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Category: Mental health

Attention or distraction: does focus change the body’s inflammatory response?

I hate being ill. When I have flu, a stomach ache or one of those vague “something is coming on” feelings, I become remarkably good at looking away. Netflix goes on. I scroll. I take something for the headache. Anything, really, except sitting with the unpleasant sensation itself. Distraction can be a kindness. Turning attention away from pain or itch often...

Psychological safety on...

How I’m feeling psychologically or mentally really isn’t important as long as I’m not dead, as long as I get discharged alive, it...

Immersive VR therapy...

Anyone who spends time with children and adolescents these days knows that they like hanging out in virtual spaces such as Roblox, and...

getting ADHD medication...

Neurodivergence, including Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), remains an area of great interest across social media, with high levels of misinformation being spread on...

Could clozapine reduce...

Clozapine is widely regarded as the gold standard antipsychotic for treatment-resistant schizophrenia (Silva et al., 2025) and is a treatment approach that has...

a battle of...

For many autistic people I’ve met while working in an eating disorder charity, food restriction is less about appearance and more about survival....

People with severe...

People living with severe mental illness already face huge health inequalities. Now, new research led by MQ researcher Dr Amy Ronaldson shows that...

Predicting cardiovascular disease...

On average, people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders die 15 to 20 years earlier than the general population. Two-thirds of those premature deaths are...

The impact of...

So, settlement becomes a privilege that is earned, not a right, easier if you make a contribution, if you work, pay in, and...

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Co-production in research isn't just important, it's essential, no longer an optional add on, and something that funders actively seek to ensure is...