Mental Health
Not all people who make a suicide attempt have a psychiatric diagnosis
Suicide is preventable and not inevitable. Despite this, more than 720,000 people die by suicide every year, and there are many more people...
Why More Young People Are Being Hospitalized for Mental Health
The rise was highest among girls aged 11 to 15, whose admissions more than doubled, and in cases of eating disorders, skyrocketed by...
How physical exercise can support trauma treatment
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) consists of three main symptom clusters: (1) re-experiencing the trauma in the present moment, (2) avoidance of reminders...
Updated review of experiences of compulsory treatment builds the case for legal reform to be grounded in lived experiences
Following large scale reviews, new legislation for England and Wales will be debated soon in Westminster, while the Scottish Government is yet to...
Rising temperatures and poor mental health
The human body is a finely tuned instrument, intricately attuned to the environment in which it exists. Consider, for a moment, the delicate...
A builder and destroyer of souls
Expect: to consider probable or certain, to consider reasonable, due, or necessary, to consider bound in duty or obligated. Lots of soul building...
Natasha Tracy’s New Book Is Coming Soon – Bipolar Burble Blog
I’m extremely excited to announce that I’m releasing my second book. For those of you who don’t know, I released a book in...
Former institutionalised adoptees’ support needs in young adulthood
Poor quality institutional child rearing, such as the Romanian orphanages which were commonplace in the 1980s and 1990s, can be considered a severe...
I’m Miserable — This Is How I Deal with It –...
Don’t ask me how I am. Just don’t do it. Asking me how I am will only result in one of two things:...
promising but not yet implementable
Picture this: A world where 4-5% of young people are grappling with full-blown depression and a further 9-16% tiptoe along the threshold. Sadly,...
