10 Ways To Improve Teacher Mental Health
See also The Real You Is All Of Us In the last ten years, too many teachers have left the teaching profession altogether because they feel burned out, unsupported, or …
How Prepared are ‘COVID Kindergartners’ for College?
“Just being in utero throughout an extremely stressful time had some developing effects on infants,” Dani Dumitriu, a pediatrician and neuroscientist at Columbia University and chair of an ongoing research …
Arts and Social Sciences Study: No-one cares
Does philosophical research matter? Photo by Nik on Unsplash Countless individuals are utilized to operate in the social sciences and the arts. Complete disclosure: I are among them. I operate …
Writing through Winter – WriteWell Community
Writing through the winter feels good. When there are no deadlines and briefs to follow it can feel freeing. Have you tried writing for wellbeing yet? Writing improves memory, decision …
What Does the 10-Year Health Plan Mean for UK Mental Health?
The UK Government has now launched is much anticipated 10-year health plan. A plan to improve the care for millions of people by localising services in a shift from centralised …
Physical health side effects of psychotropic medication
Today I am bringing you a slightly different kind of blog. As a jobbing Psychiatrist I spend the majority of my time considering what medication to prescribe (or importantly not …
The Full Spectrum of the Disorder – Bridges to Recovery
Charles Raymond Lake, Hypothesis: Grandiosity and Guilt Cause Paranoia; Paranoid Schizophrenia is a Psychotic Mood Disorder; a Review, Schizophrenia Bulletin, Volume 34, Issue 6, November 2008, Pages 1151–1162, https://doi.org/10.1093/schbul/sbm132 Gabor …
Reframing the New Year – WriteWell Community
Looking to enter the new year with direction and enthusiasm? The beginning of the new year is a great time to consider where we are in life, what matters to …
The Lasting Psychological Impact of Childhood Adversity
Although the researchers did not find statistically significant differences in risk between men and women, they observed that women showed slightly stronger associations between psychosis and overall adversity, especially in …
Does harsh parenting increase the risk of self-harm and suicide in young people?
Parents’ treatment of their children, as well as family dynamics more broadly, are related to the children and young people’s (CYP) mental health. Parenting can involve many different behaviours, including …