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Introducing tianeptine — an antidepressant with a dark side. Its mimicry of opioid effects, coupled with easy accessibility in the United...

“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” Philip K. Dick In 2022, an article published in a psychiatry...

When our mental health is not in a good place, it can feel scary and hopeless. Poor mental health can be brought on by a significant life...

What are my career prospects after finishing an MSc course in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface? The new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface offered by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London offers clinical and research placements to provide you with practical experience to enhance your current career or to prepare you for clinical roles, academia, or industry. I am Alessandra Borsini, a senior

Photo by Westend61 on Adobe Stock Throughout the week, our thoughts often gravitate towards the approaching weekend, or we eagerly...

A playful exercise to make peace with the roots of our suffering Have you ever felt stuck in a rut with a negative emotion? Caught in a...

There’s a very common misconception held by many who do not suffer from mental health issues that they are a very recent, new type of...

I am in my twenties, and I often find myself having the same conservations with people of a similar age – we all question whether we are...

We often consider mental health as a yes-or-no situation. You are either basking in the full light of well-being or you are trapped in...

As a person with insomnia, I often have trouble falling asleep and have always wondered why I feel cranky after a night of only a few...

Although full of joy and excitement, the perinatal period can be a tumultuous time for parents. Recognition of maternal mental health...

An interview with Kate Marsh, a Midwifery Manager at Tommy’s on Word Prematurity Day Picture from the The European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) Today, the 17th of November, is World Prematurity Day. The day was initiated in 2008 by the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI), to raise awareness of preterm birth and the associated challenges. Then, organisations in Africa, the USA and Australia joined as well and made Prematurity Day a

Our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface offered by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King’s College London aims to answer this question. Photo from Next Wave Therapy I am Alessandra Borsini, a senior research scientist based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), who has been investigating the intersection between the Mind and the Body in the context of mental health disorders for more than 15

Around 340,000 people in the UK live with Type 1 Diabetes. It is relatively rare in comparison to Type 2, and it is incurable. It is also...

Imposter syndrome, also known as imposter phenomenon, is a common behavioural psychological occurrence estimated to affect one-third of...

When I was in primary school, I was one of those annoying kids who enjoyed taking tests. To be clear, I was not superhuman: I had the...

Yoga is much more than just impressive poses. It’s a complete philosophy, as highlighted by the insightful article written by Dr....

I find that the best kind of movies stay with me for a long while afterwards, often in the form of lingering images, thoughts, or...

Joe Paton, head of the Learning Lab at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, has been researching the neurological principles by which the brain gains access to timekeeping, a fundamental dimension of our experience on Earth. He and his team have narrowed down a population of neurons in the striatum, a deep brain region, that possess a rich capacity to generate time-varying patterns of activity. “You can see this network of neurons in a dish, if you provide some input, the

Celebrating the launch of new book ‘Psychiatrists on Psychiatry' "If I have seen further up, it is by standing on the shoulders of...

Walking for me, is akin to therapy. You have recently read about the benefits of nature and of nature soundscape. As a counselling...

Are you someone who worries about things that haven’t happened yet? Things that might not happen? But, what if it does happen? And, if it...

I want to develop a prenatal Yoga module for women at risk of postnatal depression with the expertise of Yoga academics...

A few years ago, a group of scientists from different parts of the world met and discovered that they shared the same aspiration- they...