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Pursuing an academic career is tough. It requires hard work, a considerable dose of self-confidence and an even greater amount of...

Not surprisingly (perhaps because we are the Stress , Psychiatry and Immunology Laboratory — the SPI Lab, and this is, by the way, the reason why InSPIre the Mind has the capital SPI) I often gets asked to discuss this topic at public festivals, dissemination events, or online interviews — being these the Wellcome Trust Hub at the Latitude Festival in 2015 , the Wellcome Collection Packed Lunch in 2016, the Also Festival in 2017, the Museum of the Mind in 2019 , or an interv

As I sit here and write this, I find it hard to fathom the thought of wanting to end my own life. I’ve just returned to work after my...

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...

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...

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...

Having a baby is considered a unique and incomparable experience in the life of any woman, and breastfeeding is often described as one of...

Social media platforms are constantly growing and becoming a central part of people’s lives, especially for the younger generations....

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...

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...

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...

We all experience stress. Whether garden-variety stressors (the task that was due last week, the pile of laundry that keeps growing, the...

The period following childbirth represents a very delicate phase of settling and redefinition of personal and relational identity for new...

Disclaimer: The intention with this blog is to discuss some of the ways that myself and others have noticed that brands use times like...

You might have seen the recent headlines. The Sun: The Mirror: Millions taking antidepressants ‘must be warned of dangerous side effects’...

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

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...

Emma Watson in Conversation with Dr Denis Mukwege, presented by The New York Times and how to: Academy Trigger warning — This blog...

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

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...

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

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

I had never paid much attention to depression, anxiety, eating disorders or sleep deprivation, that is, until I had my second baby. She...

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