Core Differences & Treatment Paths
Can Bipolar II progress to Bipolar I? It can, though it’s rare. Keep a detailed mood log and share it with your clinician – small clues prevent big surprises. How …
Creating Calm – Morning & Night
In a world that glorifies hustle, staying busy has become a badge of honour. But underneath the endless to-do lists, constant notifications, and multitasking, many of us are quietly craving …
Will the Online Safety Act protect young people’s mental health?
Recently the Online Safety Act has returned to public discussion as changes have been implemented to the way adult content is accessed in the UK. These changes have …
Why It’s So Easy to Hate Yourself When You Have Bipolar Disorder (and How to Stop)
I’ve often felt self-hatred in bipolar disorder. It can feel like living with an enemy inside your own head. Many people with bipolar disorder have this enemy. And while self-hatred …
Do psychiatric disorder genes overlap with their drug targets?
Mental health conditions can run in families. Studies of identical twins, for example, show higher chance of shared disorders than siblings and cousins (Polderman TJC et al., 2015). This has …
My Depression Actually Borderline Personality Disorder? BPD vs Depression
The similarity between BPD symptoms and depression, as well as the possibility of other co-occurring mental disorders, makes misdiagnosis a reality for many. Receiving treatment for a mental illness that you …
How to find longevity in the habit warfare – Building Habits that last
We first make our habits, and then our habits make us – John Dryden Have you ever felt like you’re sleepwalking your way through life, unaware of the habits that …
How Love Addiction Fuels Anxiety, Depression, and Cognitive Struggles
To test the robustness of the results, the researchers repeated their analyses excluding participants with psychiatric diagnoses. The findings remained consistent. They also tested whether anxiety and depression might cause …
Bipolar Disorder Isn’t a ‘Chemical Imbalance’: Here’s What the Science Actually Shows
Many of us were told that mood disorders come from a simple imbalance of brain chemicals. It feels like that’s what doctors said in an effort to simplify things for …
When helping hurts: potential harms from CBT and mindfulness in schools
Mental health difficulties in children and young people (CYP) are rising, with one in five CYP reporting a probable mental health condition (Newlove-Delgado et al., 2022). Despite this, many CYP …