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It starts with a casual aside; a set of syllables that should dissolve into the ether like wisps of breath on a mid-winter morning. Yet...

Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, is widely credited with highlighting the importance of self-blame-related feelings in depression....

A Tale of Two Countries: An interview with a Russian young mother on the war in Ukraine At Inspire the Mind, we have previously published...

Mania is not your punchline Mania is a misunderstood symptom of bipolar disorder that comes with its unique challenges and, as I’ve...

Cars & Cameras: How the Car Community Benefits our Mental Health What if I told you Herbie Car was real? That cars have feelings and a...

International Foreign Students’ lives should be a priority as Ukraine Refugees Since 24th February 2022, and since the Russian military,...

Editor’s Note: The language used in the following piece is in reference to the time period in which the events discussed take place. In...

How can architecture support our mental health? Part 2 Last week, we began with an overview of how architecture can influence our mental...

Agnosia: Looking to Your Surroundings from a Different Perspective As a Neuroscience postgraduate student at King’s College London, I...

A Journey Through the Literature of Ukraine: From a pet penguin to a slice of cherry pie Eastern European literature is close to my heart...

A Letter from Lviv: Courage in Ukraine and Beyond Today marks three weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine on all fronts and a bit more than...

The Fight for Better Working Conditions and Equal Pay: What do the university strikes mean, and how do they affect student and staff...

How can architecture support our mental health? - Part One Good architecture, like psychology and psychiatry, runs the gamut from hard...

Molecular Investigation of Bear Bile: A gift from Nature and Traditional Chinese Medicine to the World Disclaimer: In presenting the...

On the Road to Help Ukraine: An interview with Dennis Ougrin What is most surprising about my conversation on the phone with Dennis...

Using MRI to Investigate the Brain Response to Inflammatory Stimuli In my previous blog, The Inflamed Brain: How inflammation can affect...

Recognizing & Healing the Inner-Child The world of adults believes that they’ve grown up and left the silly child they once were behind....

Under Attack: Associations between childhood trauma and inflammation in adulthood Trigger warning: This blog discusses topics of...

How do you maintain recovery from an eating disorder, even when it gets boring? When we talk about recovery from an eating disorder, we...

All my life, I have been told I was just a picky eater. Even as a toddler, I struggled to eat and drink without gagging. Doctors told my...

Eating Disorders in University Students: A snapshot of the prevalence, recognition and ways to seek help Do you have any food rules, such...

Escape from Ukraine: Mental health in displaced populations. Since my days as head of Wellcome’s History of Medicine programme...

Do eating disorders impact the brain? Eating disorders affect the lives of so many… Anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge-eating...

This is Going to Hurt — But Shouldn’t Have to: An interview with Dr Ally Jaffee Trigger warning: This blog contains discussions of mental...