Have a browse through all the blogs the EDIT Lab has published so far! This index features our most popular topics-everything from Careers within Research to Parenthood. Get comfy and start reading!
Careers within research
Undergraduate:
Being a placement student at the SGDP
Tips for BSc students applying to research placements: A conversation
Placement Students working within the SGDP!
C for Career Case Studies, and what to do with them
Masters:
Doing a MSc at the SGDP centre
C for Career Case Studies, and what to do with them
PhD:
Process focus vs. outcome orientation: a viable survival strategy for PhD students?
Which Way? Doing a PhD as a ‘1+3’
The secret life of part-time PhD students
Advice to myself: Starting the final year of a PhD
From Québec to London – A research visit at the EDIT Lab
C for Career Case Studies, and what to do with them
Research Assistant:
Life as a Research Assistant in the EDIT Lab: the Children of TEDS (CoTEDS)
Writing a good job application for a research assistant post
Post-doc:
Post-doc pathways: your questions answered
Fellowships:
Reflections on being a Clinical Research Training Fellow
Early Career Researcher:
Reflecting on resilience: Part 1
Senior Academic:
Reflecting on resilience: Part 2
Outside of academia:
Research careers outside of academia
Clinical Research in the Voluntary Sector
Collaboration between academic and voluntary organisations: Part 1
Collaboration between academic and voluntary organisations: Part 2
Careers outside of Academia: Research Manager
Clinical Roles:
Introducing Stella: a black female student’s journey into clinical psychology
In conversation with Stella: Perspectives from a black assistant psychologist
Work-life balance
Reflections of a busy academic mum: Balancing different areas of your life
Reflections of a busy academic mum: Finding time to write
Time management in research: learning to say ‘no’
The juggling life of an academic
Never do today what you can put off for tomorrow. Or was it the other way around?
Book & Show reviews
The Angry Book Reviewer: “The Double Helix” by James Watson
Book review: Inside out parenting; how to build strong children from a core of self-esteem
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”: a lesson in research ethics
Book review: Nodding Off; The Science of Sleep from Cradle to Grave
Review: Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine
Book review: ‘How to Lie with Statistics’
Recent cinema that accurately portrays mental illness: HBO’s Girls
Why I couldn’t stand to watch the Oscars : the psychology of second-hand embarrassment
Parenthood
Mad, bad, or sad? A parental perspective on improving well-being in our children and young people
Summer babies are schooled in low self-esteem
The Parent Challenge: Who gets the message?
We know mental health problems run in families but we still don’t protect children
Book review: Inside out parenting; how to build strong children from a core of self-esteem
Perinatal Mental Health: #MumTakeOver
How science can make your baby sleep better
Challenging your partner’s harsh parenting could benefit the children
Genetic prediction of educational attainment: the important role of parental behaviour
Mental Health & Wellbeing
Anxiety
Anxiety and depression are not on the rise
Depression and anxiety don’t only affect women
Zayne Malik puts anxiety in the spotlight – but what comes next?
Trauma is not the only cause of anxiety or depression
A Celebration of Anxiety Genomics
10 things you should know about anxiety and genetics
Students’ experiences of anxiety during the first lockdown in Malaysia
Online psychological therapy for anxiety and depression
Depression
Anxiety and depression are not on the rise
Depression and anxiety don’t only affect women
Depression, developmental change & the home environment: a summary of our latest research paper
Incorporating exercise to combat depression
Depression is just as ‘real’ as other illnesses
Depressive Realism: how should this theory inform the way we think about, and treat, depression?
Depression, developmental change & the home environment: a summary of our latest research paper
Body mass index, depression, and the environment
Mapping out the Blues: Classification of Emotional Disorders
Depression is not just about feeling sad
Genetic discovery in depression
Trauma is not the only cause of anxiety or depression
Rates of depression diagnoses and suicide in young people: addressing the gender difference.
Dog Years: Author interview about living with depression
Online psychological therapy for anxiety and depression
Fear
What can evolution teach us about fear?
K for Keraunophobia & other phobias
Mental Health within children and the family
Online anonymity for child and adolescent mental health: are there benefits as well as costs?
Mental health education in schools: a call to make it compulsory
Toxic Stress: A Threat to the Futures of Millions of Children
Cyberbullying – Q&A with Professor Louise Arseneault
Studying the causes of mental health helps remove blame within families
Mental health problems in your family do not mean that you will definitely develop a problem too
Refugees and Mental Health – part 2
Heritability and intergenerational associations
The genetics of general psychopathology in childhood and adolescence
Genetic prediction of educational attainment: the important role of parental behaviour
Coping with COVID-19
Staying healthy during COVID-19
The immediate priority of mental health research in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
The evidence behind different coping behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic
Students’ experiences of anxiety during the first lockdown in Malaysia
Mental Health within the media
How the media glamorizes mental Illness and why this culture is dangerous: The Virgin Suicides
Cosmetic treatment and body dysmorphic disorder: a cause for concern?
