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 ...

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

Melissa Black considers a study aiming to provide a psychometric validation of the AASPIRE Autistic Burnout Measure in ...

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

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

Celine Wessa summarises a new meta-analysis on anti-inflammatory treatments for depression, in specific patient subgroups.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

In my clinical work some of the most challenging patients to manage are those with ‘treatment resistant depression‘ and unfortunately up to 30% of people with a diagnosis of major depressive disorder ...

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).