Mental health service users face higher sexual victimisation rates than the general population: 13% in the past year for women, 3% for men.

In terms of effects, THC is a partial agonist of the CB1 receptor. Synthetic Cannabinoids act as full agonists meaning their effects are often over-powering, unpleasant and significantly more ...

In this small RCT, vitamin C supplementation improved attention and work absorption in healthy young adults with low vitamin C levels, alongside changes in gut bacteria and inflammation markers.

A large Swedish cohort study examines suicide risk after involuntary psychiatric hospital discharge, with key findings for monitoring and clinical practice.

James is a trainee clinical psychologist at the University of Manchester. His current research will focus on adverse experiences of psychotherapy, using a mixed-methods approach. His other research ...

Andie Ashdown considers a qualitative study exploring professional views on the needs of South Asian adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse in the UK.

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.

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).

Every year I approach the end of March and October with the same growing trepidation, knowing that my sleep pattern is about to be disrupted, and I am going to be tired, grumpy and generally miserable ...

Suicide is a serious public health issue which has devastating impacts on families, friends and communities. Each year, 720,000 people die by suicide worldwide (World Health Organization, 2024).

Violence against women is a major human rights violation that affects one in three women worldwide and has profound and overlapping impacts on women’s physical and mental health (World Health ...

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 ...