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The digital magazine bringing together everything you've always wanted to know about the worlds of #MentalHealth, #Science, and #Society.

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🌎🧠 In today’s article, journalist @varishatariq.bsky.social discusses the absence of women journalists at the recent Afghanistan press conference in India, and what this reveals about #genderinequalities, #womensrights and #pressfreedom.

#mindinconflict

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Afghanistan's Press conference in India failed to pass the feminist check
On 10th October, 2025, the Afghan Embassy hosted a forum with Afghanistan’s Foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi, India. The embassy had invited over sixteen journalists, and not a single o...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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In today's article, #livedexperience writer Michael Sylvester talks about #videogames and #virtualreality for your #mentalhealth, highlighting his personal experience as well as #researchevidence.

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Video Games and Virtual Reality for your Mental Health
My journey and why video games helpMy name is Michael. I am no stranger to adversity in life, as I suffer from mental illness. I have almost died from mental illness and addiction. Depression, anxiety...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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In today’s article, trainee psychiatrist Triya Chakravorty shares a moment in her career that revealed her own #bias, prompting her to reflect on how #stigma affects #mentalhealthcare.

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What My First Week in Psychiatry Taught Me About Mental Health Bias
On a Sunday evening in August this year, I was on my first on-call shift as a trainee psychiatrist in a leafy psychiatric hospital. After a day of walking between old buildings which had been converte...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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🌎🧠"Borders keep shifting, sometimes on maps, sometimes in laws, and sometimes in people’s minds". Today, @kingsioppn.bsky.social graduate Halima Snoussi highlights the impacts of changing #internationalborders on #mentalhealth.

#MindInConflict

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When Borders Keep Shifting
Do you ever think about why you were born where you were born? I was born in France because a border opened. When France granted Tunisia independence in March of 1956, my father crossed the Mediter...
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November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Our latest article adds another voice to the heated conversation sparked by @chantayyjayy.bsky.social’s Vogue piece, celebrating #womensfreedom to choose #singlelife while questioning why loving #relationships are being framed as a source of shame.

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November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Is having a #boyfriend really embarrassing now? In today’s article, @kingsioppn.bsky.social PhD student Riddhi Laijawala responds to the #britishvogue piece recently published on @vogue.co.uk.web.brid.gy, offering her own perspective on the #debate.

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A critique of Vogue’s ‘embarrassing boyfriend’ concept
And there we have it. As of October 2025, boyfriends have become embarrassing, according to Vogue.   An article published on 25th October talks about boyfriends being embarrassing, and about  women ...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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In today’s article, researchers Asilay Seker and Aeron Kim discuss the use of #naturallanguageprocessing in #mentalhealthresearch, and how this approach allowed them to explore #emotiondysregulation in neurodevelopmental disorders.

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Can Technology Help Detect Emotion Dysregulation in Young People?
In mental health services, clinicians write thousands of notes every day. These records capture the details of people’s lives: how they feel, what they struggle with and how they respond to treatment....
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November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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🌍🧠In today’s article, a Russian reporter explores the effects of the #RussiaUkraine war on their #mentalhealth, highlighting the devastating impact of war.

#MindInConflict

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I’m Russian and War in Ukraine Made Me Mentally Ill
I’m a Paris-based Russian reporter, and for more than three years I have been covering anti-war resistance in my country. At this point, I should be used to the war in Ukraine.   But when I recently...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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In today’s article, freelance writer Kelsey Nichols discusses why the use of “high-functioning” labels in #autism can be harmful, often dismissing the challenges that autistic people face and preventing #autismacceptance.

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The Isolation of So-Called "High Functioning" Autism
Why Functioning Labels Are HarmfulThe discourse around autism tends to be typified by extremes. On one end is a child with severe social difficulties, sensory processing issues, and intellectual disab...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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In today’s article, freelance writer Kelsey Nichols discusses the use of “high-functioning” labels in #autism and why they can be harmful, often dismissing the real challenges that autistic people face and preventing #autismacceptance.

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The Isolation of So-Called "High Functioning" Autism
Why Functioning Labels Are HarmfulThe discourse around autism tends to be typified by extremes. On one end is a child with severe social difficulties, sensory processing issues, and intellectual disab...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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In today’s article, @kingsioppn.bsky.social researcher Luca Sforzini writes on the #genetic influence in #depression. Could the activity of our #genes hold the #clues to the biological secrets of depression and open new doors for treatment?

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Decoding Depression
Depression is a complex condition. We know its symptoms well, but we still do not fully understand what happens in the body when someone is depressed. Also, not all individuals with depression are the...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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In today’s article, Melissa Persling opens up about her experience of living with #dermatillomania and how understanding her struggles as a #mentalhealth challenge, rather than a personal flaw, paved the way for her journey to #recovery.

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Dig: A Story About Dermatillomania
I am 17. My alarm goes off at 5:30 a.m., and I dread the next hour of my life. While most of my classmates are still asleep, I sit cross-legged in front of my full-length bedroom mirror and begin the ...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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In today's article, writer Rachel Kelly shares insights on how #parents can talk to their #adolescent children about sensitive topics, prompted after a national discussion taking place on #Netflix show 'Adolescence'.

