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How can psychology help us to treat long covid? (Part two of two)
How can psychology help us to treat long covid? (Part two of two) You might have caught part one of this blog piece two days ago, where I...

Ellen Lambert
Jul 22, 20217 min read


How can psychology help us to treat long covid? (Part one of two)
How can psychology help us to treat long covid? (Part one of two) At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, I co-published a blog about...

Ellen Lambert
Jul 20, 20217 min read


COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the UK - can we blame vaccine hesitancy?
COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the UK — can we blame vaccine hesitancy? COVID vaccination programmes are underway all over the world. The UK...

Carolina Estevao
Jul 15, 20214 min read


New blood tests are set to change the way diagnose and treat dementia.
The month of June was a momentous milestone in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. Regardless of your stance on the conditional...

Nick Ashton
Jul 13, 20215 min read


The Fever of Psychedelia
Psychedelic drugs were not mentioned to me when training as a psychiatrist, as far as I remember. Perhaps they were, in passing, but...

James Rucker
Jul 13, 20217 min read


The History of Antidepressants: From Plants to Prozac
I first came across the study of depression as a biomedical science student. We discussed mental illness as a consequence or a side...

Clare Liedstrand
Jul 8, 20217 min read


Can maternal depression before birth influence the mother-infant relationship?
When thinking about maternal mental health and how difficulties with it may influence a developing baby, it is only natural to imagine...

Becky Bind
Jul 2, 20216 min read


Mom Brain Rebranded
Let’s talk about your brain on motherhood for a minute or two. I’m a neuroscientist who studies the maternal brain. When I mention the...

Jodi Pawluski
Jun 25, 20214 min read


Mind over matter - a personal reflection on Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
A huge issue facing us following the outbreak of COVID-19 is the number of people suffering from ongoing symptoms or long-COVID. Over...

Becky Pollard
Jun 16, 20216 min read


Depression & Inflammation
The role of our genes and the role of the environment Numerous studies so far have shown there is a connection between depression and...

Marilia Pitharouli
Jun 15, 20215 min read


"Behind the scenes" of adolescent depression
One in seven adolescents worldwide experienced mental health difficulties in 2019, with depression being one of the leading causes of...

Zuzanna Zajkowska
Jun 3, 20215 min read


Understanding Long Covid
Understanding Long Covid: The need to challenge stigma at its root I’m a philosopher. For the last few years, I have been working on...

Eleanor Byrne
Jun 1, 20215 min read


The Hype on "Beyond the Hype": an Interview with Fiona Fox, the Head of the Science Media Centre
The Hype on “Beyond the Hype”: an Interview with Fiona Fox, the Head of the Science Media Centre We are celebrating the 20 year...

Carmine Pariante
May 24, 20215 min read


Postpartum psychosis: Does stress play a role in relapse?
Postpartum (or puerperal) psychosis is a rare — occurring in just 1–2 women per 1000 deliveries in the general population — but extremely...

Katie Hazelgrove
May 21, 20216 min read


The Power of Music in Maintaining Mental Wellbeing During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 outbreak hit us in March 2020, in the second year of my undergraduate Psychology degree. I experienced the national lockdown...

Bella Liu
May 18, 20216 min read


Early-life stress and psychological, cardiovascular, and metabolic disorders
Can early-life stress be the cause of the coexistent development of psychological, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders? The EarlyCause...

Nicole Mariani
Apr 23, 20214 min read


Minocycline for people with depression AND inflammation:
Let’s talk about the MINDEP study, my PhD journey and life after it. As a clinical scientist, it’s sometimes difficult to understand...

Inspire the Mind
Apr 16, 20216 min read


What strategies are needed to survive the emotions that may follow the roadmap out of lockdown?
In the UK, COVID-19 restrictions have begun to ease from March 8th, 2021 after a punishing 3rd lockdown during the British winter. The...

Dr. Mia Eisenstadt
Apr 7, 20219 min read


The Role of Psychoneuroendocrinology in Health and Disease
If you have no idea what “psychoneuroendocrinology” means, no worries. It is not all that complicated and really just three words merged...

Lotte van Dammen
Mar 26, 20215 min read


Where words fail, Music speaks: Dementia and the Power of Music
I am a junior doctor keen to explore the meaningful connection between my two personal passions, the arts and health. Can the arts be...

Annabel Amber Pilecka
Mar 17, 20215 min read


What is this pain all about? Mental illness, philosophy and the search for meaning
My first encounter with mental illness was in books. I have been a researcher and a teacher in philosophy for about ten years and I...

Arianna Sforzini
Feb 26, 20219 min read


Sleep to remember (and forget)
Sleeping constitutes around one-third of our lifetime. To put this statistic into perspective, if you live until 70 years old, around 27...

Anna Bogdanova
Feb 24, 20214 min read


Complex Trauma: A Spectre in Psychiatry
I graduated from my BSc in Psychology in 2020. At the time I was so focused on my research project which focused on trauma and...

Owen Jones
Feb 19, 20216 min read


When the Healer Cries (Part 2 of 2)
Addressing doctors’ suicide and mental health in the world of medicine. The path of becoming and being a doctor is challenging. We may...

Ahmed Ashraf
Feb 12, 20217 min read
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