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Nostalgia as a Sentimental Tool: Are you ready to look back for looking ahead? My name is Dhanishta and I am a writer who has recently...

Gender-gap in training for Assertiveness: Does it have a place in Psychiatry and in clinical practice? As a female British psychiatrist...

The Power of Fake Fires: How Journey Dancing Helped A Grieving Mother Process Her Anger A Grieving Mother’s Retreat All my life I dreamt...

Does lived experience really inform our duty of care in mental health? It is very hard to describe and express mental ill-health to...

Expressing the Mind: reflecting on my experience of writing a blog Some time ago, during an email exchange, I received a suggestion from...

Dealing with Mental Illness on the Road (How the Beats Inspired Me to Live a Life of Purpose and Fulfillment) For me, Jack Kerouac was a...

The Importance of Physical Activity on Your Mental Health: An interview with Michael Watson, MBE In my life, I have battled a gambling...

Reflections from the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: Party Conference season I was pleased to be invited to write this...

When Anxiety Gets Physical I’m Alice. I’m a freelance writer and editor with anxiety and depression, fibromyalgia and functional...

Addiction: The depths and the recovery with professional boxer Charlie Duffield In my twenties, I suffered from a gambling addiction that...

So many of our greatest successes start from a dark place Watching a TV program about 1995, I realized that year held some of the darkest...

Let me preempt this piece by saying that I hate the coronavirus pandemic. As a professional magician and freelance writer, the...

My name is Aida and I’m a second-year student at King’s College London, currently studying Global Health and Social Medicine BSc. I’d...

I’ve cried on ashen floors of working men’s clubs. 96, 98, 2000, 2002, 2004. Oh my god, will it end? Oh my god! Oh my god!...

There have long been calls to reform or change the way we look and talk about education in the UK, but never has it been talked about so...

My name is Milad and I was born in Kabul in 1996. The same year that the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in a bitterly fought civil...

The days of lockdowns ending were always going to be tricky. Is it too soon? Will there be another one (spoiler: probably)? Can we stop...

Over recent weeks there has understandably been a huge amount of media coverage of the situation in Afghanistan. This has focused on the...

...and that Challenges Me a lot Most Days The good news is challenges are meant to be overcome Writing is my lifeline. Ever since I was a...

Nearly 42 years of violent conflict is driving a growing mental health crisis in Afghanistan. I am an Afghan doctor currently working as...

*Trigger warning: this blog discusses mental health struggles and suicidal thoughts. I’m crouched beneath the desk of my university dorm...

A step-by-step guide on how to break free and make a fresh start *Trigger warning: this blog discusses domestic abuse. My name is Rosy,...

What comes to mind when you hear the terms ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) or ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder)? Most...

How social pressure distorted my body image and impacted my mental health One in 8 adults have experienced suicidal thoughts because of...