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Paternal perinatal depression: It's time we brought fathers into the perinatal agenda
‘With the elation came a significant adjustment to the novel, demanding and various roles that accompanied the arrival of Olive’. In...

Vaheshta Sethna
Oct 28, 20216 min read


Becoming a Father during lock-down and Postnatal Depression
Becoming a Father during lock-down and Postnatal Depression Ever since around 17-years of age I’ve suffered from some form of mental...

Joe Straker
Oct 27, 20217 min read


One More Reason for a Healthy Lifestyle: Exercise might increase vaccines' effectiveness
One More Reason for a Healthy Lifestyle: Exercise might increase vaccines' effectiveness The COVID-19 vaccine holds great promise for...

Pedro Valenzuela
Oct 25, 20213 min read


Could the COVID-19 Pandemic Have Led to Increased Rates of Psychosis?
Could the COVID-19 Pandemic Have Led to Increased Rates of Psychosis? Earlier this week, the Guardian reported that the number of people...

Tom Pollard
Oct 21, 20216 min read


The Perpetual Birth
“How exciting!” “Aren’t they gorgeous!” “How’s your sleep?!” Just a few of the typical responses new parents are greeted with after...

Jane Iles
Oct 21, 20216 min read


Lightning Can't Strike Twice? A fathers experience of childbirth.
I want to start this with a huge thank you. To our friends and family who have been there with us, to the amazing NHS staff who helped...

Arran Williams
Oct 20, 20217 min read


Metabolites derived from omega-3 fatty acids could help reduce depression: dream or reality?
Metabolites derived from omega-3 fatty acids could help reduce depression: dream or reality? I am a senior postdoctoral neuroscientist at...

Alessandra Borsini
Oct 18, 20214 min read


The Biology of Depression, and Being on the Path to Discovery
The Biology of Depression, and Being on the Path to Discovery I am a scientist and I work with a team of researchers who spend their...

Alison McColl
Oct 13, 20215 min read


Reframing Fathers' Mental Health: An interview with Elliott Rae
An interview with Elliott Rae, founder of "Music.Football.Fatherhood." “It was 2015 and mental health wasn’t really a thing at that...

Carmine Pariante
Oct 13, 20215 min read


Imparting a Love of Music — But Does it Go Beyond Enjoyment?
Imparting a Love of Music — But Does it Go Beyond Enjoyment? I remember the feeling of euphoria the first time I played the drums. At...

Magesh Magesh
Oct 11, 20215 min read


Reflections from the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: Party Conference season
Reflections from the President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists: Party Conference season I was pleased to be invited to write this...

Inspire the Mind
Oct 10, 20214 min read


Chasing Happiness
Chasing Happiness After the week-long hustle in the office, sitting with a cup of masala tea on a Sunday morning always feels delightful...

Swati Singh
Oct 7, 20215 min read


The Immune Factor: A potential contributor to autism spectrum conditions?
The Immune Factor: A potential contributor to autism spectrum conditions? After almost two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, I bet we’ve...

Martina Arenella
Oct 6, 20215 min read


When Anxiety Gets Physical
When Anxiety Gets Physical I’m Alice. I’m a freelance writer and editor with anxiety and depression, fibromyalgia and functional...

Alice Thomas
Oct 5, 20217 min read


Recognising empathy as a cornerstone for making a meaningful impact in a post-COVID world
Recognising empathy as a cornerstone for making a meaningful impact in a post-COVID world: The Shepley Parkin Empathy Award Emerging from...

Nikki Kerdegari
Oct 4, 20213 min read


Addiction: The depths and the recovery with professional boxer Charlie Duffield
Addiction: The depths and the recovery with professional boxer Charlie Duffield In my twenties, I suffered from a gambling addiction that...

Ricky Carroll
Sep 30, 20215 min read


ADHD — Lost in tempo in cortisol rhythm and lost in balance in inflammation
I am a child and adolescent psychiatrist and neuroscientist working with the Stress, Psychiatry, and Immunology Laboratory (the team that...

Jane Chang
Sep 29, 20215 min read


How To Pick Yourself Up Again
So many of our greatest successes start from a dark place Watching a TV program about 1995, I realized that year held some of the darkest...

Sean McBride
Sep 28, 20215 min read


Inflammation — Does our diet foster a hero or a villain?
I am a researcher at the Stress, Psychiatry and Immunology (SPI) Lab at Kings College London, a Nutritionist and part of the team that...

Melissa Bujtor
Sep 27, 20215 min read


Continuing the conversation about women’s safety for Sabina Nessa
A little over six months ago I wrote a piece called ‘Sarah Everard was just walking home: a conversation about women’s safety and the...

Courtney Worrell
Sep 26, 20214 min read


‘Covid-19 New Normal’ is the First Time I’ve Felt Normal
Let me preempt this piece by saying that I hate the coronavirus pandemic. As a professional magician and freelance writer, the...

Laurence Gibbons
Sep 23, 20214 min read


Reconstructing Mental Health: Depression isn’t the problem, it’s the response.
My name is Aida and I’m a second-year student at King’s College London, currently studying Global Health and Social Medicine BSc. I’d...

Aida Gebregergis
Sep 22, 20214 min read


The Agony and the Ecstasy (and the Agony Again): Watching Football & Mental Health
I’ve cried on ashen floors of working men’s clubs. 96, 98, 2000, 2002, 2004. Oh my god, will it end? Oh my god! Oh my god!...

James Turrell
Sep 21, 20215 min read


Mom Brain Forever
I’m often asked if the effects of motherhood on the brain will last forever. Short answer — yes! And this looks like a good thing. I’m a...

Jodi Pawluski
Sep 20, 20214 min read
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