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...
top of page
Our Latest Articles
Maddy Kirkpatrick
6 days ago4 min
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...
Samrina K Sangha
7 days ago5 min
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...
Bryony Payne
Sep 265 min
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...
Carmine Pariante
Sep 255 min
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...
Ulrike Schmidt OBE
Sep 125 min
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...
Klaas Bahnsen
Sep 104 min
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
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...
Maddy Kirkpatrick
Aug 204 min
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...
Johanna Keeler
Aug 154 min
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
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...
Daniela Enache
Aug 25 min
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...
Sorcha O'Connor
Jul 254 min
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...
Giulia Cattarinussi
Jul 246 min
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...
Gina Hernández
Jul 174 min
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...
Barbora Rehák Bučková
Jul 35 min
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...
Giulia Lombardo
Jul 24 min
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...
Dr Qazi Rahman
Jun 144 min
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...
