This post was reposted from its original version on the Said and Dunn blog. In this week’s post, we focus on recent work by Dr. Karmel Choi, a postdoc collaborator in the Dunn Lab, who studies the protective role of physical activity for depression. As summarized below, Karmel recently published…
There appears to be a general belief that the number of people experiencing anxiety and depression is on the rise. In this blog Clinical Research Training fellow Georgina and Lecturer Katie explore why this is not the case by looking at the prevalence of these disorders over time. …
In this week’s Mythbusters blog, guest contributor Dr Evangelos Vassos discusses the complex and important role of psychiatric drugs in the treatment of mental disorders.
Unfortunately, there is a widespread belief that medications aiming to treat mental illnesses only work because of the placebo effect. It if for this reason that some people are hesitant to seek help through medication. Bruce Clark, Georgina Krebs and Shaheen Zinna discuss why this is NOT the case. …
Jehannine Austin, Ph.D., CGC, is a past president of the National Society of Genetic Counselors and is a professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. In this blog she discusses how people can help protect their mental health when they may…
If you have a family history of a particular mental disorder there is a chance you have some of the genes associated with it. However this doesn’t mean that you will definitely develop that disorder, you just have a genetic predisposition to it. The genetic component to mental disorders is…
Unfortunately, mental health problems are sometimes seen as a sign of weakness. This view can be held by unaffected individuals as well as the sufferers themselves, who believe that they would cope better if only they were stronger characters. Here, we discuss why this is NOT the case and why…
Taking part in research is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to the improvement of future health care initiatives. The usefulness of research findings are dependent on the type and quality of the data researchers can access. In our next Mythbusting blog series, EDIT lab placement students Anna, Beth and Bronte…
It’s 2019 and society is slowly winning the battle against stigma surrounding mental health. NHS posters across London ask commuters “How are you feeling?”, “How is your sleep?” and “Are you able to look forward to things as much as you used to?” – and charity campaigners are working to…
Continuing with this week’s theme of sleep, Sarah reviews Professor Alice Gregory’s (guest contributor for our final A-Z blog) book ‘Nodding Off: The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave’.
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