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Coping During Coronavirus: Tips from Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
In recent weeks, many of my patients have asked me about how to manage stress and take care of their mental health during the coronavirus...
Lisa Hantsoo
May 15, 20206 min read
Caring will help us stop coronavirus, but then we can't stop caring
As schools are shut across the UK and older people are particularly encouraged to isolate (including being discouraged them from caring...
Ed Whiting
May 13, 20203 min read
"Fake it till you habit": a neuroscience approach to improving your routine
One thing that all people (and even some animals) have in common is habits. Bad ones, good ones — our lives are all about changing them,...
Anna Bogdanova
May 13, 20204 min read
Poetry for a new fulfilment in the Coronavirus
In a famous episode reported in the book If this is a man, Italian writer Primo Levi recalls himself speaking with another prisoner in...
Anna Maria di Brina
May 8, 20204 min read
“Can you hear me?” How adolescents can ask for help when having suicidal thoughts
Disclaimer: this blog will discuss sensitive contents such as suicide, rape and bullying. This blog is for informational purposes only...
Valentina Zonca
May 6, 20207 min read
COVID-19 and Medicine’s Social Contract
Medicine has been described as the second oldest profession: from caring to curing and prevention, doctors and medicine have played a...
Dinesh Bhugra CBE
May 6, 20205 min read
Hope through unsealed blinds
“We live in unprecedented times”. It’s been said so much, the phrase has lost its meaning. Lockdown brings its challenges, but it has...
Elizabeth Appiah-Kusi
May 1, 20204 min read
How to support a close someone battling depression
When I was invited to write about mental health for this blog, I struggled to find a topic. I was suggested: just think about why you...
Alessia Marrocu
Apr 29, 20207 min read
How can science and history help us to understand and change human behaviour during a #pandemic?
Part 2: The role of Governments By Ellen Lambert and Emily Hayes You might have caught part one of this blog series last week, where we...
Ellen Lambert
Apr 29, 202010 min read
How can science and history help us to understand and change human behaviour during a pandemic?
(Part One of Two) By Ellen Lambert and Emily Hayes Pandemics like the current one with COVID-19 are caused and contained by how people...
Ellen Lambert
Apr 29, 20209 min read
TOP TIPS FOR SUSTAINING YOUR MENTAL WELLNESS THROUGH THE CORONA VIRUS
1. Make your bed first thing Every morning, make your bed to your own satisfaction, the duvet nice and straight and the pillows plumped....
Rachel Kelly
Apr 24, 20205 min read
Microdosing - Tiny doses with even tinier amounts of evidence
Disclaimer: This blog is by no means an endorsement, nor is it advocating, illegal activities. It is purely a discussion about a trend of...
Courtney Worrell
Apr 22, 20206 min read
Silver linings in times of Covid-19
As a PhD student, my research does not always go smoothly. Actually — it rarely does. A few weeks ago, I found myself in one of those...
Clara Snijders
Apr 15, 20204 min read
Blockchain and the medical sector: from patient data and clinical trials to COVID-19
You may be bored of hearing about blockchain as the panacea to all problems of the world. So am I (and I’m so intrigued by it that I even...
Ann Sofie Cloots
Apr 15, 20209 min read
My quarantine during COVID-19 pandemic: a personal insight from the very red zone in Italy
I am writing from Italy, where I am spending my quarantine… but I do not remember how many days I have spent in lockdown so far, maybe...
Valentina Zonca
Apr 8, 20205 min read
If I were a neuron...
A few months ago, I saw one of Yayoi Kusama’s installations, Gleaming Lights of the Souls. It is part of the permanent collection of the...
Daniela Enache
Apr 8, 20204 min read
COVID-19 - How do we balance working from home, parenting and our mental health?
Working from home has never been as important as it is now. COVID-19 has changed the day to day working patterns of employees and...
Shashi Dissanayake
Apr 1, 20204 min read
The Shortage of Psychiatrists - A Student's View
In light of recent events with coronavirus, the national burden on mental health services is only set to rise over the coming few...
Ashvin Kuri
Apr 1, 20206 min read
The 10 most dangerous coronavirus myths debunked - Let's look at some pictures of real data
Let’s look at some pictures of real data The coronavirus pandemic has swept across the globe at breakneck speed, bringing whole countries...
Anna McLaughlin
Mar 25, 202010 min read
Staying sane at home in the time of the CORONA-virus
Taking control while letting go This is day 14 of my working from home because of the COVID-19 crisis. I have had to start early my...
Paola Dazzan
Mar 25, 20205 min read
Omega-3 fatty acids: it's about more than just fish
Fish, and particularly fish oil, contains molecules called omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Walnuts, soybeans, and flaxseeds are...
Juliette Giacobbe
Mar 18, 20204 min read
Running in the times of #Coronavirus
Is this #pandemic changing our approach to pollution? And to life? Let me start with an Editor’s Note. We don’t usually start a blog with...
Carmine Pariante
Mar 18, 20205 min read
Pollution and antidepressants: The flavour of medications in our tasteless waters
In 1962, marine biologist Rachel Carson reported in her book Silent Spring on the environmental effects caused by the indiscriminate use...
Daniela Enache
Mar 11, 20205 min read
WOMEN IN ACADEMIA: WHAT IS THE ALBA NETWORK AND WHY EVERYBODY SHOULD JOIN IT!
In September 2019, I was in Copenhagen at the ECNP (European College of Neuropsychopharmacology) conference. While I was reading the...
Etta Nettis
Mar 11, 20208 min read
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