Overcoming the Need to Please
People pleasing, approval seeking, need to please, need to be liked syndrome—call it what you will, but seeking self-worth through [...]
Flexibility in the Face of Grief
The parallels between chronic disease and COVID-19 I recently spoke at a conference for patients with C3 Glomerulopathy (C3g) and [...]
Social Isolation Is Taking Psychological Toll
Social isolation can transform a mouse’s brain. Among other behaviours, mice kept alone for two weeks become hypersensitive to a [...]
Study Finds Key Factor In Friends Support
If your friends are also friends with each other, you might feel more supported with friends support when times get […]
Covid-19 Relationships
FROM socially distanced dating to post-lockdown divorces, coronavirus has wreaked havoc on our covid-19 relationships. Here, three women share the […]
Youth Mental Health Crisis
As the COVID-19 pandemic upends the lives of young people around the world, a long-simmering youth mental health crisis threatens […]
Mental Distress Drug-Based Approach Failed?
One of the most impressive, disturbing works of science journalism I’ve encountered is Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric […]
Mental Health Crises Soar
The police are being called to deal with soaring numbers of incidents involving people suffering from mental health crises, sparking […]
UK Sleepwalking To Mental Health Crisis
Britain is sleepwalking into a mental health crisis as the government struggles to deal with the monumental effects of the [...]
Calling Transgender Youth by Chosen Name Can Reduce Suicide
Calling transgender youth by their chosen name can reduce their chance of dying by suicide by as much as 65 […]