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Alzheimer’s Disease: APP Processing...

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Children and young people with anorexia...

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Worry can feel relentless. For people...

from CAMHS to adult mental health services

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 who has struggled to eat – limiting their intake, counting calories, adhering to rigid rules about food – is now re-fed by their parents and has the control over food taken away from them in efforts to restore their physical health. The parents who may have previously transitioned away from being responsible for their child’s intake, are now empowered by the treatment team to take...

The Challenge of...

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

Why Do I...

Years of living with anxiety and depression have taught me many things. Some of those things were about mental health, while other things...

How common are...

In 2022, the global prevalence of obesity in adults (≤18 years) was around 16%, more than double what it was in 1990 (World...

MQ Ambassador profiles:...

MQ Ambassador Flo Sharman who is also a content copywriter, mental health advocate and public speaker, chatted to us to share her experience...

a systematic review...

Mentalisation is the cognitive ability to interpret behaviours as arising from intentional mental states (Gorgellino et al., 2025), or to put it another...

A cancer diagnosis...

We know that any life-threatening health diagnosis, such as cancer, carries a suicide risk (Matthews, 2023). Fitzgerald et al (2025) wanted to update older...

Recovery, relapse, and...

Mary was 16 when she was first diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. Her parents remember the hospital visits, the calorie logs, and the quiet...

how discrimination shapes...

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

Interview with MQ...

To celebrate the launch of our 2026 MQ Fellows round, we caught up with one of our most recent Fellows Dr Rebecca Etkin...