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The historical journey of a retired professor. I was appointed to the Chair of Psychiatry at Newcastle University in 1990. I was involved...

Directly connected to the infant need of contact with the caregivers, which I have discussed in the previous article in my column, another fundamental need of the baby is being comforted when crying. For little babies, crying is a powerful biological sign and, in fact, is the only way they have to communicate their needs. It can be anything: from the need to be fed or to sleep, to discomfort from a dirty nappy or an upset stomach, to the need to receive some physical comfort

Once again, the consequences of prioritising financial gain above real human wellbeing and mental health are being broadcasted, clear as day

Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a behavioural disorder marked by instability in relationships, exaggerated fear of abandonment,...

A chat with scientists Roger Olsson and Magnus Berggren We might all remember, from our elementary school science class, how to make a circuit that transports electricity. With conductive material, if we form a closed loop, we can transport electrical charge from one place to another. This usually happens with the help of metal, a highly conductive material. Over the years, this basic concept has been used to develop some cutting-edge technologies able to save people’s lives.

As a visiting researcher at NIMHANS, I had the privilege of working in one of India's premier mental health institutions in Bangalore.

I am a "millennial snowflake" psychiatrist hitting middle age with all its crises and needs.

Due to its multi-dimensional and multi-faceted nature, I’m still learning all about perfectionism in its many shapes and forms...

I was a child morbidly obsessed with anything spooky, landing me with the affectionate nickname ‘ghost girl’ during my primary school years.

Trigger Warning: This blog discusses sexual assault, hate speech, and fatphobia which some readers may find distressing. Our selective...

In today’s busy culture, I’d be surprised to find anyone who wasn’t keen to discover a new way to boost their focus, sleep and...

I hear it often — "You’re so lucky!" In itself, "you’re so lucky" is a perfectly innocuous phrase. There are a lot of things in my life that I can attribute to luck; the safe and affluent country in which I was born and raised, the loving family I’m surrounded by, or my happy, healthy children. Yet, when people call me lucky, they’re rarely talking about those things. They’re talking about my career. Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash According to research conducted by Remitly

Exploring the intersection of depression and cardiometabolic health

After a three-year-long hiatus, the Festival of Italian Literature in London (FILL) has made an exciting comeback on Saturday 22nd of...

Despite all efforts, women remain underrepresented in academia, particularly in leadership positions.

It is a day when we raise public awareness of mental health problems that can occur in pregnant women and mothers...

They are not real but can really feel as though they are. From our own sofa, we can explore new places, encounter strange creatures and...

A festival of literature and ideas bringing together writers and thinkers from different backgrounds After a three-year break due to...

I've been captivated by flamenco since I graduated from the Laban Centre London where I trained in contemporary dance and ballet in the '80s

Photo by Sophie Grieve-Williams on Unsplash With Spring comes hope. After the gloom of Winter, the days lengthen; the daffodils bloom; the sun reappears. Yet for some, counter-intuitively, the arrival of Spring can be desolate. It turns out that people attempt suicide and die more often by suicide far more often in the springtime. Things get tough just as the tulips begin to unfurl. T.S Eliot, it seems, got it right when he wrote "April is the cruellest month," in his poem T

Most of us know what it feels like to wake up on a Monday morning after a long weekend of clubbing, head pounding and body aching all...

In my last article, I talked about the importance of parental response to the baby and, in general, of the parent-infant relationship for the infant's long-term development. But what do we mean by the parental response to the baby? Babies rely completely on their caregivers and have many needs that need to be met. These go from more “practical and basic” needs such as being fed, cleaned, dressed, and changed, to more complex and “psychological” needs such as being cuddled, co

From despair to action Spring is coming. A strong sun warms my back and burns away the morning’s frost. One of the many things I love...

How Your Mental Health Affects Your Skin For as long as I can remember, I have always been incredibly ticklish. This was a curse when I...