Mental health admissions to acute medical wards rose 65% for young people in England (2012-2022), with eating disorder ...

Jordan Budgen is a psychiatry registrar working in Brisbane, Australia completing his training in general adult psychiatry.

Sexual assault survivors face six-fold increased risk of multiorgan functional somatic disorder (unexplained physical ...

Natalia Kika explores a Finnish cohort study on the effectiveness of internet vs face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy ...

Jennifer is a PhD candidate in the field of biological psychology at Ulm University. With a focus on understanding the ...

A systematic review and Delphi study creates a new consensus statement on the meaning and measurement of relapse in ...

Skye is a PhD candidate with the Department of Nursing, Midwifery, and Social Work at the University of Queensland, and a ...

This study used Mendelian randomisation to test potential causal relationships between depression and 137 traits. Depression ...

Sam Woodnutt and Jasmine Snowden blog a study which uses hospital data to explore rates of headbanging as a form of self-harm in secure settings.

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, ...

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 ...