This network meta-analysis of 76 trials found that slow tapering (over 4 weeks) combined with psychological support was most ...

The Co-Pact study uses powerful images and narratives from 48 people to reveal how compulsory admission under the Mental ...

Trainee Clinical Psychologist with eight years of experience working within the NHS. Her journey into psychology began with a ...

Researchers pulled together evidence from more than half a million people to test a simple but important idea: if childhood ...

Tharindi Udalagama analyses a new study, on the challenges Irish farmers face, with the demands of their work, and their ...

Tharindi is a researcher whose work focuses on health, community, and everyday life in rural Sri Lanka. With a background in ...

Technology is revolutionising psychological therapies. From mobile apps to virtual reality therapies (VRT), gamifying the therapy experience. It all sounds futuristic and exciting, but beyond the buzz ...

In 2022, the global prevalence of obesity in adults (≤18 years) was around 16%, more than double what it was in 1990 (World Health Organization, 2025). Adults with obesity are more at risk for ...

Mentalisation is the cognitive ability to interpret behaviours as arising from intentional mental states (Gorgellino et al., 2025), or to put it another way: our ability to make sense of what’s going ...

Mary was 16 when she was first diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. Her parents remember the hospital visits, the calorie logs, and the quiet panic that came with every skipped meal. Over time, her ...

Recent headlines have highlighted a troubling surge in racism and discrimination, as divisive behaviours fuel stereotypes and hostility toward ethnic and racial minorities. This is despite consistent ...

Domestic violence is defined as “any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence, or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate ...