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Our new research shows that more people with depression than previously estimated could have increased activation of their immune system...

Predicting the Unpredictable Last week, I took part in a Challenge Workshop on Immunopsychiatry, a branch of psychiatry that explores the...

Hello, I’m Heidi, and I do research to make clinical trials more inclusive. In this article, I’m going to share some of my knowledge,...

My son is seven years old. He and I grew up in different technological epochs. I bought my first personal computer during university. He...

Sports. Physical Activity. An unspoken connection. A safe space.

The words we use are impactful. They can be liberating, uplifting, and inspiring. But equally, they can be harmful.

When does a joy become a pain? How does something we love turn into something we dread? Why can something so helpful become risky? These...

In April of 2022, I started taking aerial arts classes, a form of dance originating from circus arts, where you use a hanging apparatus.

I first came across Buddhism through the work of C.G. Jung. I was in university in Turin, Italy, an avid reader of psychology, and...

Over the last couple of years, the phrase ‘social media’ has become typically synonymous with TikTok dances, hot Twitter takes, and...

There is no doubt TikTok has taken the world by storm. With the unique combination of short-video content and Instagram’s influencer...

A short story about the unbearable loneliness of OCD

My name is Laura, I have never written a blog post in my life and if I had to define myself with a simple description, I would say that I...

A few years ago, I was at some close friends’ house and their baby was sleeping in his room. Suddenly, while we were having dinner...

A hot June day that finds me visiting the Japanese garden in our local park. Enclosed within the grounds, the garden abounds with...

The romanticisation of mental illness isn’t a new phenomenon. In fact, it’s something that defined a lot of my teen social media experience

This scientist is figuring out how to avoid their children also suffering the consequences. A growing body of research suggests that...

Imagine, if you dare, being in charge of the care of a notorious, licentious writer whose idea of conducting research for his depraved novel

Trigger warning: The following blog contains discussions about suicidal ideation and of suicide itself. Some readers may find this...

Good Girls Die Last is feminist reality wrapped in fiction I was so tired of crying. It was the summer of 2021 and the news was full of...

I have broached the issue of climate anxiety previously and was inspired by the advice that one way of addressing our fears and despair...

Each year, on the 20th of June, the world honours everyone who was forced to flee their home country to escape conflict, climate, or...

It is easy to walk past homeless people and ignore them, convincing ourselves they are responsible for their own demise. Post-pandemic,...

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,...