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LGBTQ+ Mental Health: Revisiting the past to understand the present Recalling and naming the collective oppressed history of LGBTQ+...

Clozapine: Knowing its flaws to optimize its potential When people find out what my job is, it is frequent that I hear jokes about me...

Losing a Loved One Losing a parent is a grief-filled traumatic experience. We as humans understand that losing loved ones is inevitable....

Anxiety in families: Exploring the causes As a Research Associate at King’s College London, my work is focused on trying to understand...

An under-appreciated harm arising from burning fossil fuels is the mental health effects of pollution. This is one of the issues explored...

LGBTQI+ mental health during the pandemic My name is Paul Gorczynski. I am a psychologist who conducts research relating to various...

Looking through a therapeutic lens As time progresses since the pandemic struck, we have found ourselves plunged into a new world that...

When the name does matter The importance of definitions in treatment-resistant depression and a new published guideline for clinical...

Author’s Note: This article is part of a collaboration between my colleague Clare Liedstrand and I, both researchers working in...

International Day of Women & Girls in Science: My Journey and the Women Who Inspired It Author’s Note: This article is part of a...

‘Growing Together’ is the theme of this year’s Children’s Mental Health Week, which is taking place between the 7th and 13th of February...

How History Helped Us Grow into the Future I was astounded by the depth of my autistic son’s knowledge about naval history on a recent...

“Stop being so difficult” — Why we need to rethink puberty Many mental health issues, like depression, bipolar disorder, or schizophrenia...

“The Iron Forest” — building the walls to scar the nature If I could bring one thing from my hometown, it would be the fresh air of the...

How our genes can help us to treat depression and an exciting new development Most of us know what depression is, but how many of us know...

The Comfort Book by Matt Haig: A hug in 260 pages When I picked up The Comfort Book this summer, at an unremarkable Waterstones in...

Getting into the Rhythm of Things: What can our brain signals tell us about mental ill health? Every time you have to quickly adapt your...

Falling out of depression — does psychological therapy reverse the biological changes in depression? A few months ago, I wrote a blog on...

How to Help Your Loved Ones Through Depression With Trust You don’t need to be a mental health professional to help a friend I was only...

Understanding ethnic inequalities in mental health and the need for an intersectional approach Reflections through the lens of the...

Next generation of rapid-acting antidepressants: Can ketamine help prevent suicide? As a scientist with an interest in mental health and...

Nostalgia as a Sentimental Tool: Are you ready to look back for looking ahead? My name is Dhanishta and I am a writer who has recently...

Eight evidence-based approaches to beat burnout Two years into coping with the pandemic, evidence-based tools and techniques to beat...

Gender-gap in training for Assertiveness: Does it have a place in Psychiatry and in clinical practice? As a female British psychiatrist...