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Your blood changes your brain: new insights on how blood inflammation affects the life of brain cell
An old story I would like to start my blog by telling you an old story… It was a hot day in August 2008, when Tony Wyss-Coray sat in a...

Alessandra Borsini
Aug 20, 20194 min read


Predicting Children’s Health: The Promise of Blood Tests
Predicting Children’s Health: The Promise of Blood Tests What if children could get a test at the doctor’s office that would tell them if...

Sarah Horn
Aug 13, 20198 min read


The big impact of stress on the immune system in depression
Stress — it’s a hot topic for discussion. It seems that every day we are confronted with new information on managing it. The body has...

Andrew Perrin
Aug 6, 20195 min read


The secret bond between mother and child: The power of breast milk nutrients
Having a baby is considered a unique and incomparable experience in the life of any woman, and breastfeeding is often described as one of...

Maria Grazia Di Benedetto
Jul 30, 20195 min read


Is social media acting as a risk factor in adolescent mental health problems?
Social media platforms are constantly growing and becoming a central part of people’s lives, especially for the younger generations....

Frances Weston
Jul 23, 20196 min read


You are not your emotions
Have you ever experienced an emotion so strong it felt as if you were losing touch with your own self? Did you feel like these emotions...

Clara Snijders
Jul 18, 20194 min read


The causes of obesity are not as simple as you might think
Just last month, I was chatting to a friend, who happens to be a doctor, about my research. She asked me: “So, really? You would classify...

Ellen Lambert
Jul 16, 20199 min read


CAN A MOTHER’S HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD STRESS AFFECT THEIR OWN CHILDREN?
In recent years, more and more attention has been placed on the concept that the psychological development of a child is the result of a...

Jessica Trinetti
Jul 9, 20194 min read


Does stress early in life leave an imprint in our guts? The gut microbiome and mental health.
We all experience stress. Whether garden-variety stressors (the task that was due last week, the pile of laundry that keeps growing, the...

Lisa Hantsoo
Jul 2, 20195 min read


Using Expressive Writing to cope with childbirth
The period following childbirth represents a very delicate phase of settling and redefinition of personal and relational identity for new...

Lavinia Rebecchini
Jun 25, 20194 min read


Is Mental Health Awareness the New Marketing Strategy Trend?
Disclaimer: The intention with this blog is to discuss some of the ways that myself and others have noticed that brands use times like...

Melisa Kose
Jun 18, 20196 min read


Are antidepressants addictive? Yes. No. It depends.
You might have seen the recent headlines. The Sun: The Mirror: Millions taking antidepressants ‘must be warned of dangerous side effects’...

Carmine Pariante
Jun 11, 20196 min read


‘The Wounded Healer’ — Harnessing the Power of the Performing Arts to Reduce Mental Health Related…
‘The Wounded Healer’ — Harnessing the Power of the Performing Arts to Reduce Mental Health Related Stigma in Healthcare Professionals and...

Ahmed Hankir
Jun 4, 201910 min read


BEING HAPPY NOT PERFECT
I have spent much of the morning trying to find the right sentence with which to start an article. I am playing with the phrase ‘it is a...

Rachel Kelly
Jun 4, 20193 min read


"You might not be able to help physically or surgically, but you can help if you are willing to give love"
Emma Watson in Conversation with Dr Denis Mukwege, presented by The New York Times and how to: Academy Trigger warning — This blog...

Courtney Worrell
May 28, 201911 min read


Maternal Journal: A Radical Expression of Matrescence
In her TED talk Dr. Sacks explains that, just like adolescence, ‘matrescence’ is a time of feeling “hormonal and moody…skin breaking...

Kristi Priestley
May 28, 20194 min read


ESCAPING YOUR COMFORT ZONE
A coldish evening and I am back from a class on how to give a presentation, cradling a mug of celebratory hot chocolate. Even the thought...

Rachel Kelly
May 21, 20194 min read


“I’m in pain, permanently”.
Adolescent depression is on stage in London: at the KILN Theatre, in ‘The Son’ by Florian Zeller, and at the Royal Society of Medicine,...

Etta Nettis
May 21, 20195 min read


RELAXING PHYSICALLY
A tense body means a tense mind. Equally, if you are physically relaxed, it is impossible to be anything other than mentally relaxed....

Rachel Kelly
May 14, 20194 min read


My weakened mental health as a mother with a sick baby
I had never paid much attention to depression, anxiety, eating disorders or sleep deprivation, that is, until I had my second baby. She...

Inspire the Mind
May 14, 20195 min read


Emotions, Projected.
Film has always been a powerful and stirring medium for storytelling, especially around the theme of mental health. Here, we reflect on...

Mao Fong Lim
May 7, 20194 min read


Diet and Exercise for Melancholy: Throwback to The 18th Century
Many may have viewed nutritional psychiatry as a new interest in the field of medicine, but it was actually an age-old remedy along with...

Jane Chang
Apr 30, 20195 min read


Every Pregnancy is Everyone’s Business
Maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week 2019 has just started, and we are going to celebrate it today with the launch of the...

Carmine Pariante
Apr 30, 20195 min read


It may NOT be just the weather
A biological overview of the seasonal changes across mood disorders “The changes of the seasons are especially liable to beget...

Luca Sforzini
Apr 24, 20195 min read
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