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How Forensic Psychology Shaped Two Infamous Cases

Suvi Pushpakanthan

Dec 45 min read

How Forensic Psychology Shaped Two Infamous Cases

Whilst most children grew up watching CBBC or Disney Channel on the TV, my dinners were often spent immersed in shows like Criminal Minds...

Tony Woods

Dec 35 min read

Can the arts revolutionise healthcare?

The SHAPER dissemination event held on 19th November 2024.

Obesity, Depression, and their Inflamed Connection

Melisa Kose

Nov 285 min read

Obesity, Depression, and their Inflamed Connection

Authors Note: If you are interested in taking part in the CODA study, please visit our CODA study page or email coda@kcl.ac.uk . For...

Nutrients and the Gut-Brain Axis: Effects on Students’ Mental Health

Ecemnur İpekoğlu

Nov 204 min read

Nutrients and the Gut-Brain Axis: Effects on Students’ Mental Health

As a third-year psychology student, I’ve felt the stress of juggling assignments and staying focused in classes, especially during exam...

Building Belonging at University: The U-Belong Toolkit

Hina Naela

Nov 134 min read

Building Belonging at University: The U-Belong Toolkit

The lecture theatre is abuzz with voices. I see a group of girls hunched over a laptop, laughing. The professor is standing by the...

Decolonising the Healthcare System: An Interview with Annabel Sowemimo

Layecha Fidahoussen

Nov 65 min read

Decolonising the Healthcare System: An Interview with Annabel Sowemimo

Dr Annabel Sowemimo is a senior clinician in sexual and reproductive health, a part-time PhD student, founder of a charity Reproductive...

Menopause on the Margins - Bridging the Gap in menopause care

Kat Frere-Smith

Oct 295 min read

Menopause on the Margins - Bridging the Gap in menopause care

My name is Kat Frere-Smith, and I am a third-year National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Applied Research Collaboration Kent

Surviving the storm: Autism, menopause, and mental health

Rose Matthews

Oct 255 min read

Surviving the storm: Autism, menopause, and mental health

When perimenopause hit, it triggered a perfect storm , which led to me discovering I was Autistic, aged 58. After my autism...

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss matters. So, let’s talk about it.

Riddhi Laijawala

Oct 245 min read

Recurrent Pregnancy Loss matters. So, let’s talk about it.

As a researcher working in the field of perinatal psychiatry, I am part of a team that focuses on two key periods, pregnancy, and the postpa

Timothy Powell

Oct 224 min read

Unveiling the Viral Legacy in our DNA

A Journey from Ancient Infections to Modern Mental Health The notion that 8% of our genome is derived from ancient viruses sounds like a...

Daniela Giallanella

Oct 174 min read

Alexithymia: When Emotions Lack Words

During my clinical training as a psychiatrist, I had access to the emotional worlds of my patients in every aspect. This could be...

Catriona McVey

Oct 155 min read

ADHD in doctors: a personal reflection

It is ADHD Awareness Month , and I often find myself reflecting on my own diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),...

Marie-Louis Wronski

Oct 35 min read

Afya Ya Akili: Mental Health in Kenya

German-Kenyan collaboration to encourage brain awareness in Kisumu “Afya ya akili” means “mental health” in Swahili. The approach to...

Maddy Kirkpatrick

Oct 24 min read

How Ketamine Shields Your Brain

The Hidden Key to Beating Depression? Ketamine, a well-known sedative , has gained a lot of attention in the world of neuroscience and...

Maternal Mental Health: A South Asian Community Perspective

Samrina K Sangha

Oct 15 min read

Maternal Mental Health: A South Asian Community Perspective

The perinatal period, which spans from pregnancy through to the first year after childbirth, can be a particularly challenging time for...

Bridging the gap: Why we misunderstand people who differ from ourselves

Bryony Payne

Sep 265 min read

Bridging the gap: Why we misunderstand people who differ from ourselves

Humans are inherently social beings, and our daily interactions with others – whether family, friends, colleagues, or strangers – shape...

We aspire to revolutionise the treatment of depression

Carmine Pariante

Sep 255 min read

We aspire to revolutionise the treatment of depression

This June we launched the ASPIRE study, aiming to understand how we can use inflammation blood tests to identify people with depression...

Early Intervention for Eating Disorders: Grounds to Celebrate?

Ulrike Schmidt OBE

Sep 125 min read

Early Intervention for Eating Disorders: Grounds to Celebrate?

The FREED project In September 2024 we will be celebrating the 10th birthday of FREED (first episode rapid early intervention for eating...

Brain Changes in Anorexia Nervosa: New Discoveries

Klaas Bahnsen

Sep 104 min read

Brain Changes in Anorexia Nervosa: New Discoveries

Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a serious eating disorder affecting the body and brain, with significant implications for physical and mental...

Urvashi Maharshi

Sep 34 min read

Cognitive Biases of Social Anxiety

At some point in life, we all feel some unnecessary jitters. It might manifest in stuttered words during a presentation or a hammering...

Ozempic: Navigating the Intersection of Weight Loss and Mental Health

Maddy Kirkpatrick

Aug 204 min read

Ozempic: Navigating the Intersection of Weight Loss and Mental Health

Part II: The effect of Ozempic on people suffering with eating disorders Trigger warning: The following article contains discussions...

Next in the wave of new treatment approaches for anorexia: Ketamine

Johanna Keeler

Aug 154 min read

Next in the wave of new treatment approaches for anorexia: Ketamine

Trigger warning: This article contains discussion of suicide It is 2024 and there are still no highly-effective treatment options for...

Maddy Kirkpatrick

Aug 135 min read

Ozempic: Navigating the Intersection of Weight Loss and Mental Health

Part 1: Halting progress in body positivity Content warning: This article contains discussions surrounding weight loss and body image The...

Our sense of humour is no laughing matter

Daniela Enache

Aug 25 min read

Our sense of humour is no laughing matter

Is a sense of humour an important ingredient in changing our highly polarised world into a happier and healthier one? Well, it probably...

OCD’s Cognitive Features: Towards a Unified Model of Cause and Treatment

Sorcha O'Connor

Jul 254 min read

OCD’s Cognitive Features: Towards a Unified Model of Cause and Treatment

I’m Sorcha, a PhD student at Imperial College London leading the PsilOCD study – which explores the use of a low dose of psilocybin to...

The current state of the field of schizophrenia research

Giulia Cattarinussi

Jul 246 min read

The current state of the field of schizophrenia research

First described in 1908 by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterised by loss of...

The first tuning: mother-infant bonding and unseen strains

Gina Hernández

Jul 174 min read

The first tuning: mother-infant bonding and unseen strains

Nature is full of heart-melting examples of mother-baby relationships, especially, in birds and mammals. However, a parent’s tenderness...

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

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...

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...

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