Mental Health
What is brain rot? And why you need to know
The Oxford University Press has announced its Oxford Word of the Year 2024. Out of six nominees, including ‘romantasy,’ ‘brain rot’ was the...
2024: A year of breakthroughs
As 2024 comes to a close, it’s a great time to reflect on the breakthroughs made in mental health research over the past...
Omega-3 supplements for the prevention of psychosis
The Irish legend of An Bradán Feasa (the Salmon of Knowledge) tells of a salmon which ate the nuts from a mythical hazel...
Best Mental Health Charities to Donate to This Holiday Season and Beyond
Looking for a last-minute gift? I previously wrote a list of the 10 best mental health-related gifts for one with bipolar disorder. You...
exploring the impact of PTSD on romantic partners
PTSD has a significant impact upon physical health (Pacella et al., 2013), substance misuse (Reynolds et al., 2005), interpersonal relationships (Taft et al.,...
Barriers to mental health services among British Bangladeshi men
South Asians (SA) comprise approximately 7.5% of the UK population (Nash, 2019). Studies indicate that South Asians in the UK rarely seek mental...
Long-term cognitive and psychiatric effects of COVID-19 revealed |
Professor Paul Harrison, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford said: “Understanding the long-term cognitive and psychiatric consequences of COVID-19 hospitalisation is...
Risk factors for depression and suicidality in first time fathers
It is understood that around 1 in 10 men experience postnatal depression (Paulson and Bazemore, 2010). Fathers’ experiences of perinatal mental health difficulties...
Is this the most troubling question of all?
Those of us with emotional or mental illness ask a lot questions. I mean, there’s so much (not) to understand, and we feel...
Research Finds Workplace Discrimination Prevalent Among Those with Bipolar Disorder
New data from a Bipolar UK survey reveals that nearly a third (32%) of people with bipolar disorder have faced workplace discrimination, with...
