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

It’s late 2018 and I’m clutching the box of antidepressants (that belong to a group of drugs called selective serotonin reuptake...

A recent article in The Guardian highlighted the urgent need for research into sex-related differences in asthma mortality, claiming that...

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...

Disclaimer :  I am not a scientist nor a psychologist with a deep understanding about this topic, but merely a psychology student...

Trigger Warning: The following blog discusses graphic content shown in various horror films which some readers may find distressing. — —...

Trigger Warning: This article includes references, graphics, images, and pieces of texts about sexual violence, rape and trauma. ...

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...

Trigger warning: This article discusses childhood traumatic experiences and may not be suitable for some readers. It is suggested that...

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

I, like so many other students in the field of Neuroscience, spent the vast majority of my graduate training studying neurons — the...

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

When I was a clinical psychology trainee at Temple University in the United States, one of the most common complaints I heard from people...

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...

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

One of the few constants in my life has been the constant need and desire to be perfect, or at least to be perceived as perfect. But what...

The long shadow of loneliness in adolescence Loneliness can be understood as a painful emotion that arises when the quality or quantity...

The Experiences of Black Families amidst a Double Pandemic I am a research worker on the BeFINE research study, and I feel very...

Midwifery, Mental Health and Maternal Journal — an interview with Laura Godfrey-Isaacs Given the success of the Maternal Journal project...

The Bow that Bends but Doesn’t Break: Might Flexibility Reduce Depression Risk? The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to get creative about how...

Yoga is not “woo-woo” anymore: yoga can reduce inflammation, according to research The online space allows for easy access to health...

Our Brains on Bad Headlines: How “doomscrolling” affects our mental health I find myself there again before I realize it: compulsively...

I often think of my Grandma, my dad’s mom. I grew up in the same town as my grandparents in the Okanagan Valley of Western Canada, spent...

The Rise of Nostalgic Music During COVID-19: How it helped us cope Music has a constant presence in our lives. Whether it was playing in...