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,...
The postpartum period is characterised by its complexities, challenges, and vulnerabilities across all areas of life. Unsurprisingly, these difficulties extend to mental health...
Psychiatry has long been plagued by the fact that despite diagnoses of things like depression and anxiety being considered distinct disorders, they tend...
The gut microbiome consists of approximately 20-100 trillion microorganisms, encompassing at least a thousand distinct bacterial species (Sender et al., 2016). The microbiome...
The 15-year life expectancy gap between people with severe mental illness (SMI) and the general population is shocking, but well-established (Chan et al.,...
“We were surprised to find that deprivation-related experiences such as financial strain or lack of emotional and social support had more consistent and...
Climate change is transforming our physical environment and health, and also reshaping our emotional landscapes in profound ways. As subtropical glaciers retreat in...