Mental Well-Being

Pragmatic prescribing: why GPs offer beta-blockers for anxiety, despite guideline gaps

Anxiety disorders are common mental health conditions characterised by persistent and intense feelings of unease that are disproportionate to the situation (Craske et...

Cannabis, Trauma, and the Path to Paranoia

A second study, published in Psychological Medicine, examined how childhood trauma influences the relationship between cannabis use and paranoia. Just over half of...

Rethinking the evidence behind young people’s depression treatments

Childhood and adolescence are vulnerable periods for the development of mental health problems, which are also associated with...

When helping hurts: potential harms from CBT and mindfulness in schools

Mental health difficulties in children and young people (CYP) are rising, with one in five CYP reporting a...

Do psychiatric disorder genes overlap with their drug targets?

Mental health conditions can run in families. Studies of identical twins, for example, show higher chance of shared...

How Love Addiction Fuels Anxiety, Depression, and Cognitive Struggles

To test the robustness of the results, the researchers repeated their analyses excluding participants with psychiatric diagnoses. The...

why post-disaster mental health support must be tailored and backed by evidence

“We learn from every natural disaster. Whether it’s a fire or a flood, we learn something from it...

Starting over: Post-migration challenges experienced by refugees when integrating in a new country

Imagine being forced to leave your home because it is no longer safe. Maybe there is a war....