Karen Mak brings you a bumper edition blog on social prescribing, finding that rates have steadily grown recently in the UK, ...

Depression, anxiety, and suicidality are higher among LGBTQ+ workers, especially in hostile or unsupportive workplaces. But ...

I completed my integrated Masters degree (MSci) in Psychology at the University of York in 2024, before obtaining ...

Self-harm is common among adolescents and a strong predictor of suicide risk. A major new cohort study in the British Journal ...

Could years of commuting through city smog be leaving lasting marks on our brains? A major UK birth cohort study suggests that midlife exposure to nitrogen dioxide and other pollutants may lead to ...

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.

The aim of my work is to improve outcome for people with complex brain disorders, especially those with psychosis. This implies better understanding of what happens when people develop psychosis and ...

The past 50 years has seen globalisation of psychiatric diagnostic (categorical) frameworks. Early versions were notoriously unreliable; when categories are unreliable they cannot be valid, meaning ...

Exercise-based interventions, potentially serving as either alternative treatments for depression or alongside medication and/or therapy, are recommended by the UK National Institute for Health and ...

Dr Jennifer Dam is a researcher and project manager based in Melbourne, Australia. She holds a PhD in behavioural science (knowledge translation) and is passionate about research communication and ...

Following an active period of treatment for periodontal disease a maintenance period of supporting periodontal therapy (SPT) tailored to the patients’ individual risk level is recommended. Typically, ...

An important characteristic of major depressive disorder (MDD) is that the symptoms can vary quite a bit from patient to patient (Musliner et al. 2016). Additionally, treatment success is patient ...