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Let’s talk about the MINDEP study, my PhD journey and life after it. As a clinical scientist, it’s sometimes difficult to understand...

In the UK, COVID-19 restrictions have begun to ease from March 8th, 2021 after a punishing 3rd lockdown during the British winter. The...

If you have no idea what “psychoneuroendocrinology” means, no worries. It is not all that complicated and really just three words merged...

I am a junior doctor keen to explore the meaningful connection between my two personal passions, the arts and health. Can the arts be...

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...

Sleeping constitutes around one-third of our lifetime. To put this statistic into perspective, if you live until 70 years old, around 27...

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...

Addressing doctors’ suicide and mental health in the world of medicine. The path of becoming and being a doctor is challenging. We may...

This week (1st-7th Feb, 2021) is Children’s Mental Health Week. This year, the event has special significance because it falls in the...

“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...

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

Addressing doctors’ suicide and mental health in the world of medicine. Suicide is not a subject that is talked about as openly or easily...

Attention-deficit and hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is a common mental disorder typically detected in childhood and is characterised by a...

Depression is a serious condition that interferes with your ability to work, sleep, to interact with friends and family. In fact, it...

Psychedelics, plant medicine and ceremonies in the Amazon jungle — could this be the future of psychiatry? Ayahuasca, a brew of plants...

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,...

*A Neurodivergent lens Due to Covid-19 there maybe even more pressure to enjoy the festive season this year and the social expectations...

If you could go back in time, what do you wish you had learnt to increase your confidence in navigating your mental health? Being in my...

The festive period is a time of high spirits and gift-giving, or at least as much of that as is possible in the midst of a global...

The festive period is a time of high spirits and gift-giving, or at least as much of that as is possible in the midst of a global...

In September I wrote a blog about my optimistic take on the coronavirus research at that time. In late summer the UK and most of Europe...

Eating disorders thrive in times of crisis. They pounce on any disruption to everyday life and turn your recovery on its head, and I know...

Insight from the #5BigInsights “Parenthood isn’t a prerequisite to understand the importance of the early years” — HRH THE DUCHESS OF...

For years, many people have advocated that the majority of office work can be done from the comfort of one’s own home. If you are going...