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The Met Police to Stop Attending Mental Health Callouts: The Inspire The Mind View (Part 1)
In recent months, police and health services across London have been involved in what The Guardian described as a ‘behind-the-scenes...

Sorcha Alford
Oct 17, 20235 min read


Affected by the Sylvia Plath Effect
Content warning: This article includes brief mentions of suicide. I mentioned back when I did my article on Shirley Jackson that before I...

Emily Zarevich
Oct 5, 20235 min read


Neuralink Approved for Human Brain-Implant Trial Recruitment
Neuralink is one of several neurotechnological companies currently developing implantable brain-computer interfaces. The company was...

Lea Schmid
Oct 3, 20235 min read


Community Spaces: Outdated or the Cure for Loneliness?
The evolutionary function of loneliness is believed to be a signal from the brain to change lifestyle and increase social connections...

Niamh Alford
Sep 7, 20234 min read


Celebrating South Asian Heritage Month: Reflections and Experiences
This year’s theme is “Stories To Tell”, and is dedicated to celebrating the stories that contribute to the South Asian Community.

Inspire the Mind
Aug 17, 20235 min read


Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' perfectly captures how it feels to be a woman
This article contains spoilers It’s safe to say that Barbie has taken the world by storm. With a marketing campaign seemingly tinging...

Courtney Worrell
Aug 11, 20234 min read


Conversations about the NHS
It is inevitable that as the National Health Service (NHS) celebrates its 75th birthday this year, there is likely to be a spate of books...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Aug 10, 20235 min read


Weather Extremes in Italy: A Personal Testimony from Lombardy
Eco-anxiety. Eco-anxiety has been defined as “an extreme worry about the current and future harm to the environment caused by human...

Valentina Zonca
Aug 7, 20234 min read


Are “Excited to Announce” Posts on LinkedIn Motivating or Demoralising?
Over the last couple of years, the phrase ‘social media’ has become typically synonymous with TikTok dances, hot Twitter takes, and...

neurominded
Jul 6, 20235 min read


Navigating the TikTok Generation: TikTok’s Rising Popularity among Today’s Youth
There is no doubt TikTok has taken the world by storm. With the unique combination of short-video content and Instagram’s influencer...

Aishah Mehmood and Constance Hsiah
Jul 5, 20233 min read


World Refugee Day: Mental Health after Fleeing
Each year, on the 20th of June, the world honours everyone who was forced to flee their home country to escape conflict, climate, or...

Lea Schmid
Jun 20, 20234 min read


The Disappearance and Reappearance of Rituals
Why do we need rituals? For a number of reasons, in many settings and situations people need rituals to give them a degree of comfort,...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Jun 15, 20233 min read


Apple's Commitment to Mental Health?
This year, at Apple’s 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the tech giant unveiled many exciting new projects, with its first new...

Lea Schmid
Jun 13, 20234 min read


Zimbabwean Youth Approach to demystifying Mental Health
I am an MPhil (Masters of Philosophy) in Neuroscience student at the University of Cambridge, mental health advocate, and blogger. I was...

Tanatswa Chikaura
Jun 12, 20235 min read


Challenging My Reflection in the Mirror and My Thoughts on Ageism
I am a "millennial snowflake" psychiatrist hitting middle age with all its crises and needs.

Daniela Enache
May 18, 20234 min read


Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty and a History of Hate Speech
Trigger Warning: This blog discusses sexual assault, hate speech, and fatphobia which some readers may find distressing. Our selective...

Sorcha Alford
May 12, 20235 min read


The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 3
The war in Ukraine is still ongoing but more and more people are organizing conferences and building platforms to address an important...

Yuliya Kovalchuk
Apr 18, 20234 min read


The World Population Has Crossed 8 Billion: A milestone or millstone?
The total population of the world crossed 8 billion a couple of months ago. Although a clear milestone has been passed, there remain...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Apr 4, 20234 min read


‘Ted Lasso’ and the Conversation Around Mental Health
‘Ted Lasso’ is an award-winning show that tells the story of an American-football coach hired to manage AFC Richmond, a British football...

Lea Schmid
Mar 28, 20234 min read


The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 2
Running a small independent business is already a challenge with small margins and the ever-increasing inflation. Try doing that under...

Yuliya Kovalchuk
Mar 15, 20235 min read


In the aftermath of the earthquakes in Turkey: The road to safety and stability
As a stress researcher from Turkey, I was finalizing a manuscript on the long-term impact of trauma when my world turned upside down with...

Elif Aysimi Duman
Mar 8, 20235 min read


The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 1
As a person from Ukraine, living in Berlin, I never understood when people here complained about lousy winter weather. The temperatures...

Yuliya Kovalchuk
Mar 7, 20234 min read


One War Year Later
On the morning of February 24th, 2022, I was woken up at 5 am by a phone call from my mother, who simply said: “A full-scale invasion has...

Yuliya Kovalchuk
Mar 3, 20235 min read


Some British Media narratives and languages seem to ignore the high prevalence of Femicide in the UK
Trigger warning: The following article discusses violence against women and has mentions of suicide and murder. Some readers may find...

Anna Sri
Feb 27, 20234 min read
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