New research from Denmark unpacks how adolescent substance use can pave a dangerous path to future mental health crises.

This new commentary explores where psychedelic mental health treatments might be heading and what needs to happen next.

Rena Gatzounis blogs about a systematic review and meta-analysis investigating the effectiveness of immersive virtual reality ...

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Xiaolin Guo, a MSc student in Global Mental Health at the University of Glasgow, and Nina Higson-Sweeney summarise a recent ...

Jasmine completed undergraduate studies in dual-field adult and mental health nursing in 2018. While completing her ...

Today Emily Wood reminds us that there is an urgent need for high quality evidence to inform guidelines and practice.

Risk of respiratory disease is greatly heightened for people with bipolar disorder but we are missing opportunities to intervene to improve lung health.

Methods The position paper is based on a narrative and selective review of the evidence in several areas crucial to mental health. Reviews were unfortunately not conducted systematically. The declared ...

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Microaggressions are simply defined as brief, commonplace daily verbal and/or behavioural slights or indignities that display hostility towards marginalised and minoritised people (Nadal et al, 2018).