Mental Health and Immigrants
People who have migrated to a country from their homeland are much more vulnerable to mental illness. Between 1993 and…
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Why we need a global Bill of Rights
People with mental health problems are not ‘the other’. They can be you or I, our children, friends, colleagues. Every…
Back to work – fresh start
As millions of us return to work after the long summer break, health and wellbeing experts offer their tips how to…
Schizophrenia vs Multiple Personality Disorder
https://youtu.be/w66l8HdP1No Probably the two most frequently confused psychiatric disorders, schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder, are worlds apart in their core…
Handing (Back) Over the Pen
Handing (Back) Over the Pen: Afghan Women's Experiences of Gender Based Violence (GBV) Violence and trauma refer to experiences, rather…
Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond
Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond at the Wellcome Collection Rebecca Wallersteiner explores ‘Bedlam’ and the rise and fall of the…
Make yourself resilient to worry
No one is too beautiful and successful to be immune to worry. It doesn’t matter how many accolades you receive -…
Kleptomania
Kleptomania is a recognised mental health problem which compels people to steal trivial items. However, only one per cent of people…
Mental health behind bars
Many people in prison suffer from mental illness and the Prison Service in the UK has under its care one…
Caught in the blues
Antidepressant prescribing rates have increased year on year over the past 25 years with now more than 60 million prescriptions…
Youthful voices in mental health
The Youth Health Parliament is a group of young professionals who have been selected to debate and formulate new ideas…
Brief Psychotic Disorder
This is a form of psychosis, triggered by a traumatic event or stressor, that lasts a short time only. Brief psychotic disorder…