Recent cinema that accurately portrays mental illness: HBO’s Girls
‘New’ media and mental health: understanding the role of Pinterest as a mental health community
Social media and mental health
Cyberbullying – Q&A with Professor Louise Arseneault
Zayne Malik puts anxiety in the spotlight – but what comes next?
Online anonymity for child and adolescent mental health: are there benefits as well as costs?
Well-being focus
Mindfulness: What is it, does it work and how?
Could you take time off work for your mental health?
Is your cup empty or full? The importance of self-care
Walking on Sunshine: Does sunlight make you happier?
Maintaining mental health around Christmas
Mental Health Awareness Week: Understanding the Impact of Stress
Therapies and treatment for Mental Health disorders
C for Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): could genomics be used to predict treatment response?
Mind the gap: cognitive behaviour therapy in the real world
Mental health medications don’t only work because of the placebo effect
Drugs do more than just control you, they can also help with symptoms
Internet Enabled Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Online psychological therapy for anxiety and depression
Increasing awareness
GPs and Mental Health: the campaign for increased training
Mental health education in schools: a call to make it compulsory
How to Win the Battle Between Stigma and Mental Health
The Emotional Stress of Gender Dysphoria and How to Help
Refugees and Mental Health – part 1
Refugees and Mental Health – part 2
Putting feelings into words: The beneficial effects of affect labelling.
Abstract Expressionism: can art help to track mood in those at high risk of poor mental health?
Recent cinema that accurately portrays mental illness: HBO’s Girls
The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health
N for National Mental Health Initiatives
Mental Health Trajectories. What are they? How are they measured? How are they analysed?
The EDIT Lab celebrates World Mental Health Day 2022
Suicide Prevention Month 2023: “Creating Hope through Action”
Gender and Sex(uality) within Mental Health
The importance of the male voice in mental health research
Is the ‘time to change’ movement necessary for men’s mental health?
Underweight mannequins and the effects on mental health
The Emotional Stress of Gender Dysphoria and How to Help
The complexities of having a Mental Health disorder
Mental illness is not a sign of weakness
You either have a mental health disorder or you don’t? It’s not that simple.
People with mental health disorders can’t just snap out of it
How your mental health impacts your physical health
Loneliness
Genetics & Mental Health
The Fear of Genetics in Mental Health Research
How to protect your mental health when genetics make you vulnerable
G for Gene-Environment correlation
P is for polygenic risk scores
Generation Genome: Welcome to the era of genomic healthcare
We’re not prepared for the genetic revolution that’s coming
Why it’s worth paying for genetic research (Part 1: Understanding Biology)
Why it’s worth paying for genetic research (Part 2: Understanding Environments)
Genetic discovery in depression
If Something is “Genetic” it Can Still be Influenced by the Environment
Genetic studies help improve other treatments besides medication
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT): could genomics be used to predict treatment response?
Genetic research and exercise: reasons why Ellie is running her first marathon
A Celebration of Anxiety Genomics
10 things you should know about anxiety and genetics
New tools for developmental scientists: making the most of multi-generational genomic data
Replication in the Age of Genomics
Child behaviour problems show biggest gap between DNA-based and twin heritability
Gleaning the Wheat from the Chaff: Identifying Future GWAS Loci From Underpowered Studies
Sleep problems are influenced by our genes – but this doesn’t mean they can’t be fixed.
Extracting stability gives a more powerful and heritable measure of emotional problems
The genetics of general psychopathology in childhood and adolescence
Genetic prediction of educational attainment: the important role of parental behaviour
J for Junk DNA Does Not Exist!
D for Differential Susceptibility
B for Behavioural Genetics: An introduction to the twin design
Encouraging Diversity
Global Mental Health Research Practices
Ethnic Inequalities in Mental Health
A call for diversity in genetics research: Part 1
A call for diversity in genetics research: Part 2
Introducing Stella: a black female student’s journey into clinical psychology
In conversation with Stella: Perspectives from a black assistant psychologist
Measuring race, ethnicity and ancestry in research: time for new tools
U for Underrepresented Groups in Mental Health Research: Part 2
U for Underrepresented Groups in Mental Health Research: Part 1
Q&As
Introducing Stella: a black female student’s journey into clinical psychology
Collaboration between academic and voluntary organisations: Part 1
Collaboration between academic and voluntary organisations: Part 2
Research careers outside of academia
Reflecting on resilience: Part 1
Reflecting on resilience: Part 2
Interview with Bridie: Working in IAPT
Clinical Research in the Voluntary Sector
Dog Years: Author interview about living with depression
Cyberbullying – Q&A with Professor Louise Arseneault
In conversation with Stella: Perspectives from a black assistant psychologist
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