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Mental health funding: A Cinderella Story
Once upon a time, there was a girl who grew up to become a mental health researcher… No. Wait. Once upon a time? I’m not the Cinderella...

Courtney Worrell
Jul 22, 20209 min read


Understanding mental health and how to keep it strong during this pandemic
Nowadays, everyone is talking about mental health, yet do they understand what this is? Let’s begin this blog by first understanding what...

Lokesh Agrawal
Jul 17, 20208 min read


Running from a scientist’s point of view: hating it or loving it?
Through this whole corona virus-lockdown ‘end of the world’ situation, a few things have kept my mental health afloat: coffee, impromptu...

Juliette Giacobbe
Jul 15, 20206 min read


Lockdown awakening: Embracing the complexities
The Lockdown experience from a neurodivergent perspective: Pre-lockdown a perpetual rhythm of Go! Push, rest, repeat across different...

Natasha Trotman
Jul 10, 20205 min read


The outdoors and mental health: an “after-the-lockdown” perspective
In these recent months of lockdown, I have felt drawn towards — or, better, hypnotized — by the nature around me. I have surrounded...

Carolina Estevao
Jul 8, 20204 min read


#SuperSaturday is not Independence Day — it is ‘acceptance’ day
Today it’s Saturday the 4th of July: Super Saturday. This is the day when England re-opens! What will it be like? What will it feel like?...

Carmine Pariante
Jul 4, 20202 min read


Mental Health and my vision for the future
My name is Grace Gatera. I am 27 years old. In those years, I have attempted suicide twice, and have had countless episodes of panic...

Grace Gatera
Jul 3, 20204 min read


Inspiring Women: Baroness Deborah Bull and how the arts can support science
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life” said the painter Pablo Picasso. In the last few months, this quote came to my...

Etta Nettis
Jul 1, 20208 min read


Does COVID-19 come from bats?
As of June 23rd, there have been more than 9 million cases and more than 475,000 deaths from COVID-19, with cases confirmed in 213...

Fei Huang
Jun 26, 20206 min read


Exercising our immune system during COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have a devastating impact on health, society and the global economy. Worldwide infections are now over...

Richard Simpson
Jun 24, 20206 min read


Mobile Apps and Mental Health: what's up?
Technology is becoming increasingly more important in our daily lives. During both work and in free time, everyone holds a computer, a...

Jessica Zambotti
Jun 19, 20206 min read


AMPLIFYING BLACK VOICES: Celebrating the work of black female influencers
hese past couple of weeks have been an important time for self-reflection. Through my reflective work, I have thought about all the women...

Annabel Amber Pilecka
Jun 17, 20203 min read


Investigating the most convincing COVID-19 conspiracy theories
Let’s take a look at the flawed science underlying conspiracy theories and who is behind them. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,...

Anna McLaughlin
Jun 17, 202010 min read


Abecedary of a Pandemic
A is for apocalypse — an uncovering. As we create alternative approaches to actions it is as if we are planting an acorn amidst...

Felice Salmon
Jun 12, 20204 min read


Children in lockdown: Time to review the age of criminal responsibility?
The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children” Nelson Mandela, 1997 I was asked to write for this blog last...

Penelope Brown
Jun 10, 20208 min read


How coronavirus has marked the use of breath, and George Floyd's murder has amplified it
Severe cases of Coronavirus are characterised by breathing difficulties. This is understandably discomforting; if you were to hold your...

Naomi Limbachiya
Jun 10, 20206 min read


Solidarity with BLM: Transforming Empathy into Action
Black Lives Matter from a neurodivergent and diaspora perspective: Preston Mitchcum, Board Co-chair of Collective action for safe spaces...

Natasha Trotman
Jun 5, 20203 min read


Black Lives Matter to InSPIre the Mind
This blog has been written on behalf of the InSPIre the Mind editing team. As a team we want to raise awareness of such a prevalent issue...

Inspire the Mind
Jun 5, 20204 min read


A Teenager's Experience of the Coronavirus Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on many lives, causing disruption globally. As an 18-year-old student, I would like...

Kiran Kuri
May 29, 20204 min read


Working in old age psychiatry during the COVID-19 pandemic
For many of us living longer is a blessing, an achievement of our modern society. After every sunset we wake up wiser, more experienced,...

Daniela Enache
May 27, 20205 min read


Feeding our mental health
Cooking without a doubt nourishes your psychological well-being; it soothes the soul and the mind” — Chef Zipora Einav For some people...

Nicole Mariani
May 27, 20205 min read


Kindness at the time of Coronavirus: who are we really kind to?
Approximately two years ago, the science writer Marta Zaraska contacted me as she was interested in kindness and stress. She was curious...

Carmine Pariante
May 22, 20204 min read


Yoga philosophy and mental health: dare to go beyond the downward-facing dog
Slow down…take a deep breath…downward-facing dog…namaste. Gurus, fitness stars and health professionals are recommending yoga as the...

Carolina Estevao
May 20, 20205 min read


Mild symptoms of COVID-19: what symptoms can you expect and for how long are you going to be ill?
With very few people given access to testing for covid-19, those of us experiencing mild symptoms are left wondering if we have the virus...

Valeria Mondelli
May 20, 20205 min read
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