Meta-analysis of 13 studies found school-based interventions reduced PTSD, depression and anxiety after natural disasters, ...

Dasha is a health promotion practitioner and strong advocate for gender equality and women’s and children’s rights, with more ...

Mental health admissions to acute medical wards rose 65% for young people in England (2012-2022), with eating disorder ...

Jordan Budgen is a psychiatry registrar working in Brisbane, Australia completing his training in general adult psychiatry.

Ana Veic critiques a qualititative study assessing the experience of receiving dyadic developmental psychotherapy among children with developmental trauma.

Inpatient mental health services are meant to provide safe places for people experiencing mental health difficulties to receive support and recover, but for many, the reality is far from this ideal.

Trigger warnings are used to help individuals avoid or emotionally prepare for content that may cause them emotional or psychological distress (Cares et al., 2019; DeBonis, 2019; George & Hovey, 2020) ...

Over the past decade there has been huge interest in the role of the microbiome-gut-brain axis in brain function and mental health (as covered in these previous Mental Elf blogs: Murray, 2024; Clarke, ...

Tanya is Head of Research and Involvement at The McPin Foundation. She is passionate about advancing lived experience leadership in research. Her expertise, developed through academic and third-sector ...

Brexit in 2016 hit the UK with crucial implications on people’s mental health, especially those who belong to ethnic minority backgrounds. But was there an earlier event in the UK that could have ...

Danae is currently completing a part-time MSc in Psychological Therapies at the University of Edinburgh alongside work as an assistant psychologist in the NHS. She has also completed a BSc in ...

Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders worldwide and is also one of the leading causes of disability. For decades, researchers have focused on developing our understanding of ...