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The future of male mental health: society’s role in tackling the suicide crisis
Content Warning — This blog deals with the topic of suicide and may be distressing to some readers. If any of the topics raised resonate...

Bethany Platford
Sep 18, 20207 min read


What people say and what their brains do…..
A major topic in research over the past couple of decades has been understanding biological correlates (or as often referred to,...

Uma Vaidyanathan
Sep 16, 20206 min read


Global Mental Health: Where are we heading?
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...

Cecilia Vinchenzo
Sep 11, 20207 min read


Neurostimulation could be a multi-pronged treatment for depression
Many psychiatrists would say that while we treat depression in many ways, all these many treatments can be grouped into one of a few...

Andrew Perrin
Sep 9, 20204 min read


The Future is Feminist: tackling gender inequalities in psychiatric medicine and practice
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...

Rebecca Murphy Lonergan
Sep 4, 20206 min read


The future of child and adolescent psychiatry - a medical student’s perspective
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...

Emily Jones
Aug 28, 202010 min read


The pursuit of happiness: Why does nothing feel good when you have anhedonia?
By Alessandra Borsini and Amelia St John Wallis Editors note: Congratulations to Dr. Alessandra Borsini, a neuroscientist in the SPILab,...

Alessandra Borsini
Aug 26, 20206 min read


The mind-body experience and the future for psychiatry
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...

Tamara Searle
Aug 21, 20207 min read


Beautiful, healthy minds? Mathematics and mental health beyond the stereotypes
“A beautiful mind” is the title of the critically acclaimed, unauthorised biography of the mathematician John Nash, who famously made...

Karim Lekadir
Aug 19, 20204 min read


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

Heather McAdam
Aug 14, 20208 min read


WHY WE NEED THE OFFICE FOR MINORITY HEALTH
Race, Racism and Discrimination in minority health -where next According to the census in 2011, of the total 56.1 million population of...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Aug 12, 20205 min read


How electroconvulsive therapy affects inflammation and new brain cells
More than 80 years since it was first used as a psychiatric treatment, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) still conjures up very strong...

Juliette Giacobbe
Aug 7, 20206 min read


Lack of symmetry — my mental health mapped out in 180 days
Mothers Who Make is an international initiative providing mothers and makers peer support. It has been a saving grace for me during the...

Rebecca J Burman
Aug 5, 20209 min read


Genes related to inflammation and stress may help tailor treatments for depression
In the UK, roughly 1 in 5 people suffer from depression; while many find that they have some degree of response to antidepressant...

Melisa Kose
Jul 29, 20204 min read


TEN POSITIVE THINGS THAT COULD EMERGE FROM THE PANDEMIC
First pandemic in living memory has created a number of sensational issues in the minds and behaviour of the general population,...

Dinesh Bhugra CBE
Jul 24, 20204 min read


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
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