The plight of child refugees
Volunteers at Doctors of the World help child refugees from countries including Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq as well as Libya, Eritrea…
Mental Health
Overriding our genetic blueprint
Your wellbeing has far more to do with what you make of your compelling possibility than how you make do…
Do you have a clown phobia?
Clown phobia? Or just scared of people with red noses? People have always had mixed feelings towards the clown or…
Why people are afraid of clowns
Dr. Dena Rabinowitz, a psychologist in New York who specializes in the treatment of anxiety disorders and phobias, speaks to…
Reforming mental health workforce
A “radical reform” of mental health services is needed to develop a workforce to meet people’s needs in the future,…
Stem cell transplant recipients lack specialist support
Stem cell transplant recipients are left feeling like they have “fallen off a cliff”, according to research by charity Anthony…
The mental health effects of doing time
As part of its investigation into offender mental health in London, the London Assembly Health Committee held a public discussion…
The impact of alopecia on women
The impact that alopecia is having on British women’s lives is huge. Knowing how common hair loss is and how…
Suicide prevention is high priority
Every suicide tells a different but equally tragic story. Suicide prevention is a high priority for councils, which already provide a…
World Mind Matters Day
On World Mind Matters Day 2017, research funded by the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), of laws and policies in 52…