Mostaured Khan is a public health and epidemiology researcher undertaking his PhD at the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, ...

In my clinical work some of the most challenging patients to manage are those with ‘treatment resistant depression‘ and unfortunately up to 30% of people with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder ...

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.

Over the past decade there has been huge interest in the role of the microbiome-gut-brain axis in brain function and mental health (as covered in these previous Mental Elf blogs: Murray, 2024; Clarke, ...

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 ...

Trigger warnings are used to help individuals avoid or emotionally prepare for content that may cause them emotional or psychological distress (Cares et al., 2019; DeBonis, 2019; George & Hovey, 2020) ...

Marta Isibor (BSc Hons, MRes) is Clinical Psychologist Assistant Practitioner in Substance Misuse Psychology at NHS Lothian and Visiting Lecturer at Queen Margaret University. She is also a Committee ...

Studies have reported that sexual minorities have a 1.5 times higher risk of experiencing common mental health disorders (e.g., anxiety, depression), substance dependence, and suicidality (King et al.

Individuals who experience a traumatic event, such as a car accident or fall injuries, will also experience the process of medical treatment and rehabilitation depending on the level of severity. This ...

Tanya is Head of Research and Involvement at The McPin Foundation. She is passionate about advancing lived experience leadership in research. Her expertise, developed through academic and third-sector ...

Oonagh has recently completed her PhD at the Social, Genetic, and Developmental Psychiatry Centre at King’s College London. Her mixed methods research explores pathways of risk and resilience ...

Many people who experience depression often may not feel able to ask for help. When they do ask for help, they may have to wait to receive treatment (almost always) due to the limited capacity of the ...