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...
Patient Involvement in Research Is Key
For Research Appreciation Day, Dr Chukwuemeka Nwuba, a speciality doctor in eating disorders, explains why patient participation is integral in research.
Working collaboratively in...
Increased odds of bullying victimisation and perpetration in adolescents with mental...
Bullying is a major public health concern amongst young people due to its well-evidenced associations with mental health difficulties (Wolke et al., 2013),...
Top 5 breakthroughs in mental health research
5. We are understanding more about how mental illnesses develop in autistic individuals
Autism is not a mental illness, however people with autism are...
Using Data Science for Mental Health
MQ Ambassador Dr Esther Beierl is a data scientist, trial statistician, and psychometrician in psychology and mental health research (currently the University of Cambridge,...
Why I Hate Self-Compassion (But Might Embrace It Anyway) – Bipolar...
While I believe that everyone deserves it, I hate self-compassion. It seems like everyone should want self-compassion, and yet I don’t want to...
Traumatic stress in Palestinian children and young people in the Gaza...
Few people can imagine a childhood where the sound of shelling and military drones is commonplace, as well as witnessing the destruction of...
