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I pull my own hair out as a post-traumatic response – and now I’ve made peace with it

This week is Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviours Awareness Week, otherwise known as BFRB…

Chloe Apter

We can discuss mental health care responses, but leave my personality out of it

Rachel Rowan Olive is an illustrator, researcher, and mental health service user/survivor. In…

Rachel Rowan Olive

Art charity opens friendship photography competition as part of suicide prevention campaign

Winning entries will be showcased in parliament this December.

LeeMC2022

Technology will revolutionise mental health care – but only if we put people at the centre

Claudia Martinez is Research Manager at independent public services think tank, Reform. She…

Claudia Martinez

The DSM and the ICD: do “equivalent” diagnoses between manuals exist?

Today, the two most widely established systems of psychiatric classification are the…

Chloe Apter

Life after an ABI (acquired brain injury): Finding your new “normal”

Advice on how to process and progress following an acquired brain injury is hard…

Carina Barnett

Where do people draw the line in supporting others with their mental health?

Mark Brown hears from individuals supporting others while struggling themselves.

Mark Brown

Social media and mental health: stroking or stoking?

Has virtual recognition superseded our past needs?

Abi Crossland-Otter

Brits keeping worries and concerns to themselves amid fear of being judged

18 to 24-year-olds are the most likely to keep their worries and…

LeeMC2022

I’ve heard voices since I was five-years-old – and I wouldn’t change a thing

Shanika Ranasinghe has been hearing voices, which she identifies as other parts…

Shanika Ranasinghe