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Emerging from the Darkness - Postpartum Psychosis and Me
This is the third week of our Maternal Mental Health series, which is dedicated to Postpartum Psychosis —a rare but extremely severe...

Eve Canavan
Oct 18, 20225 min read


Time to Reassess Cognitive Testing: Using Simulated Environments to Assess Real-world Function
Intellectual ability, such as thinking, reasoning, and remembering, is tricky to measure. This may be the reason why no major advancement...

Lilla Porffy
Oct 17, 20225 min read


Is this Long-COVID?
I am a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry of Amsterdam UMC in...

Yuri Milaneschi
Oct 16, 20224 min read


Food, Fuel, Friends, Freedom
Almost thirty years ago, in one of my earlier return visits to India, I was sitting chatting with my mother. Somehow the topic of poverty...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Oct 13, 20223 min read


Perinatal obsessive-compulsive disorder needs better recognition and treatment
This is the second week of our Maternal Mental Health series, which is dedicated to perinatal Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In...

Fiona Challacombe
Oct 12, 20225 min read


OCD During Pregnancy and Beyond - Perinatal Survival All the Way
This is the second week of our Maternal Mental Health series, which is dedicated to perinatal Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). In...

Maria Bavetta
Oct 12, 20224 min read


Can people afford to be concerned about the environment?
In a world where one-third of households could struggle to meet the rising cost of living, it can be stressful to make the right...

Lea Schmid
Oct 10, 20224 min read


The dark winter that lies ahead of us
From the 1st of October, most people residing in the U.K. would have seen an increase in their bills, and approximately one in four...

Gargi Mandal
Oct 10, 20224 min read


It's World Mental Health Day - Let's talk about clinical trials
An EU-PEARL podcast with Professor Carmine Pariante and Patient Advocate Fanni-Laura Mäntylä Today, October 10th, is an important day....

Courtney Worrell
Oct 9, 20222 min read


The Johnny Depp Defamation Trial: The Media's Damaging Portrayal of Personality Disorders
Trigger warning: This blog discusses domestic abuse and intimate partner violence which some readers may find distressing. Celebrity...

neurominded
Oct 6, 20226 min read


The Perfect Storm: Understanding Perinatal Mental Illness
This is the first blog of our Maternal Mental Health series. For the next six weeks, dear reader, you will read about the often...

Jodi Pawluski
Oct 5, 20225 min read


What Does the Cost of Living Crisis Mean for Students?
The cost of living crisis is not only dominating the news but also dominating the minds of the millions who will be affected by it. As a...

Catherine Shuttleworth
Oct 4, 20224 min read


Geopolitical Determinants of mental health
By all accounts, the last 12 months have been tumultuous. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to food shortages, refugees, isolation...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Oct 3, 20224 min read


The Unburdening of a Collect Experience - Black Maternal Mental Health
I am a Black Mother! Words that for many years came with an element of discomfort. Words that for most of my adult life filled me with...

Leah Lewin
Sep 28, 20226 min read


Managing collective war trauma in Ukraine: The importance of keeping in touch
Like any Ukrainian, I spend a lot of time thinking about my mental health and that of our whole nation in these times of war. As rockets...

Yuliya Kovalchuk
Sep 27, 20225 min read


Mindfulness-Based Intervention: A Novel Approach to Treating Childhood ADHD
As a student of psychology, and an aspiring mental health practitioner, one of my key areas of interest involves understanding new forms...

Riddhi Laijawala
Sep 26, 20225 min read


How is eye movement therapy used to treat PTSD?
The Covid-19 pandemic has made life unpredictable, and accordingly, mental health concerns have grown exponentially. In fact, 13% of the...

Surabhi Roy
Sep 21, 20226 min read


Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) Diagnosis
Overlooked and Downplayed: The Difficulty in Getting an Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) Diagnosis It took me years to...

Emma Flint
Sep 21, 20226 min read


How much screen-time is too much for the youngest?
Thoughts on guidelines from a mother and researcher As a mother of two small children, the subject of screen time is something that often...

Rose Jeppesen
Sep 20, 20224 min read


Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022
This blog has been written on behalf of the Inspire the Mind Editorial Team. Like so many across the globe, we have been so saddened to...

Courtney Worrell
Sep 19, 20222 min read


Singing for Postnatal Depression: The SHAPER-PND study protocol
An estimated 13% of new mothers suffer from postnatal depression, with symptoms including fatigue, sadness, low mood and insomnia....

Carolina Estevao
Sep 7, 20224 min read


The Cost of 'Calories-on-Menus' for Eating Disorders
Trigger warning: This blog talks about eating disorders and disordered eating. Due to the context of this blog post, I will refrain from...

Caitlin Pentland
Sep 6, 20226 min read


Why stress? How cortisol can be linked with depression in adolescents
Last year, I wrote a blog on how early life stress can affect how our bodies work and how it can lead to feeling depressed. In...

Zuzanna Zajkowska
Sep 5, 20224 min read


Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It - Part 2
Am I a Fraud? — Imposter Syndrome and How We Can Overcome It (Part 2 of 2) This is part 2 of a 2-part series, where we will explore the...

neurominded
Sep 4, 20224 min read
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