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Becoming A Mother, While Loving an Addict

A story of Self-Empowerment and the Undeniable Love Between Mother and Child

Rachel Kelly

Jul 93 min read

Rachel Kelly Column

Summer Recipe for Good Mood Foods

We live in uncertain times. The UK has just witnessed an election, wars are being fought, and many of us feel anxious about the state of...

An Insight into the Pressures on Young Athletes

Seb Woods

Jul 45 min read

An Insight into the Pressures on Young Athletes

An interview with netball player, Holly Jones. As many of us immerse ourselves in an exciting summer of sport (Euros24, Tour de France,...

Can we predict psychosis by studying cognition?

Barbora Rehák Bučková

Jul 35 min read

Can we predict psychosis by studying cognition?

The PRECOGNITION Project In this piece, we are excited to introduce a new project which we have been working on, called PRECOGNITION. We...

The Whole Picture: Integrating Mental and Physical Health

Giulia Lombardo

Jul 24 min read

Mind-Body Interface

The Whole Picture: Integrating Mental and Physical Health

Our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface offered by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at...

Emily Zarevich

Jun 2815 min read

Short Stories

Caro — A Short Story

Author’s Note: We are told repeatedly by mental health care professionals and Facebook inspirational posts across the board that our past...

“Gay” was never a bad word - it’s part of who I am

Sam Thomas

Jun 275 min read

“Gay” was never a bad word - it’s part of who I am

When I started high school in 1997, the world was a very different place. The internet had only just begun entering people’s homes,...

How my one line a day journal gives me perspective amidst change

Aleenah Ansari

Jun 264 min read

How my one line a day journal gives me perspective amidst change

I’m lucky to have a partner who is an incredible gift giver. Throughout the year, she’ll take note of the things I want but don’t feel...

Appearing on TV changed my life for the better

Natalie Ambersley

Jun 255 min read

Appearing on TV changed my life for the better

Between 1 to 2% of the world’s population has vitiligo. I’m one of those people. I developed vitiligo, an autoimmune condition where the...

It’s Taylor Swift’s ‘Era’ and we’re just living in it

Riddhi Laijawala

Jun 214 min read

Obinna Tony-Francis Ochem

It’s Taylor Swift’s ‘Era’ and we’re just living in it

Taylor Swift’s world-famous Eras Tour arrives at the Wembley Stadium in London tonight. While I am a ‘Swiftie’ (A Taylor Swift fan), I...

Queer in Nigeria: Mental health struggles

Jun 204 min read

Queer in Nigeria: Mental health struggles

Trigger warning: this article contains mentions of violence. Being an LGBTQ+ Nigerian, one of the most discriminated identities in the...

Song in the City: Taking Classical Music out of its comfort zone

Meli Hatzihrysidis

Jun 194 min read

Song in the City: Taking Classical Music out of its comfort zone

I have been a trustee of 'Song in the City' for nearly 10 years now. I was initially drawn to their series of lunchtime concerts in the...

How I’ve overcome queer shame by helping others

Tilly Robinson

Jun 185 min read

How I’ve overcome queer shame by helping others

Growing up LGBTQ+, I always felt different, like I didn’t belong. Constantly feeling like I didn't fit in, a lack of representation and...

Understanding mental health in LGBTQ+ people

Dr Qazi Rahman

Jun 144 min read

Understanding mental health in LGBTQ+ people

Research on biological and psychosocial factors in mental health disparities offers clues to reducing the mental health burden among...

Has the $1.8 trillion Wellness Industry commodified mental wellbeing?

Courtney Worrell

Jun 135 min read

Has the $1.8 trillion Wellness Industry commodified mental wellbeing?

Commodified = to treat or consider something as a commodity (= a product can that be bought or sold) - Cambridge Dictionary More than...

Seyi Osobamiro

Jun 125 min read

American Fiction vs Non-Fiction

Exploring the conflicts portrayed within the award-winning film and what it reveals about America’s fraught relationship with race and...

A deep dive into the concept of influencing

Riddhi Laijawala

Jun 114 min read

A deep dive into the concept of influencing

Like many people in their 20s, I have a TikTok account (you can learn more about this social media platform in this article). While I...

Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry: A PsychStar perspective

Lauren Pereira-Greene

Jun 64 min read

Psych Stars

Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry: A PsychStar perspective

Perusing the Royal College of Psychiatrists website, I stumbled upon the faculty page for 'Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry'. I had...

How to keep moving if you are feeling down or depressed

Rachel Kelly

Jun 55 min read

Rachel Kelly Column

How to keep moving if you are feeling down or depressed

How can someone who is depressed, and at the bottom of their bed, become more active?

Birth Trauma and Mental Health - the 'Postcode Lottery'

Kristi Priestley

Jun 45 min read

Birth Trauma and Mental Health - the 'Postcode Lottery'

As a researcher in perinatal psychiatry (working with women who are pregnant or have recently had a baby), unfortunately I was not...

Simonetta Agnello Hornby

May 3131 min read

Dimmi Qualcosa

Nota dell’editore: Siamo onorati che Simonetta Agnello Hornby abbia scelto Inspire the Mind per pubblicare questo testo teatrale inedito...

La vie à Montréal : une histoire de culture et de langues

Ilana Singer

May 303 min read

La vie à Montréal : une histoire de culture et de langues

Par Ilana Singer et Méliza Gagnon Montréal est une ville où les cultures convergent, où l'histoire résonne à travers ses édifices...

Un Ciclo Perpetuo- La Salud Mental de Venezuela.

Camila Ribeiro

May 294 min read

Un Ciclo Perpetuo- La Salud Mental de Venezuela.

Como venezolana viviendo fuera de Venezuela, a menudo me encuentro diciendo la frase “Soy venezolana, pero llevo años viviendo aquí.”...

Germana Orrù

May 286 min read