Swedish nationwide study of 58,618 women found 6% experienced treatment-resistant postpartum depression. Risk factors included lower socioeconomic status, smoking, pre-existing health conditions, ...

Ian Hamilton considers an Australian cohort study exploring the risk of self-harm and suicide associated with the use of ...

Victoria is a clinical researcher working in Translational Health Sciences in the University of Bristol. She currently works ...

Two large cohorts (one UK, one Chinese) found shifting from optimal to non-optimal sleep or stopping napping linked to higher ...

I am a medical doctor and fully funded PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge, where my work focuses on youth mental ...

Sofiia Kornatska considers a service evaluation study on compassion-focused therapy groups delivered in community mental health care teams in the UK.

Children who experienced food insecurity in early childhood had higher odds of binge eating and compensatory behaviours in adolescence, even when food insecurity resolved.

Demetra Christodoulou summarises the latest review of the evidence on barriers to disclosure of sexual trauma in men and boys.

Psychiatric disorders share genetic variants that cluster into five main factors. Understanding shared biology could improve ...

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.

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 ...

Over the past decade there has been huge interest in the role of the microbiome-gut-brain axis in brain function and mental health (as covered in these previous Mental Elf blogs: Murray, 2024; Clarke, ...