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Reflecting on Day 1 of FLEXchange
An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development Workshop in Arts, Health and Humanities at King’s College London Today, our Inspire the Mind...

Mollie Brown
Jul 12, 20224 min read


I can’t get the fog to lift: Deterioration progresses differently in people
I can’t get the fog to lift: Deterioration progresses differently in people with different levels of memory problems Dementia research,...

Henry Musto
Jul 11, 20226 min read


Returning to a Relational Approach in Psychiatry
The relational dimension of care has been core to our profession since its inception. Highlighted by Jaspers over a hundred years ago was...

Prof Russell Razzaque
Jul 6, 20225 min read


Ramadan Reflections
A blog written by Amina, Subeyda and Maryam (Assistant Editors of InSPIre the Mind) — — — Ramadan is a special time for Muslims all...

Amina Begum
Jul 5, 20225 min read


Promoting student mental health at university
Promoting student mental health at university necessitates changes in students’ educational and residential environments: A conversation...

Gargi Mandal
Jul 4, 20225 min read


Making art brings neurodivergent Ukrainian teenagers peace in times of war
As a Ukrainian researcher doing a rotation at the SPI lab, the home of Inspire the Mind, I can’t help but wonder what the impact of war...

Yuliya Kovalchuk
Jun 29, 20224 min read


Recharging with Solitude
Solitude is a widely misunderstood concept, often classified as loneliness, and a depressed state of being; however, it is proven that...

Swati Singh
Jun 28, 20225 min read


Gut Feeling: The Role of The Gut Microbiome in Anorexia Nervosa
In the last 5 years, hospital admissions for eating disorders have risen by 84%, with over 9,000 admissions for anorexia nervosa between...

Mollie Brown
Jun 27, 20225 min read


Antidepressants Can Help People with Depression - While We Are Fighting for Societal Change
I have recently written an academic piece on the putative debate on whether depression is a medical disorder or a psychosocial condition,...

Carmine Pariante
Jun 22, 20224 min read


I Have Body Dysmorphia
Here's How I Improve My Body Image Trigger warning: The following blog contains discussions about body dysmorphia and explicit...

Catherine Shuttleworth
Jun 22, 20225 min read


Resisting mental health medication for fear of being seen as weak
It’s late 2018 and I’m clutching the box of antidepressants (that belong to a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake...

Gemma Harris
Jun 21, 20224 min read


Do women have it worse off when it comes to epilepsy outcomes?
A recent article in The Guardian highlighted the urgent need for research into sex-related differences in asthma mortality, claiming that...

Deb Pal
Jun 20, 20224 min read


Ukrainian artists with Down's Syndrome process the war by painting it
On the 24th of February 2022, my life was split into “before” and “after”. Guess which country I am from? Ukraine. Living through the war...

Yuliya Kovalchuk
Jun 15, 20225 min read


The Importance of Self-Worth & How to Increase it
Disclaimer : I am not a scientist nor a psychologist with a deep understanding about this topic, but merely a psychology student...

Subeyda Ahmed
Jun 14, 20223 min read


How Horror Films Helped My Health Anxiety
Trigger Warning: The following blog discusses graphic content shown in various horror films which some readers may find distressing. — —...

Katie Driscoll
Jun 13, 20226 min read


Rape and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence in Ukraine: The Cheapest Weapon of War
Trigger Warning: This article includes references, graphics, images, and pieces of texts about sexual violence, rape and trauma. ...

Anna Sri
Jun 8, 20227 min read


We Need to Stop Romanticising Eating Disorders
I have lived with an eating disorder since around the age of 12 and it has slowly destroyed my life up until my age now of 22. My illness...

Emily Bashforth
Jun 7, 20224 min read


Navigating A Complex Landscape: Investigating the biology between inflammation and childhood trauma
Trigger warning: This article discusses childhood traumatic experiences and may not be suitable for some readers. It is suggested that...

Courtney Worrell
Jun 6, 20225 min read


On Stranger Things Season 4, Kate Bush, mental pain, and the monsters of the mind
Sometimes I write on my research. Sometimes on topics I am politically passionate about. Sometimes on things that happen to me. And sometimes a scene from a tv series affects me so much that writing about it is the only way for me to understand why. Welcome to my attempt to emotionally and cinematographically dissect the famous scene “Max’s favourite song/Running Up That Hill” in #StrangerThings4, Chapter 4. Spoiler alert: if you have not seen this chapter, or indeed the seri

Carmine Pariante
Jun 5, 20226 min read


Microglia and Microbiota: Tiny cells with big impacts on brain development
I, like so many other students in the field of Neuroscience, spent the vast majority of my graduate training studying neurons — the...

Caroline J Smith
Jun 1, 20224 min read


Mastering The Art of Hygge
Hygge (pronounced “hoo-gah”) is a concept that originated in Danish culture that focuses on living with a sense of comfort, coziness, and...

Emily Waters
May 31, 20224 min read


Cognitive Dysfunction in Depression: Is the immune system responsible?
When I was a clinical psychology trainee at Temple University in the United States, one of the most common complaints I heard from people...

Naoise Giollabhui
May 30, 20225 min read


Is Our Immune System Conscious?
Is Our Immune System Conscious? I’m glad this title got your attention — it caught mine, too, when I realised it was possible! Though I...

David Foreman
May 16, 20226 min read


Antipsychotic Medications: Women are different from Men
Antipsychotic Medications: Women are different from Men I am a psychiatrist working at the University Medical Center in Groningen,...

Iris Sommer
May 11, 20225 min read
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