UCL MSc students explore new evidence linking academic pressure with depressive symptoms and self-harm from adolescence into ...

ODDESSI, the first RCT of Open Dialogue, found no reduction in relapse but fewer hospital admissions and better recovery.

Written by Laura Naysmith Dr Laura Naysmith is a Research Associate at King’s College London, specialising in the application of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to explore neuropharmacological ...

In perinatal care, time is often in short supply. Appointments are brief, staff are stretched and families may feel their concerns are rushed or overlooked. For parents who have experienced trauma or ...

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.

Mental health challenges are on the rise globally, with no reduction in prevalence over the past 30 years (GBD 2019 Mental Disorders Collaborators, 2022). Existing mental health services are ...

The last two decades have seen a huge research focus on understanding the experience and impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). ACEs include experiences such as child maltreatment, domestic ...

I am a medical doctor and fully funded PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge, where my work focuses on youth mental health and well-being, eating and physical activity behaviours, and the ...

Back in the 1970s, Californian psychiatrist Jerome Motto was grappling with a problem that remains familiar today: many people admitted to hospital because of suicidality disengaged from services once ...

While some secrets fade with time, others grow heavier the longer they are carried. Some secrets are far heavier. Sexual trauma (ST) is one such experience, affecting people across all genders and ...

Mirabel Pelton is a PhD researcher at Coventry University exploring how the Interpersonal Theory of Suicide helps us understand and address high rates of suicide in autistic adults. She is also ...

Mental health awareness has increased dramatically (Hahn et al., 2023; Henderson, Potts and Robinson, 2020), particularly over the past two decades; however, mental health outcomes, especially among ...