Around 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem every year (MIND), yet despite it being so prevalent, about 90% of those with mental health problems report having to face some form of stigma – whether that’s from their friends and family, work, education or…
The idea that talking about your feelings is a good thing is definitely not new. Folk wisdom dictates “Get it off your chest and you’ll feel better” and research seems to agree. Experimental research in the last few decades has explored the mechanisms of verbalizing affect more closely.
Thalia Eley is a Professor of Developmental Behavioural Genetics and Director of the EDIT lab, King’s College London. She is also Wife of Giles and Mum of Justin, Pasco and Theo. In this post Thalia discusses five points that have helped her to juggle life both inside and outside of…
Decades of twin studies have shown that childhood behaviour problems including anxiety, depression, conduct and hyperactivity are substantially heritable. However, our recent research found that individual differences in behaviour problems are not significantly influenced by the common DNA differences that we directly measure. This finding held across diverse domains of…
Artificial Intelligence has many useful applications – Today on the blog, Shivani tells us a little more about the role of machine learning and discusses the potential (and potential pitfalls!) of AI to help us to better understand, predict and even treat mental health disorders. Artificial intelligence (AI) is a…
A PhD is the ideal route for anyone hoping to pursue an academic career, who is hard-working, self-motivated and passionate about research. It is usually a three-year, full-time, postgraduate degree in which you work on a specific topic to produce an original piece of research. At the end, you get…
A few weeks ago, I attended the mental health first aid (MHFA) training day (see Molly’s post), a one-day training course available to all King’s College London staff. The course is designed to foster discussion about spotting and supporting mental health issues in peers and colleagues. However, what the course…
Last time out, I discussed options for replicating findings from a genome-wide association study when no appropriate cohort exists for replication. Perhaps the most effective solution was time – wait for more samples, get more power and prove those pesky doubters wrong. As all good sci-fi fans know (and as…
A month ago I left my hometown of Québec, Canada to spend a term in London. As part of my PhD at Université Laval, I am required to do a research practicum at another university in order to 1) acquire additional research skills and 2) be immersed in a different…
One of the most striking findings I have read in 30 years of reading psychological development research papers was that half of all anxiety disorders begin before the individual is aged 11.
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