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First described in 1908 by the Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder characterised by loss of...

Are our Accident and Emergency Departments (A&E) in the UK tailored for our mental health? Or are they only for our physical health? I am...

This article contains spoilers, references to body shaming, and mentions of eating disorders. I took a break from Netflix recently. Not...

Trigger warning: This short story discusses suicide. Some readers may find this distressing. Author’s Note : This story deals with...

Nature is full of heart-melting examples of mother-baby relationships, especially, in birds and mammals. However, a parent’s tenderness...

A conversation with Edson Williams ‘I Am Enough. I am everything I need to succeed.’ This is the message on a circular red piece of paper...

Psychiatry has been a highlight of my medical school experience. Every psychiatrist I’ve met, every talk and lecture I’ve attended, and...

A story of Self-Empowerment and the Undeniable Love Between Mother and Child

We live in uncertain times. The UK has just witnessed an election, wars are being fought, and many of us feel anxious about the state of...

An interview with netball player, Holly Jones. As many of us immerse ourselves in an exciting summer of sport (Euros24, Tour de France,...

The PRECOGNITION Project In this piece, we are excited to introduce a new project which we have been working on, called PRECOGNITION. We...

Our new MSc in Psychology and Neuroscience of Mind-Body Interface offered by the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience at...

Author’s Note: We are told repeatedly by mental health care professionals and Facebook inspirational posts across the board that our past...

When I started high school in 1997, the world was a very different place. The internet had only just begun entering people’s homes,...

I’m lucky to have a partner who is an incredible gift giver. Throughout the year, she’ll take note of the things I want but don’t feel...

Between 1 to 2% of the world’s population has vitiligo. I’m one of those people. I developed vitiligo, an autoimmune condition where the...

Taylor Swift’s world-famous Eras Tour arrives at the Wembley Stadium in London tonight. While I am a ‘Swiftie’ (A Taylor Swift fan), I...

Trigger warning: this article contains mentions of violence. Being an LGBTQ+ Nigerian, one of the most discriminated identities in the...

I have been a trustee of 'Song in the City' for nearly 10 years now. I was initially drawn to their series of lunchtime concerts in the...

Growing up LGBTQ+, I always felt different, like I didn’t belong. Constantly feeling like I didn't fit in, a lack of representation and...

Research on biological and psychosocial factors in mental health disparities offers clues to reducing the mental health burden among...

Commodified = to treat or consider something as a commodity (= a product can that be bought or sold) - Cambridge Dictionary More than...

Exploring the conflicts portrayed within the award-winning film and what it reveals about America’s fraught relationship with race and...

Like many people in their 20s, I have a TikTok account (you can learn more about this social media platform in this article). While I...