Qualitative study reveals gap between how lived experience individuals and professionals conceptualise anorexia recovery; particularly around weight restoration and residual symptoms.

Andy Bell blogs the latest paper from the Millennium Cohort Study finding that childhood adversity is related to police ...

Qualitative study reveals young people on CAMHS waiting lists feel alone and dismissed, with mental health deteriorating ...

Ross Nedoma covers an umbrella review of the most up-to-date prevalence of mental and physical health in prison worldwide.

University of Cambridge and science communicator. She writes about research at the intersection of social connection, prosocial behaviour, and health, with a focus on social psychoneuroimmunology and ...

Early Intervention Lead for We Are With You in Kent. Nick has been working within young persons’ drug services for the past 15 years and has experience in a variety of roles focussed around his ...

In terms of effects, THC is a partial agonist of the CB1 receptor. Synthetic Cannabinoids act as full agonists meaning their effects are often over-powering, unpleasant and significantly more ...

Involuntary psychiatric care (IPC) can be a vital intervention for individuals who are severely unwell and do not (or cannot) consent to care (Wang & Colucci, 2017). Its provision is a challenging ...

Mental health service users face higher sexual victimisation rates than the general population: 13% in the past year for women, 3% for men.

Geetika is an MSc student in Psychology at King’s College London. Her research interests revolve around eating disorders, complex emotional needs and personality disorders, minorities and inequalities ...

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.

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 ...