

Jessica Trinetti

Jul 9, 20194 min read

CAN A MOTHER’S HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD STRESS AFFECT THEIR OWN CHILDREN?

In recent years, more and more attention has been placed on the concept that the psychological development of a child is the result of a...

Does stress early in life leave an imprint in our guts? The gut microbiome and mental health.

Lisa Hantsoo

Jul 2, 20195 min read

Does stress early in life leave an imprint in our guts? The gut microbiome and mental health.

We all experience stress. Whether garden-variety stressors (the task that was due last week, the pile of laundry that keeps growing, the...

Using Expressive Writing to cope with childbirth

Lavinia Rebecchini

Jun 25, 20194 min read

Using Expressive Writing to cope with childbirth

The period following childbirth represents a very delicate phase of settling and redefinition of personal and relational identity for new...

Is Mental Health Awareness the New Marketing Strategy Trend?

Melisa Kose

Jun 18, 20196 min read

Is Mental Health Awareness the New Marketing Strategy Trend?

Disclaimer: The intention with this blog is to discuss some of the ways that myself and others have noticed that brands use times like...

Are antidepressants addictive? Yes. No. It depends.

Carmine Pariante

Jun 11, 20196 min read

Are antidepressants addictive? Yes. No. It depends.

You might have seen the recent headlines. The Sun: The Mirror: Millions taking antidepressants ‘must be warned of dangerous side effects’...

‘The Wounded Healer’ — Harnessing the Power of the Performing Arts to Reduce Mental Health Related…

Ahmed Hankir

Jun 4, 201910 min read

‘The Wounded Healer’ — Harnessing the Power of the Performing Arts to Reduce Mental Health Related…

‘The Wounded Healer’ — Harnessing the Power of the Performing Arts to Reduce Mental Health Related Stigma in Healthcare Professionals and...

Rachel Kelly

Jun 4, 20193 min read

BEING HAPPY NOT PERFECT

I have spent much of the morning trying to find the right sentence with which to start an article. I am playing with the phrase ‘it is a...

"You might not be able to help physically or surgically, but you can help if you are willing to give love"

Courtney Worrell

May 28, 201911 min read

"You might not be able to help physically or surgically, but you can help if you are willing to give love"

Emma Watson in Conversation with Dr Denis Mukwege, presented by The New York Times and how to: Academy Trigger warning — This blog...

Maternal Journal: A Radical Expression of Matrescence

Kristi Priestley

May 28, 20194 min read

Maternal Journal: A Radical Expression of Matrescence

In her TED talk Dr. Sacks explains that, just like adolescence, ‘matrescence’ is a time of feeling “hormonal and moody…skin breaking...

Rachel Kelly

May 21, 20194 min read

ESCAPING YOUR COMFORT ZONE

A coldish evening and I am back from a class on how to give a presentation, cradling a mug of celebratory hot chocolate. Even the thought...

Etta Nettis

May 21, 20195 min read

“I’m in pain, permanently”.

Adolescent depression is on stage in London: at the KILN Theatre, in ‘The Son’ by Florian Zeller, and at the Royal Society of Medicine,...

Rachel Kelly

May 14, 20194 min read

RELAXING PHYSICALLY

A tense body means a tense mind. Equally, if you are physically relaxed, it is impossible to be anything other than mentally relaxed....

My weakened mental health as a mother with a sick baby

Inspire the Mind

May 14, 20195 min read

My weakened mental health as a mother with a sick baby

I had never paid much attention to depression, anxiety, eating disorders or sleep deprivation, that is, until I had my second baby. She...

Mao Fong Lim

May 7, 20194 min read