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COVID-19 and Medicine’s Social Contract
Medicine has been described as the second oldest profession: from caring to curing and prevention, doctors and medicine have played a...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
May 6, 20205 min read


How can science and history help us to understand and change human behaviour during a #pandemic?
Part 2: The role of Governments By Ellen Lambert and Emily Hayes You might have caught part one of this blog series last week, where we...

Ellen Lambert
Apr 29, 202010 min read


How can science and history help us to understand and change human behaviour during a pandemic?
(Part One of Two) By Ellen Lambert and Emily Hayes Pandemics like the current one with COVID-19 are caused and contained by how people...

Ellen Lambert
Apr 29, 20209 min read


Microdosing - Tiny doses with even tinier amounts of evidence
Disclaimer: This blog is by no means an endorsement, nor is it advocating, illegal activities. It is purely a discussion about a trend of...

Courtney Worrell
Apr 22, 20206 min read


Silver linings in times of Covid-19
As a PhD student, my research does not always go smoothly. Actually — it rarely does. A few weeks ago, I found myself in one of those...

Clara Snijders
Apr 15, 20204 min read


COVID-19 - How do we balance working from home, parenting and our mental health?
Working from home has never been as important as it is now. COVID-19 has changed the day to day working patterns of employees and...

Shashi Dissanayake
Apr 1, 20204 min read


The Shortage of Psychiatrists - A Student's View
In light of recent events with coronavirus, the national burden on mental health services is only set to rise over the coming few...

Ashvin Kuri
Apr 1, 20206 min read


The 10 most dangerous coronavirus myths debunked - Let's look at some pictures of real data
Let’s look at some pictures of real data The coronavirus pandemic has swept across the globe at breakneck speed, bringing whole countries...

Anna McLaughlin
Mar 25, 202010 min read


Staying sane at home in the time of the CORONA-virus
Taking control while letting go This is day 14 of my working from home because of the COVID-19 crisis. I have had to start early my...

Paola Dazzan
Mar 25, 20205 min read


WOMEN IN ACADEMIA: WHAT IS THE ALBA NETWORK AND WHY EVERYBODY SHOULD JOIN IT!
In September 2019, I was in Copenhagen at the ECNP (European College of Neuropsychopharmacology) conference. While I was reading the...

Etta Nettis
Mar 11, 20208 min read


Air pollution and mental health: an unhealthy love story
I live in Camberwell, in South East London, just a few minutes away from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience where I...

Ioannis Bakolis
Mar 4, 20207 min read


Shouldn't all babies be born free and equal - rather than die in prison cells?
Trigger warning: This blog deals with the subject of infant death. It was the beginning of October last year when I read a disturbing...

Margherita Noto
Feb 26, 20207 min read


On shame and stigma in mental health: A medical student's view on how we can bring change
I am a fourth-year medical student studying at the University of Southampton. Though I don’t know what I want to specialise in yet, I...

Regina Askary
Feb 12, 20205 min read


What’s in a logo? Time to celebrate our blog - and to change it!
We are only a few days away from the one year anniversary of our blog platform — our first blog was published on the 1st of March...

Inspire the Mind
Feb 12, 20202 min read


One Duchess, #5BigQuestions, 730 thousand births and 3.9 million children:
How to build the healthiest generation in history. The first time that I met HRH the Duchess of Cambridge, it had just been announced...

Carmine Pariante
Jan 22, 20205 min read


MENTAL HEALTH AND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: IN CONVERSATION WITH LÅPSLEY
I literally talk about my inner monologue and then sell it” Many know her as Låpsley, but to me she is Holly Lapsley Fletcher: singer,...

Ellen Lambert
Dec 12, 201911 min read


BREXIT AND THE AGE OF RAGE
A psychiatrist’s view on how leaders should act as therapists to bring people together. This can truly be called an age of rage; everyone...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Oct 16, 20196 min read


Are violent games really making children more violent?
The debate over the psychological impact of violent gaming has been going on for years. If you ask worried parents, they might complain...

Kristi Priestley
Sep 18, 20195 min read


Nobody puts a woman in a corner, not even in academia: a conversation with Professor Paola Dazzan
Pursuing an academic career is tough. It requires hard work, a considerable dose of self-confidence and an even greater amount of...

Etta Nettis
Sep 11, 20198 min read


Is social media acting as a risk factor in adolescent mental health problems?
Social media platforms are constantly growing and becoming a central part of people’s lives, especially for the younger generations....

Frances Weston
Jul 24, 20196 min read


Is Mental Health Awareness the New Marketing Strategy Trend?
Disclaimer: The intention with this blog is to discuss some of the ways that myself and others have noticed that brands use times like...

Melisa Kose
Jun 19, 20196 min read


Are antidepressants addictive? Yes. No. It depends.
You might have seen the recent headlines. The Sun: The Mirror: Millions taking antidepressants ‘must be warned of dangerous side effects’...

Carmine Pariante
Jun 12, 20196 min read


"You might not be able to help physically or surgically, but you can help if you are willing to give love"
Emma Watson in Conversation with Dr Denis Mukwege, presented by The New York Times and how to: Academy Trigger warning — This blog...

Courtney Worrell
May 29, 201911 min read


Maternal Journal: A Radical Expression of Matrescence
In her TED talk Dr. Sacks explains that, just like adolescence, ‘matrescence’ is a time of feeling “hormonal and moody…skin breaking...

Kristi Priestley
May 29, 20194 min read
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