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There’s a very common misconception held by many who do not suffer from mental health issues that they are a very recent, new type of...

The arts and business don’t mix. They should. They need to. But no one likes to talk about the two together. I’ve been a published fiction author for six years and, since 1998, I’ve worked in many forms of marketing. I now have the pleasure of combining my two storytelling passions as a brand consultant for various clients, as well as lecturing on self-branding for creatives at London’s Raindance Film School. In that time I’ve learned that people don’t feel comfortable discov

I like to think I have a good memory. I rarely forget a birthday. I can remember random facts I learned while studying for my GCSEs...

The end of November once again brings with it the internet’s favourite musical-statistics event, Spotify Wrapped.

I am in my twenties, and I often find myself having the same conservations with people of a similar age – we all question whether we are...

We often consider mental health as a yes-or-no situation. You are either basking in the full light of well-being or you are trapped in...

Author's note: This story is about my experiences of finding social connection and belonging without overt social interaction, but by...

As a person with insomnia, I often have trouble falling asleep and have always wondered why I feel cranky after a night of only a few...

I moved to the UK around 9 years ago for education, and recently started my PhD in neuroscience and immunology, looking at how the brain...

Although full of joy and excitement, the perinatal period can be a tumultuous time for parents. Recognition of maternal mental health...

An interview with Kate Marsh, a Midwifery Manager at Tommy’s on Word Prematurity Day Picture from the The European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI) Today, the 17th of November, is World Prematurity Day. The day was initiated in 2008 by the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI), to raise awareness of preterm birth and the associated challenges. Then, organisations in Africa, the USA and Australia joined as well and made Prematurity Day a

Since a young age, I have always been an investigator. My mother jokingly says, “Carola, you ask as many questions in a day as your...

Our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface offered by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at King’s College London aims to answer this question. Photo from Next Wave Therapy I am Alessandra Borsini, a senior research scientist based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), who has been investigating the intersection between the Mind and the Body in the context of mental health disorders for more than 15

Around 340,000 people in the UK live with Type 1 Diabetes. It is relatively rare in comparison to Type 2, and it is incurable. It is also...

When I decided to learn to swim in my mid-forties, I googled for inspiration but didn’t find many success stories. Scrolling back through...

Imposter syndrome, also known as imposter phenomenon, is a common behavioural psychological occurrence estimated to affect one-third of...

When I was in primary school, I was one of those annoying kids who enjoyed taking tests. To be clear, I was not superhuman: I had the...

Yoga is much more than just impressive poses. It’s a complete philosophy, as highlighted by the insightful article written by Dr....

It is 2023, I am sitting in my living room in London, as a 23-year-old mental health researcher, and I am scrolling on Instagram. I see a...

I find that the best kind of movies stay with me for a long while afterwards, often in the form of lingering images, thoughts, or...

Author’s Note: As is the case with much fiction, ‘Hartman’s Hands’ was inspired by a dream. I always record my dreams, and many of them...

Joe Paton, head of the Learning Lab at the Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, has been researching the neurological principles by which the brain gains access to timekeeping, a fundamental dimension of our experience on Earth. He and his team have narrowed down a population of neurons in the striatum, a deep brain region, that possess a rich capacity to generate time-varying patterns of activity. “You can see this network of neurons in a dish, if you provide some input, the

I spent a ridiculous amount of time at my best friend's house when I was a teenager. Her mum would pop into her room to check on us or...

Celebrating the launch of new book ‘Psychiatrists on Psychiatry' "If I have seen further up, it is by standing on the shoulders of...