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Think of the last time you had a cold sore, or the flu, or a bowel infection…I am sure you don’t have the fondest memories of that...

A lot has been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic in the last 6 months. For those of us familiar with the inside of clinic rooms, one of...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common childhood disorder with a global prevalence rate of 5–10%. ADHD presents with...

Psychiatry, like many other specialties within medicine, has a range of sub-specialties from which one can choose during higher training,...

Salut, Hålla, Olá, Ciao, Kumusta: these are all ways to say ‘hello’ in various languages. The first letters also happen to spell out the...

Content Warning  — This blog deals with the topic of suicide and may be distressing to some readers. If any of the topics raised resonate...

A major topic in research over the past couple of decades has been understanding biological correlates (or as often referred to,...

Special note from the editors: This is the fifth blog of our new series, The future of mental health as seen by the future leaders in...

Many psychiatrists would say that while we treat depression in many ways, all these many treatments can be grouped into one of a few...

Special note from the editors: This is the fourth blog of our new series, The future of mental health as seen by the future leaders in...

Special note from the editors: This is the third blog of our new series, The future of mental health as seen by the future leaders in...

By Alessandra Borsini and Amelia St John Wallis Editors note: Congratulations to Dr. Alessandra Borsini, a neuroscientist in the SPILab,...

Special note from the editors: This is the second blog of our new series, The future of mental health as seen by the future leaders in...

“A beautiful mind” is the title of the critically acclaimed, unauthorised biography of the mathematician John Nash, who famously made...

A Need for Compassion when Encouraging Young People to Engage in Mental Health Special note from the editors: Please enjoy reading the...

Mothers Who Make is an international initiative providing mothers and makers peer support. It has been a saving grace for me during the...

In the UK, roughly 1 in 5 people suffer from depression; while many find that they have some degree of response to antidepressant...

First pandemic in living memory has created a number of sensational issues in the minds and behaviour of the general population,...

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...

Nowadays, everyone is talking about mental health, yet do they understand what this is? Let’s begin this blog by first understanding what...

Through this whole corona virus-lockdown ‘end of the world’ situation, a few things have kept my mental health afloat: coffee, impromptu...

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