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International Day of Women & Girls in Science: My Journey and the Women Who Inspired It Author’s Note: This article is part of a...

“Stop being so difficult” — Why we need to rethink puberty Many mental health issues, like depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia...

How our genes can help us to treat depression and an exciting new development Most of us know what depression is, but how many of us know...

Getting into the Rhythm of Things: What can our brain signals tell us about mental ill health? Every time you have to quickly adapt your...

Falling out of depression — does psychological therapy reverse the biological changes in depression? A few months ago, I wrote a blog on...

Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental health and the need for an intersectional approach Reflections through the lens of the...

Next generation of rapid-acting antidepressants: Can ketamine help prevent suicide? As a scientist with an interest in mental health and...

Compliments — more than what meets the eye Why do you give compliments? Do you feel genuine when giving compliments? How do you feel...

Beyond Daddy Blues I’m a neuroscientist and therapist. Generally, my work focuses on maternal mental health for a number of reasons — but...

Is Zoom Burning All of Us Out? Are women more at-risk from mental health difficulties linked to Zoom than men? My name is Dr Mia...

The Vital Role of Mitochondria in Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia I’m a PhD student at King’s College London, and when I’m not...

I am a final year PhD student in Professor Stephen ‘Mac’ McMahon’s laboratory at the Wolfson Centre for Age-Related Diseases, King’s...

Do we eat to live or live to eat? For most of us, the answer may be both. We eat food every day to get sufficient energy that maintains...

The Power of Gut Bacteria to Influence Mental Health I am a final year PhD student at the Centre for Affective Disorders at King’s...

I am a London-based medical student, currently taking a master’s degree in Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and...

Visiting the app store for a mental health app can be mind-boggling today. With more than 10,000 apps for mindfulness, stress relief,...

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...