Andy Bell blogs the latest paper from the Millennium Cohort Study finding that childhood adversity is related to police ...

Dr Rachel Gibbons is Vice Chair of the Psychotherapy Faculty at the Royal College of Psychiatrists and a leading voice on the emotional impact of suicide and homicide in clinical practice. A ...

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 ...

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

British Muslims are underrepresented in UK secular mental health services, compared to other religious groups (NHS Digital, 2020; Office for National Statistics, 2022), are less likely to seek ...

Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main. To riff on the 17 th Century poem by John Donne, ‘No child is an island’. At least, this is a central thesis underpinning Brown and colleague ...

Today I am going to blog about personality disorders, which clinically may be one of the most divisive diagnoses; both for patients and staff. In my experience, some patients can feel stigmatised by ...