Recent research suggests that lower IQ and cognitive performance link to higher alcohol use disorder risk, but education and ...

The Connected Belonging model argues that schools should support young people's relationships to their community, culture and peers, rather than focusing on individual skills like "grit" and ...

New feasibility trial shows resistance training is safe and acceptable for people with psychosis in psychiatric ...

Ellie Davies explores a study on British Muslims therapy preconceptions with non-Muslim therapists revealing barriers and facilitators for good engagement.

Dr Jade Norris considers a study on parents' joyful experiences raising autistic children highlighted by emotional bonding ...

Research Fellow in Autism Research at Bristol Medical School (Population Health Sciences). Recently her work has focused on a clinical trial for treating anxiety in autistic people (the STRATA trial), ...

Beth is a Research Assistant within the Psychosis Research Group at The University of Glasgow. She currently works on the CONNECT digital study, which uses digital tools to better understand changes ...

If you’ve ever sat in a conference on inflammation and depression, you’ll recognise the scene: a researcher presents another trial testing anti-inflammatory drugs for depression. The audience leans ...

Andrew Kauffmann is a coach and a tutor of expressive and therapeutic writing. The Centre for Mental Health’s 2024 Writer in Residence, he has lived with a mental health condition for over 20 years. A ...

There is growing interest in the role of the gut microbiome in mental health disorders (Nikolova et al, 2021; Clarke, 2023). Recent evidence suggests that the composition and function of the ...

Exercise-based interventions, potentially serving as either alternative treatments for depression or alongside medication and/or therapy, are recommended by the UK National Institute for Health and ...

Microaggressions are simply defined as brief, commonplace daily verbal and/or behavioural slights or indignities that display hostility towards marginalised and minoritised people (Nadal et al, 2018).