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’s Data Science Got To Do With It?
On Thursday 25 April 2024, the DATAMIND and MQ Data Science Meeting took place in Swansea. The DATAMIND Hub maximises data's value by...
Reintegration interventions for Complex PTSD: the forgotten phase?
The concept of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) was initially proposed by Herman back in 1992 (Herman, 1992), however it has only recently...
Exposing how exposure works: expectancy change is crucial for successful exposure...
What is exposure? Imagine these scenarios:
– A person with social anxiety disorder strikes up a conversation with a new colleague at an after-work...
Stress Affects Different People Differently
Whether it’s age, gender, neurodivergence, genetics or environments, stress affects different people differently. There are contributing factors that mean certain people are more...
Managing treatment-resistant depression: A doc’s perspective
What’s worse than having a medical condition for which the first-line medication works 50% of the time? How ‘bout one for which at...
Mental Health Community Reacts: The Government Cause Concern
One week ago, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave a speech causing concern when it comes to words he used about mental health....
