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Category: Mental health

Not all adversity is equal: bullying, maltreatment, and persistent psychotic-like experiences

We know more about how childhood shapes adulthood than previous generations did. But when we talk about adversity, there could be an endless range of experiences. Losing at Monopoly after landing on Mayfair with a hotel may have felt devastating as a child, but adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) refer to more severe stressors, ranging from abuse and neglect to bullying,...

Social connection is...

As many are acutely aware, mental health services are increasingly unable to keep up with the growing demand for support, particularly within child...

Should we wait...

I gave all three of my kids their first smartphone when they were 10 years old. The twins are 13 next month, and...

Tourette syndrome: the...

The recently released film, I Swear, captures how little was understood about Tourette syndrome when John Davidson was growing up in the 1980s....

from CAMHS to...

Children and young people with anorexia nervosa (AN) are often recommended family-based treatment as the first-line intervention (Gorrell et al., 2019). The child...

Can positive mental...

Worry can feel relentless. For people who worry a lot, it is often hard to switch it off once it has started. New...

Loneliness in adolescence...

Loneliness can feel like being the only elf left out of the workshop: even though there are people around, you still feel like no...

Group peer support...

Peer support is a widely recommended recovery-oriented intervention in which a person in recovery offers support to others living with mental health conditions...

Reflecting on MQ’s...

Since joining MQ Mental Health Research in February this year, I knew that students had the potential to play an important role in transforming mental health. As...

Brief psychological support...

Individuals diagnosed with ‘personality disorders’, of which borderline personality disorder (BPD) is the most common type seen in mental health services, often experience...