On International Women’s Day we’re celebrating female scientists who are taking on mental illness
We're celebrating two brilliant MQ-funded scientists, Dr Jennifer Wild and Dr Claire Gillan, this International Women's Day.
Lead articles
Young women are now a ‘high-risk group’ for mental illness
Rates of mental health problems and self-harming are rising in young women, but why?
How does extreme neglect affect your mental health?
Our Director of Research looks at a new study on how the brain's development is affected by neglect and the work being done to create early interventions.
Study shows B vitamins can reduce psychotic symptoms – so what next?
B vitamins have been seen to reduce psychotic symptoms in people with schizophrenia - how can we take this to the next level?
Two days. 200 scientists. One shared goal for mental health.
How could we prevent the development of conditions like schizophrenia? What are the causes of OCD? These were just some of the questions leading scientists sought to tackle at our third Mental Health Science meeting in London last week.
Children’s Mental Health Week 2017
Children's Mental Health Week takes place from the 6th to the 12th of February and this year asks people to spread a little kindness.
Young people are our future: time to solve the children’s mental health crisis
Children and adolescent mental health has received a lot of attention lately, researchers Anna Patricia McLaughlin & Carmine M. Pariante explore why it is so important.
"Without new knowledge all we have is treatments that aren't good enough"
Mental health writer, Mark Brown, writes about the urgent need for new knowledge on mental health.