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Anorexia nervosa  (AN) is a serious eating disorder  affecting the body and brain, with significant implications for physical and mental...

At some point in life, we all feel some unnecessary jitters. It might manifest in stuttered words during a presentation or a hammering...

A few months ago, while walking home, I heard a child screaming about not wanting to leave the playground. The parents were also shouting, “Stop crying… we won’t go the playground anymore… if you don’t stop crying we will leave you here.” The child, around 3 years old, was exhausted. When he heard his parents threatening him, he started screaming even more until, eventually, he stopped crying and went back on his bike to go home. What happened? A child, most likely exhausted

Part II: The effect of Ozempic on people suffering with eating disorders    Trigger warning: The following article contains discussions...

Trigger warning: This article contains discussion of suicide It is 2024 and there are still no highly-effective treatment options for...

Part 1: Halting progress in body positivity Content warning: This article contains discussions surrounding weight loss and body image The...

Is a sense of humour an important ingredient in changing our highly polarised world into a happier and healthier one? Well, it probably...

I’m Sorcha, a PhD student at Imperial College London leading the PsilOCD study – which explores the use of a low dose of psilocybin to...

First described in 1908 by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterised by loss of...

Nature is full of heart-melting examples of mother-baby relationships, especially, in birds and mammals. However, a parent’s tenderness...

The PRECOGNITION Project In this piece, we are excited to introduce a new project which we have been working on, called PRECOGNITION. We...

Our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface offered by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at...

Research on biological and psychosocial factors in mental health disparities offers clues to reducing the mental health burden among...

Commodified = to treat or consider something as a commodity (= a product can that be bought or sold) - Cambridge Dictionary More than...

Like many people in their 20s, I have a TikTok account (you can learn more about this social media platform in this article). While I...

As a researcher in perinatal psychiatry (working with women who are pregnant or have recently had a baby), unfortunately I was not...

From maternal childhood maltreatment to children’s emotional-behavioural problems: what can be done to break the link I have written this piece together with Xuemei Ma, a PhD student at King's College London who, like me, is particularly interested in the relationship between early life adversity and child mental health. We recently investigated this topic   in a systematic review . Picture from American Academy of Pediatrics Childhood adversity: effects on physical and menta

Neuroscientists are making strides in mapping and understanding the human brain, but like many other scientific fields, neuroscientific...

For many people worldwide, psychotropic drugs, which are medications used to treat mental health conditions, are beneficial in improving...

As a South Asian girl studying Psychology, when asked what I study by extended family and other people in my community, I’m met with a...

The Importance of Young Voices in Mental Health Research and Beyond

Being a writer, I have explored and am still exploring many mental health concepts and solutions for better wellbeing. In today's times,...

Do you spend time in your ‘soothing’ system? Or know what that is? And are you aware of how understanding the ‘three systems’ model might...

A helping hand from wearable tech? Rare is the adult who looks back on their adolescence and recalls years of calm sensibility and smooth...