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I have recently written an academic piece on the putative debate on whether depression is a medical disorder or a psychosocial condition,...

Trigger Warning: This article includes references, graphics, images, and pieces of texts about sexual violence, rape and trauma. ...

International Foreign Students’ lives should be a priority as Ukraine Refugees Since 24th February 2022, and since the Russian military,...

A Journey Through the Literature of Ukraine: From a pet penguin to a slice of cherry pie Eastern European literature is close to my heart...

A Letter from Lviv: Courage in Ukraine and Beyond Today marks three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine on all fronts and a bit more than...

The Fight for Better Working Conditions and Equal Pay: What do the university strikes mean, and how do they affect student and staff...

On the Road to Help Ukraine: An interview with Dennis Ougrin What is most surprising about my conversation on the phone with Dennis...

Escape from Ukraine: Mental health in displaced populations. Since my days as head of Wellcome’s History of Medicine programme...

LGBTQ+ Mental Health: Revisiting the past to understand the present Recalling and naming the collective oppressed history of LGBTQ+...

LGBTQI+ mental health during the pandemic My name is Paul Gorczynski. I am a psychologist who conducts research relating to various...

Author’s Note: This article is part of a collaboration between my colleague Clare Liedstrand and I, both researchers working in...

‘Growing Together’ is the theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week, which is taking place between the 7th and 13th of February...

“The Iron Forest” — building the walls to scar the nature If I could bring one thing from my hometown, it would be the fresh air of the...

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

Gender-gap in training for Assertiveness: Does it have a place in Psychiatry and in clinical practice? As a female British psychiatrist...

Another Year, Another COVID Christmas Here we go again… just when you thought it was safe to get back with the family, friends or...

A Reflection on America's Healthcare System and What It Means For The Mentally Ill Three months. I had to wait three months to see a...

Mental Health of Women and Children in conflict zones: Their Bodies and Health are the Battlefields of War. Over the last two months, the...

Recognising empathy as a cornerstone for making a meaningful impact in a post-COVID world: The Shepley Parkin Empathy Award Emerging from...

My name is Milad and I was born in Kabul in 1996. The same year that the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in a bitterly fought civil...

The days of lockdowns ending were always going to be tricky. Is it too soon? Will there be another one (spoiler: probably)? Can we stop...

Over recent weeks there has understandably been a huge amount of media coverage of the situation in Afghanistan. This has focused on the...

Nearly 42 years of violent conflict is driving a growing mental health crisis in Afghanistan. I am an Afghan doctor currently working as...

...but everything has changed this week An interview with Zarghona Rassa, the Chair of the British Afghan Women Society In the middle of...