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How Parents Can Talk to Their Teenagers About Sex and Pornography
Dads, what would you say in a letter to your sons? The Adolescence star Stephen Graham recently called on fathers to share messages to their sons for a new book call ‘Letters to Our Sons’.An ongoing n...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Why is #Monday the most #stressful day of the week? In today's article, writer Giulia Mondaini discusses why, highlighting research based #evidence.

#StressAwarenessDay

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Monday stress doesn’t retire when we do
I’ve never found Mondays particularly stressful.Over time, I’ve learned to manage my energy more intentionally, and as a freelance journalist, I’ve picked up strategies that work for me. For instance,...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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In today's article, @ucl.ac.uk PhD student Tara Patel talks about how #youngpeople can help shape #mentalhealth research, highlighting why young advisors’ #involvement matters.

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Speaking Across Lines: Young People Shaping Mental Health Research
I am a current PhD student at UCL and Research Fellow with the UK Trauma Council. I was previously a Research Assistant working on the Adolescence Mental Health and the Developing Mind (AMHDM) ReThink...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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📣Are you in the 2nd or 3rd trimester of #pregnancy and interested in co-designing a #new #singing programme to support antenatal #mentalhealth?

If so, we need your help to #design a brand-new #creativehealth programme!

Join researchers for a focus group on 12th November, further details below ⬇️
November 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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In this month's #shortstory, Patrick Cash @paddycash.bsky.social brings us into the internal storm of #socialanxiety, revealing the tension between the fear of speaking up and the deep desire to feel understood.

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Tongue Tied — A Short Story
Work karaoke was his idea of hell, to be honest, though Matt strung along for the free bar. He sipped his pint too swiftly as he propped up against a faux marble pillar, watching his colleagues mingle...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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In today's article, Robyn Doolan pens her thoughts on #grief, #guilt, and the aftermath of #suicide, from a lived experience perspective.

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He Took His Life, and It Changed Mine
Grief, Guilt, and the Aftermath of SuicideTrigger Warning: The following article discusses suicide, which readers may find distressing.For over a decade I lived and worked across Europe in the travel ...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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In today’s article, @kingsioppn.bsky.social Professor Cathryn Lewis @cathrynlewis.bsky.social discusses current evidence on the efficacy of #antidepressants and how research should move forward to support #precisionmedicine approaches in #mentalhealth.

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Understanding who benefits from antidepressants
Why is the use of antidepressants so controversial, and how could we prescribe them more effectively? This question is a priority in my research at King’s College London, where I work as professor of ...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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In today’s article, writer and strategist Tassia O’Callaghan reflects on her journey one year after experiencing a #miscarriage, sharing the steps she’s taking to care for her #mentalhealth.

#pregnancyloss #grief #resilience

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One Year After My Miscarriage: Learning How to Live Again
A year ago, my world stopped. At my 12-week scan, I was told there was no heartbeat. What should’ve been the first time seeing my baby move was instead the day I learned I’d lost them weeks earlier. ...
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October 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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In today’s article, @kingsioppn.bsky.social MSc graduate Pierette Fortuna delves into the concept of “brain’s dark energy”, explaining how the #defaultmodenetwork can deepen our understanding of #consciousness.

#neuroscience #cognitivescience #brainresearch

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The Default Mode Network and Its Relationship with Consciousness
My name is Pierrette, and I am a Master's student studying Neuroscience at King's College London. A few months ago, I was introduced to the concept of the brain's "dark energy" during a lecture on neu...
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October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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In today’s article, psychiatry resident and researcher Alice Onofrio discusses the unique challenges women with #firstepisodepsychosis face, and why #genderspecific care is needed to support women’s #mentalhealth and #recovery.

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Caring for Women with First Episode Psychosis
First Episode Psychosis (FEP) refers to the first experience of psychotic symptoms, such as hallucinations or delusions. I am a final-year psychiatry trainee with a long-standing interest in both FEP ...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Why are #youngpeople not equally represented in #mentalhealthresearch? In today’s article, PhD student Rachel Perowne shares findings from her systematic review, revealing why some young people remain #underrepresented and how to make research more #inclusive.

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Mind the Gaps: Involving Diverse Young People in Mental Health Research
Why are some young people still missing from mental health research and what can we do to change that?Hi, I’m Rachel Perowne, a PhD researcher and I’m passionate about making youth mental health resea...
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October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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How do cells know what to become? In today’s article, Dr Charlotte Colle explores this question, delving into why studying #celldifferentiation is key to understanding diseases like #cancer as well as advancing #regenerativemedicine.

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How Cells Learn to Listen: Unlocking the Rules of Early Life
Every human being begins life as a single cell.  That cell divides, multiplies, and transforms into many different types of cells — muscle, nerve, skin, blood, bone, and so on — until, somehow, a ...
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October 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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In today's article Aaina Hussain shares insights into her relationship with her #mother, and how it had an impact on her #mentalhealth.

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The Heartbreak of Loving My Hurting Mother
When I was fifteen, my room’s walls were swirls of green and yellow, which my mother had done because she knew I loved green and yellow. I had these Skull Candy headphones around my head, connected to...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:43 PM