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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 15, 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 14, 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 2, 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
May 31, 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 23, 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 20, 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 17, 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 22, 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 15, 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 6, 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


The Science of Stress: How Does Stress Affect Young Minds?
This week (1st-7th Feb, 2021) is Children’s Mental Health Week. This year, the event has special significance because it falls in the...

Dr. Mia Eisenstadt
Feb 5, 20219 min read


Why I’m Zooming out of virtual counselling
“Hello? Can you hear me?” was not something I thought I would be saying in the middle of my counselling session. Yet here I was, in my...

Anonymous
Feb 3, 20215 min read


Brain Waves
The online arts movement helping brain injury survivors to tell their stories through music During the pandemic, we have adapted to new...

Elizabeth Taylor
Feb 1, 20215 min read


When the Healer Cries (Part 1 of 2)
Addressing doctors’ suicide and mental health in the world of medicine. Suicide is not a subject that is talked about as openly or easily...

Ahmed Ashraf
Jan 29, 20215 min read


Can pregnancy-related factors increase the risk of ADHD in children?
Attention-deficit and hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is a common mental disorder typically detected in childhood and is characterised by a...

Aisha Ali
Jan 27, 20215 min read


Are all stressors of equal measure?
Depression is a serious condition that interferes with your ability to work, sleep, to interact with friends and family. In fact, it...

Andrea Du Preez
Jan 22, 20215 min read


Ayahuasca, magic mushrooms and psychiatry: an interview with Dr. Simon Ruffell
Psychedelics, plant medicine and ceremonies in the Amazon jungle — could this be the future of psychiatry? Ayahuasca, a brew of plants...

Carolina Estevao
Jan 13, 20216 min read


“Planting” the science - from cannabis to immune system
When I think of cannabis use, I can’t help but think about the stigma and controversy that has been around it for the past few decades,...

Zuzanna Zajkowska
Jan 6, 20215 min read
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