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Live, online, in person, from an armchair, or under the rain:
100 different ways to deliver culture and create human connection in the time of COVID-19 At the beginning of the year, we knew 2020 was...

Helen Bagnall
Dec 28, 20204 min read


Craft and Connection this Christmas
It goes without saying that this year has been unlike any other in our lifetime. Due to the pandemic, many of our usual Christmas...

Emily Hayes
Dec 21, 20205 min read


Christmas and pandemics: Times for love and anger
Now that government has decided how the festival season is to be celebrated are we any clearer? In some area’s pubs may open but cannot...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Dec 21, 20203 min read


The *ND Rough Guide to Thriving During the Holiday season
*A Neurodivergent lens Due to Covid-19 there maybe even more pressure to enjoy the festive season this year and the social expectations...

Natasha Trotman
Dec 21, 20203 min read


How is Climate Change Affecting our Mental Health?
The festive period is a time of high spirits and gift-giving, or at least as much of that as is possible in the midst of a global...

Celeste Miller
Dec 16, 20205 min read


Social distancing is the greatest act of solidarity in pandemic
I am working as a psychiatrist in a large hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. I will never forget the night between 11th and 12th of April...

Daniela Enache
Dec 11, 20205 min read


How can we improve the public narrative on the early years, and support parents?
Insight from the #5BigInsights “Parenthood isn’t a prerequisite to understand the importance of the early years” — HRH THE DUCHESS OF...

Carmine Pariante
Dec 2, 20205 min read


Working from home during the Coronavirus — good or bad for our mental health?
For years, many people have advocated that the majority of office work can be done from the comfort of one’s own home. If you are going...

Frances Weston
Nov 27, 20205 min read


Curb Your Eco-Anxiety with Eco-Action
When Sir David Attenborough joined Instagram in September, his account gained over 1 million followers in less than 5 hours and broke a...

Ffion Harris
Nov 18, 20203 min read


Black mothers matter. So why are they still dying?
I opened my phone a couple of days ago to a headline reading, “A Black doctor died in childbirth, highlighting a tragic trend that...

Rebecca Bind
Nov 6, 20209 min read


Letting children go hungry makes no economic (or moral) sense: so why do some governments try to do
One of the perks of getting older is the constant sense of déjà vu when listening to political debates. So, here we go again,...

Carmine Pariante
Oct 30, 20205 min read


TEN POSITIVE THINGS THAT COULD EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC
First pandemic in living memory has created a number of sensational issues in the minds and behaviour of the general population,...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Jul 23, 20204 min read


Mental health funding: A Cinderella Story
Once upon a time, there was a girl who grew up to become a mental health researcher… No. Wait. Once upon a time? I’m not the Cinderella...

Courtney Worrell
Jul 21, 20209 min read


Understanding mental health and how to keep it strong during this pandemic
Nowadays, everyone is talking about mental health, yet do they understand what this is? Let’s begin this blog by first understanding what...

Lokesh Agrawal
Jul 16, 20208 min read


Lockdown awakening: Embracing the complexities
The Lockdown experience from a neurodivergent perspective: Pre-lockdown a perpetual rhythm of Go! Push, rest, repeat across different...

Natasha Trotman
Jul 9, 20205 min read


#SuperSaturday is not Independence Day — it is ‘acceptance’ day
Today it’s Saturday the 4th of July: Super Saturday. This is the day when England re-opens! What will it be like? What will it feel like?...

Carmine Pariante
Jul 3, 20202 min read


Mental Health and my vision for the future
My name is Grace Gatera. I am 27 years old. In those years, I have attempted suicide twice, and have had countless episodes of panic...

Grace Gatera
Jul 2, 20204 min read


AMPLIFYING BLACK VOICES: Celebrating the work of black female influencers
hese past couple of weeks have been an important time for self-reflection. Through my reflective work, I have thought about all the women...

Annabel Amber Pilecka
Jun 16, 20203 min read


Investigating the most convincing COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Let’s take a look at the flawed science underlying conspiracy theories and who is behind them. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Anna McLaughlin
Jun 16, 202010 min read


Children in lockdown: Time to review the age of criminal responsibility?
The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children” Nelson Mandela, 1997 I was asked to write for this blog last...

Penelope Brown
Jun 9, 20208 min read


How coronavirus has marked the use of breath, and George Floyd's murder has amplified it
Severe cases of Coronavirus are characterised by breathing difficulties. This is understandably discomforting; if you were to hold your...

Naomi Limbachiya
Jun 9, 20206 min read


Solidarity with BLM: Transforming Empathy into Action
Black Lives Matter from a neurodivergent and diaspora perspective: Preston Mitchcum, Board Co-chair of Collective action for safe spaces...

Natasha Trotman
Jun 4, 20203 min read


Black Lives Matter to InSPIre the Mind
This blog has been written on behalf of the InSPIre the Mind editing team. As a team we want to raise awareness of such a prevalent issue...

Inspire the Mind
Jun 4, 20204 min read


Working in old age psychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic
For many of us living longer is a blessing, an achievement of our modern society. After every sunset we wake up wiser, more experienced,...

Daniela Enache
May 26, 20205 min read
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