Challenging My Reflection in the Mirror and My Thoughts on Ageism
I am a "millennial snowflake" psychiatrist hitting middle age with all its crises and needs.
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Sorcha Alford
- May 12
- 5 min
Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty and a History of Hate Speech
Trigger Warning: This blog discusses sexual assault, hate speech, and fatphobia which some readers may find distressing. Our selective...
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Yuliya Kovalchuk
- Apr 18
- 4 min
The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 3
The war in Ukraine is still ongoing but more and more people are organizing conferences and building platforms to address an important...
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- Apr 4
- 4 min
The World Population Has Crossed 8 Billion: A milestone or millstone?
The total population of the world crossed 8 billion a couple of months ago. Although a clear milestone has been passed, there remain...
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Lea Schmid
- Mar 28
- 4 min
‘Ted Lasso’ and the Conversation Around Mental Health
‘Ted Lasso’ is an award-winning show that tells the story of an American-football coach hired to manage AFC Richmond, a British football...
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Yuliya Kovalchuk
- Mar 15
- 5 min
The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 2
Running a small independent business is already a challenge with small margins and the ever-increasing inflation. Try doing that under...
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Elif Aysimi Duman
- Mar 8
- 5 min
In the aftermath of the earthquakes in Turkey: The road to safety and stability
As a stress researcher from Turkey, I was finalizing a manuscript on the long-term impact of trauma when my world turned upside down with...
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Yuliya Kovalchuk
- Mar 7
- 4 min
The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 1
As a person from Ukraine, living in Berlin, I never understood when people here complained about lousy winter weather. The temperatures...
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Yuliya Kovalchuk
- Mar 3
- 5 min
One War Year Later
On the morning of February 24th, 2022, I was woken up at 5 am by a phone call from my mother, who simply said: “A full-scale invasion has...
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Anna Sri
- Feb 27
- 4 min
Some British Media narratives and languages seem to ignore the high prevalence of Femicide in the UK
Trigger warning: The following article discusses violence against women and has mentions of suicide and murder. Some readers may find...
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Lea Schmid
- Feb 14
- 5 min
The pressures of reaching your 30s child-free
“Record numbers of women are reaching the age of 30 child-free, new official figures have shown” — The Guardian “Half of women in...
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Frances Weston
- Jan 27
- 3 min
NHS Strikes & Burnout: A Call For Change
In December 2022, for the first time in 106 years, the Royal College of Nursing decided to strike after a ballot vote of more than...
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Zuzanna Zajkowska
- Jan 20
- 5 min
Reflecting on the article about Prince Harry: Debunking the myth of "psychotherapy cult"
If you fell off a bike, would you feel ashamed that you were hurting? And if this happened to your friend, would you judge them for...
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Riddhi Laijawala
- Jan 16
- 4 min
Sensitivity in the times of #truecrime TikTok
Lessons to be learned from the Idaho murder case Trigger warning: This blog mentions death, murder, and violence which might be upsetting...
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- Dec 15, 2022
- 3 min
Should we have boycotted the FIFA World Cup?
You call it soccer, we call it football….but the true conversation we should be having is about migrant labourers and LGBTQ+ people. On a...
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Maya Caan
- Nov 30, 2022
- 4 min
Eco-anxiety is escalating with relentless climate change
As temperatures exceeded a scorching 40°C degrees in parts of the UK this summer, global news channels shared climate crisis stories...
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Amina Begum
- Nov 23, 2022
- 5 min
Justice for Journalism
Words are powerful. They seek to inspire, elicit emotions, and can emerge into making a positive change. All around the world there are...
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Rachel Jenkins
- Oct 28, 2022
- 7 min
Is Suicide Rare in Africa?
How common are suicidal ideation and attempts in Kenya, and what influences them? Trigger warning: The following blog describes research...
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- Oct 14, 2022
- 3 min
Food, Fuel, Friends, Freedom
Almost thirty years ago, in one of my earlier return visits to India, I was sitting chatting with my mother. Somehow the topic of poverty...
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Lea Schmid
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
Can people afford to be concerned about the environment?
In a world where one-third of households could struggle to meet the rising cost of living, it can be stressful to make the right...
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Gargi Mandal
- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
The dark winter that lies ahead of us
From the 1st of October, most people residing in the U.K. would have seen an increase in their bills, and approximately one in four...
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Courtney Worrell
- Oct 10, 2022
- 2 min
It's World Mental Health Day - Let's talk about clinical trials
An EU-PEARL podcast with Professor Carmine Pariante and Patient Advocate Fanni-Laura Mäntylä Today, October 10th, is an important day....
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- Oct 7, 2022
- 6 min
The Johnny Depp Defamation Trial: The Media's Damaging Portrayal of Personality Disorders
Trigger warning: This blog discusses domestic abuse and intimate partner violence which some readers may find distressing. Celebrity...
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Catherine Shuttleworth
- Oct 5, 2022
- 4 min
What Does the Cost of Living Crisis Mean for Students?
The cost of living crisis is not only dominating the news but also dominating the minds of the millions who will be affected by it. As a...
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- Oct 4, 2022
- 4 min
Geopolitical Determinants of mental health
By all accounts, the last 12 months have been tumultuous. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to food shortages, refugees, isolation...
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Yuliya Kovalchuk
- Sep 28, 2022
- 5 min
Managing collective war trauma in Ukraine: The importance of keeping in touch
Like any Ukrainian, I spend a lot of time thinking about my mental health and that of our whole nation in these times of war. As rockets...
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Courtney Worrell
- Sep 20, 2022
- 2 min
Remembering Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926–2022
This blog has been written on behalf of the Inspire the Mind Editorial Team. Like so many across the globe, we have been so saddened to...
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Inspire the Mind
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
At the Back of Your Mind: A fun, fresh mental health podcast
Hosted by mental health researchers at King’s College London We were on the way out of the final UK lockdown when a group of young female...
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Gargi Mandal
- Jul 5, 2022
- 5 min
Promoting student mental health at university
Promoting student mental health at university necessitates changes in students’ educational and residential environments: A conversation...
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Carmine Pariante
- Jun 23, 2022
- 4 min
Antidepressants Can Help People with Depression - While We Are Fighting for Societal Change
I have recently written an academic piece on the putative debate on whether depression is a medical disorder or a psychosocial condition,...
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