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Gene-Environment Interplay in Depression and Body Inflammation: How do our genes interact with our childhood experiences? I am a...

I am a history enthusiast who studied European history at Wilfrid Laurier University and now I write about it for various websites and...

Any parent can experience mental health difficulties in the perinatal period (from conception to one year following birth), regardless of gender or biological connection to the child. This is common in men with around 1 in 10 fathers experiencing depression and anxiety in the perinatal period. Awareness is growing in relation to the effects that traumatic birth experiences have on fathers, too. But which fathers does this evidence refer to? I am a Reader at the University of

“I was so anxious and couldn’t enjoy being pregnant, because I was so worried to attend every scan in case it was bad news; I couldn’t bear to think about history repeating itself and us losing another baby”. Photo source: nct.org.uk As a researcher working in the field of Perinatal Psychiatry, with mothers who have experienced mental health problems during pregnancy or postnatally (the period after childbirth), this is, unfortunately, a sentiment I have heard more than once.

Barriers to NHS Healthcare Faced by Transgender and Non-Binary Patients: The example of cervical screening I am an academic foundation...

‘With the elation came a significant adjustment to the novel, demanding and various roles that accompanied the arrival of Olive’. In Joe’s blog published yesterday, he shares his experience of becoming a new dad. Photo by Cottonbro on Pexels I am a Lecturer in Psychiatry and Mental Health (Education) at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London (KCL). My academic career in the early life course, involves looking at the interconnections be

One More Reason for a Healthy Lifestyle: Exercise might increase vaccines' effectiveness The COVID-19 vaccine holds great promise for...

Could the COVID-19 Pandemic Have Led to Increased Rates of Psychosis? Earlier this week, the Guardian reported that the number of people...

“How exciting!” “Aren’t they gorgeous!” “How’s your sleep?!” Just a few of the typical responses new parents are greeted with after welcoming a new baby into the world. But what if, as a new parent, you don’t feel that your experience of having a baby is anywhere near the ‘typical’ experience that you had expected, or perhaps the media has led us to believe is the ‘norm’? For many new parents, having a baby is indeed a wonderful experience, filled with many highs and an abund

Metabolites derived from omega-3 fatty acids could help reduce depression: dream or reality? I am a senior postdoctoral neuroscientist at...

The Biology of Depression, and Being on the Path to Discovery I am a scientist and I work with a team of researchers who spend their...

The Immune Factor: A potential contributor to autism spectrum conditions? After almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, I bet we’ve...

I am a child and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist working with the Stress, Psychiatry, and Immunology Laboratory (the team that...

I am a researcher at the Stress, Psychiatry and Immunology (SPI) Lab at Kings College London, a Nutritionist and part of the team that...

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!...

I’m often asked if the effects of motherhood on the brain will last forever. Short answer — yes! And this looks like a good thing. I’m a...

The role of psychiatric symptoms and parenting stress Postpartum psychosis: which are the symptoms and which women are more at risk Postpartum psychosis is the most severe mental illness that can occur in the postpartum period, so that it is considered a psychiatric emergency and requires urgent treatment and, in most cases, hospitalisation. Postpartum psychosis usually develops very soon after childbirth and symptoms include elation, depression, with rapid fluctuations, as w

What Can We Learn from Blood & the Brain? Since their introduction to medicine in the 1950s, antipsychotics have been the first line of...

Why does Burnout Matter at this Stage of the Pandemic? If you are reading this blog and you are not feeling tired then you may be one of...

When I think about the word optimism, the first word that often comes to my mind is ‘positivity’. I conjure up an idea of someone who...

Animals to the Rescue — Assisted Therapy & Unconditional Love Over the years, I relocated several times for education and work in India....

The interplay between sex hormones and immune system: an undiscovered path in the affective disorder maze? For generations (until the...

An Insider’s View on Mental Health in the Legal Profession Law is a high-stress profession; there’s almost no doubt about it. Having been...