“Are you retired?” “Well, sort of!”
The historical journey of a retired professor. I was appointed to the Chair of Psychiatry at Newcastle University in 1990. I was involved...
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Carolina Estevao
- May 23
- 5 min
A Closer Look at NIMHANS' Perinatal Psychiatry Approaches
As a visiting researcher at NIMHANS, I had the privilege of working in one of India's premier mental health institutions in Bangalore.
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Courtney Worrell
- May 17
- 5 min
The Trials and Tribulations of Moral Perfectionism
Due to its multi-dimensional and multi-faceted nature, I’m still learning all about perfectionism in its many shapes and forms...
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Maddy Kirkpatrick
- May 11
- 4 min
Can Brown Noise ‘Blanket’ Your Brain and Reduce Anxiety?
In today’s busy culture, I’d be surprised to find anyone who wasn’t keen to discover a new way to boost their focus, sleep and...
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Yuri Milaneschi
- May 9
- 5 min
The Rise of Immuno-metabolic Depression
Exploring the intersection of depression and cardiometabolic health
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Carolina Estevao
- May 4
- 4 min
Career Progression Remains Elusive for Female Academics
Despite all efforts, women remain underrepresented in academia, particularly in leadership positions.
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- May 3
- 4 min
What is World Maternal Mental Health Day (WMMHDay)?
It is a day when we raise public awareness of mental health problems that can occur in pregnant women and mothers...
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Livia Dyring
- May 2
- 4 min
Magic for the Mind: Why are imaginary worlds so appealing?
They are not real but can really feel as though they are. From our own sofa, we can explore new places, encounter strange creatures and...
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Olivia Johnson Trewick
- Apr 25
- 5 min
Music is the Answer: The health benefits of clubbing
Most of us know what it feels like to wake up on a Monday morning after a long weekend of clubbing, head pounding and body aching all...
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neurominded
- Apr 20
- 5 min
The Skin Deep Impact of Stress and Anxiety
How Your Mental Health Affects Your Skin For as long as I can remember, I have always been incredibly ticklish. This was a curse when I...
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Swati Singh
- Apr 19
- 5 min
Coping with Life: Adjusting sails in storms
I woke up to the soothing pitter-patter of raindrops last week. Trees were swaying in an exhilarating dance on the music of rustling...
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Riddhi Laijawala
- Apr 11
- 5 min
Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes and Their Evidence-Based Benefits
What comes to your mind when you hear the acronym TLC? For some (especially healthcare professionals), the first thought is "Tender...
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Zuzanna Zajkowska
- Apr 5
- 4 min
The Magic of Fairy Tales
Fairy tales provide a framework for how to deal with the challenges and conflicts of growing up...
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Emily Rose Burley
- Apr 3
- 4 min
How to Manage a Fear of Enclosed Spaces and Public Transport
Around 10% of the UK population is estimated to be affected by claustrophobia at some point during their lifetime, according to the NHS.
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Yuri Milaneschi
- Mar 29
- 6 min
Will the future look like GATTACA? The application of genomics in Psychiatry
Hospital setting. A child is born and cries at the top of his lungs. The hospital personnel carefully takes the newborn from the mother...
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Nicole Mariani
- Mar 23
- 4 min
Behind Cats' Purrs and Their Healing Power-Sharing the Benefits
Most of us think that a cat purrs when it is happy, however, there is much more behind it, from communication to healing properties. As...
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Livia Dyring
- Mar 20
- 5 min
Can't Sleep? Here's Something New to Do
If you find yourself tossing and turning at night, your mind buzzing with thoughts — among them why you are not asleep — you are not...
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Becky Pollard
- Mar 13
- 5 min
ChatGPT: The AI Wonder Bot That Could Transform Your Mental Health and Productivity
Chat GPT is the AI chat bot that is taking over the internet. At first glance it seems amazing and feels almost straight out of a Sci-Fi...
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- Mar 6
- 6 min
Myths and stereotypes around eating disorders are deadly - we need to dismantle them
When you hear ‘eating disorder’, there’s probably a particular image that comes to mind – a white, teenage girl, emaciated, anorexic....
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Andrew H. Miller
- Mar 2
- 5 min
Psychiatry's Past is Failing its Future to Develop Drugs Targeting Inflammation
Co written by Prof. Andrew H. Miller and Dr. Charles L. Raison Despite substantial research showing that inflammation plays a role in...
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- Mar 1
- 6 min
An Interview with Neurovariability Expert Stephanie Forkel
A interview about the Science special issue on brain connectivity In the morgue. That’s where Stephanie Forkel, a researcher whose work...
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Heather Oglesby
- Feb 28
- 4 min
How Loneliness Impacts the Queer Community
There are several seconds before a client enters my office or I open the “Zoom room” for a session, where I take a few deep breaths,...
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Dr Ava Easton
- Feb 22
- 5 min
On World Encephalitis Day, let's remember that suicide is a preventable death in encephalitis
By Dr. Ava Easton and Dr. Thomas Pollak Trigger warning: The following article describes research about suicidal ideation, suicidal...
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Lea Schmid
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Behind the Science - A column introduction
Behind the Science with Sofia Quaglia. Sofia and I first met in October of 2022 via Zoom. She had interviewed Carmine, Inspire the Mind...
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Gianluca Didino
- Feb 20
- 5 min
Depressive Realism
There was a time, five or six years ago, when I got very interested in philosophical pessimism. The idea that looking at life through a...
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Ellen Lambert
- Feb 15
- 5 min
"Half the time I was a different person"- A psychologist's journey with PMS
Growing up, I was never taught much about periods or the female anatomy… and I was certainly never taught about mental health issues...
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Penelope Maran
- Feb 9
- 5 min
When does 'sick' become 'sick enough'?
Trigger warning: This blog contains discussions of mental health struggles (e.g., eating disorders, self-harm) and suicidal thoughts,...
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- Jan 26
- 4 min
The Therapeutic Power of Poetry: What's the Evidence?
Can poetry help our mental health? In my last piece, I spoke about my personal experiences with poetry, and the life-changing impact it...
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Gauri Seth
- Jan 25
- 5 min
Family Connection as a preventive behavioural intervention
Prevention through Connection Given the combination of an already stretched mental health care system, the overwhelming need for mental...
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Clare Liedstrand
- Jan 24
- 3 min
Scientists and Scholars of the Islamic Golden Age: al-Balkhi
“Since man’s construction is from both his soul and his body, therefore, human existence cannot be healthy without the ishtibak...
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