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Nov 20, 20196 min

IN THE MIND OF A PSYCHOPATH? NO THANKS.

I’ve been working in forensic mental health, that is the system that manages men and women who commit a crime that is deemed to be a...

Oct 23, 20194 min

The Secret Art of Psychiatry

Mental health is now mentioned on a daily basis — in the press and media, within industry and employers, health and social care,...

Aug 21, 20194 min

Your blood changes your brain: new insights on how blood inflammation affects the life of brain cell

An old story I would like to start my blog by telling you an old story… It was a hot day in August 2008, when Tony Wyss-Coray sat in a...

Aug 14, 20198 min

Predicting Children’s Health: The Promise of Blood Tests

Predicting Children’s Health: The Promise of Blood Tests What if children could get a test at the doctor’s office that would tell them if...

Aug 7, 20195 min

The big impact of stress on the immune system in depression

Stress — it’s a hot topic for discussion. It seems that every day we are confronted with new information on managing it. The body has...

Apr 24, 20195 min

It may NOT be just the weather

A biological overview of the seasonal changes across mood disorders “The changes of the seasons are especially liable to beget...

Mar 17, 20193 min

What’s worse than having cancer?

An overview of the biological link between cancer and depression (and how to win the chess match against them both). There is a silent...

Jun 29, 20164 min

Facts You Should Know About Psychiatry and Why It Is Helping the Person Next to You

You may have never met one of us, but you will know someone who has been helped by one of us. The elderly mother of your best friend, who...

May 17, 20164 min

There Are More Connections in the Human Brain Than There Are Stars in Our Milky Way Galaxy…

Neurones forming synaptic connection in the brain superimposed to the Milky Way: is our understanding of the mind and the brain equally...