Restrictive smartphone policies in schools may cut costs slightly, but new research finds little evidence they improve pupil ...

Emily is a PhD student at King’s College London, co-funded by the EPSRC DRIVE-Health and NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research ...

Wilfred is a postgraduate student studying Clinical Mental Health Sciences at UCL. Alongside his studies, he works as an ...

Laura Hemming summarises a new meta-analysis that finds that exposure to suicidal thoughts and behaviours in friends can ...

Four reviews on digital mental health engagement reveal critically inconsistent definitions and a shared finding: human ...

Rachael is currently a Trainee Clinical Psychologist with the University of Birmingham. Her doctoral research focuses on the ...

A systematic review (of mostly cross sectional studies) explores whether difficulties regulating emotions play a role in skin picking disorder, and what this could mean for treatment.

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 the UK 40% of adults with learning disabilities (28% if problem behaviours are excluded) experience mental health problems at any point in time. An estimated 36% of children and young people (24% ...

Exercise-based interventions, potentially serving as either alternative treatments for depression or alongside medication and/or therapy, are recommended by the UK National Institute for Health and ...

While some secrets fade with time, others grow heavier the longer they are carried. Some secrets are far heavier. Sexual trauma (ST) is one such experience, affecting people across all genders and ...

Depression is one of the most common mental health disorders worldwide and is also one of the leading causes of disability. For decades, researchers have focused on developing our understanding of ...