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...
What you need to know
You can get away with it with your car: “I don’t care how the brakes work, just fix ‘em.” That won’t fly with...
Emotional and mental first aid: 11 immediate interventions
This business of living can generate confounding questions when you’re trying to manage emotional or mental health challenges. For instance, what do we...
Are chatbots the answer to minimising inequalities in treatment access?
Access to mental health support is not equally distributed (Centre for Mental Health, 2020). Despite recent government commitments to improve the accessibility of...
Poor Sleep Linked to an Increase in Social Media Use in...
A new study presented at the SLEEP 2024 annual meeting found a link between sleep duration, social media usage, and brain activation in...
Enhancing mental health care for autistic individuals
Autistic children, young people and adults often face a challenging journey when seeking mental health support. They experience a high rate of cooccurring...
what is the Smallest Worthwhile Difference?
Antidepressants do work (Cipriani et al., 2018; Tomlin, 2018) but they can also be problematic. Whilst they are very helpful for some, others...
