Index

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

CASE Studentships

Advice to myself: Starting the final year of a PhD

J is for jobs in academia

From Québec to London – A research visit at the EDIT Lab

C for Career Case Studies, and what to do with them

V for Viva

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

5 Tips For Post-PhD Life

Fellowships:

Tips for Fellowships

Reflections on being a Clinical Research Training Fellow

Early Career Researcher: 

My transition from Early Career Researcher to Principal Investigator (or: how to maintain self belief as you let go of more and more of the detail)

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    

Interview with Bridie: Working in IAPT 

Mental Health & Wellbeing

 

Anxiety

A for Anxiety

Depression and anxiety in the early days of motherhood: fears and strategies from a past EDITlab PhD student

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?

Does D-cycloserine enhance effects of exposure-based cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders? Findings from a recent meta-analysis

Angry or Anxious?

Trauma is not the only cause of anxiety or depression

A Celebration of Anxiety Genomics

10 things you should know about anxiety and genetics

Anxiety in the family

Students’ experiences of anxiety during the first lockdown in Malaysia

Comparison of anxiety and depression symptom networks in individuals who do and do not report traumatic life events

Self- reported medication use as an alternative phenotyping method for anxiety and depression in the UK Biobank

Online psychological therapy for anxiety and depression

Trajectories of depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and functional impairment during internet-delivered psychological therapy

I for Impairment

Anxiety in Emerging Adulthood

Depression

D for Depression

Depression and anxiety in the early days of motherhood: fears and strategies from a past EDITlab PhD student

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

Feeling depressed or sleeping poorly? Here’s how your genes are important in this link; now and in the future

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?

How does parental depression influence child behaviour outcomes? A large adoption study supports the mediating role of overreactive parenting.

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.

The largest genome-wide association study of depression was published last month. What did they find and what happens next?

Comparison of anxiety and depression symptom networks in individuals who do and do not report traumatic life events

Self- reported medication use as an alternative phenotyping method for anxiety and depression in the UK Biobank

Dog Years: Author interview about living with depression  

Online psychological therapy for anxiety and depression

Trajectories of depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and functional impairment during internet-delivered psychological therapy

I for Impairment

Fear

F for fear

What can evolution teach us about fear?

F for FLARe

K for Keraunophobia & other phobias

Mental Health within children and the family

How does parental depression influence child behaviour outcomes? A large adoption study supports the mediating role of overreactive parenting.

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

Anxiety in the family

Taking care of our children: The majority of emotional disorders begin during childhood. What does this mean for how best to intervene?

Heritability and intergenerational associations

The genetics of general psychopathology in childhood and adolescence

Genetic prediction of educational attainment: the important role of parental behaviour

H for Home Environment

E for Early Life Trauma

A for Adolescence

Anti Bullying Week 2022

Coping with COVID-19

Staying healthy during COVID-19

Conversations With Clinicians Part 1: How is the coronavirus pandemic influencing symptoms of anxiety and depression ?   

Conversations With Clinicians Part 2: How can we protect our mental health during the coronavirus pandemic?   

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?

Gender and mental health: from Charcot to Eastenders, and why more males should participate in research

Well-being focus

W is for well-being

Self-stigma and the dark side of resilience: do we blame ourselves for the signs of stress-related mental illness?

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?

Cognitive behaviour therapy for adolescent body dysmorphic disorder: latest findings and future directions

Mind the gap: cognitive behaviour therapy in the real world

Does D-cycloserine enhance effects of exposure-based cognitive behaviour therapy for anxiety disorders? Findings from a recent meta-analysis

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

G for Genetic Counselling

Trajectories of depression symptoms, anxiety symptoms and functional impairment during internet-delivered psychological therapy

Online psychological therapy for anxiety and depression

T for Treatment

Increasing awareness

GPs and Mental Health: the campaign for increased training

Mental health education in schools: a call to make it compulsory

It’s Time to Talk

The Language of Mental Health

Reflections on the Success of World Mental Health Day, and the Relationship Between Stigma-Reduction and Estimating Changes in Prevalence

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.

E for eating disorders

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

O for OCD

N for National Mental Health Initiatives

Mental Health Trajectories. What are they? How are they measured? How are they analysed?

Anti Bullying Week 2022

The EDIT Lab celebrates World Mental Health Day 2022

Autistic Pride Day 2023

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

Gender and mental health: from Charcot to Eastenders, and why more males should participate in 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

S for Sexual Orientation

W for Women’s Mental Health

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

L is for loneliness

Loneliness at Christmas: A Q&A with Tim Matthews

Trajectories of Social Isolation

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

H is for heritability

P is for polygenic risk scores

T is for therapygenetics

The Family Who Put Their Genomes On The Internet – is genetic testing outside the clinic doing more harm than good?

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

The largest genome-wide association study of depression was published last month. What did they find and what happens next?

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

M for Minimal Phenotyping

J for Junk DNA Does Not Exist!

D for Differential Susceptibility

B for Behavioural Genetics: An introduction to the twin design