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I’m going to let you into an open secret — social status determines the likelihood of having a mental illness, accessing mental...

Feeling sad, apathetic, deflated, or irritable is not uncommon after a holiday period, especially Christmas. And of course, there are...

As scientists, we stand on the shoulders of giants, so I think it’s the least we can do to acknowledge them. Many of those who impacted...

Between 2020 to 2021, a total of 79.4 million antidepressant drug items were prescribed to 7.87 million identified patients.

When I was growing up, “Merry Christmas” (or “Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia” in Polish, where I am from), was the traditional way of...

What do you think of when you think about food? How does it taste, and what does it smell like? Does it look appealing, and will it...

My name is Cole Sommeling, and I am a placement student working at King’s College and currently getting my BSc in psychology. I’ve been...

What are the costs? We are a group of researchers from different parts of the world. We focus on mental health in the perinatal period,...

The benefits of platform trials This is the second article of a brand-new series inspired by EU-PEARL (EUropean-Patient-cEntric clinicAl...

And why platform trials are the only way to move it forward This is the first article of a brand-new series inspired by EU-PEARL...

As I sat on the grass soaking all the dewy fresh green around me in the early morning, I thought to myself, is green the colour of...

Everyone experiences loss at some point. Sooner or later, we all learn what bereavement, an unpleasant but unavoidable part of living,...

Intellectual ability, such as thinking, reasoning, and remembering, is tricky to measure. This may be the reason why no major advancement...

I am a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry of Amsterdam UMC in...

As a student of psychology, and an aspiring mental health practitioner, one of my key areas of interest involves understanding new forms...

The Covid-19 pandemic has made life unpredictable, and accordingly, mental health concerns have grown exponentially. In fact, 13% of the...

Overlooked and Downplayed: The Difficulty in Getting an Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) Diagnosis It took me years to...

Last year, I wrote a blog on how early life stress can affect how our bodies work and how it can lead to feeling depressed. In...

“Table for two?” It feels good being seated once again at my favourite local restaurant and I’ve never had a better excuse to spend my...

Recent estimates forecast that 1 billion people worldwide will be using wearable devices to track their levels of sleep and activity by...

A vision for changing the wellbeing of future generations by tackling the longstanding shortcomings in maternal healthcare The...

I am a freelance science journalist and I have previously written for The Guardian, BBC, National Geographic, Gizmodo, Wired, and more. I...

When it comes to diagnosing physical illnesses, there are a myriad of different biological tests that can be done to correctly diagnose...

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted fundamental truths about infectious disease in humans. First, the makeup of our societies helps...