Are brain injuries an overlooked health problem?
While common head injuries seen in UK hospitals include minor concussions, lacerations and bruises, severe head injuries can be life-changing - suffering a brain injury...
Tag: mental illness
Tom Chapman – Lions Barber Collective – preventing suicides
After losing a friend to suicide, Tom Chapman decided to do something about the biggest killer of young men in the UK. In a personal,...
‘In this Moment’ mental health exhibition
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at In this Moment an ambitious multi-sensory installation of sound works and soft sculptures by artists India Harvey and Gawain...
Nasal spray tech to deliver psychedelic and non-psychedelic drugs
A nasal spray technology that enables the delivery of psychedelic and non-psychedelic drugs to treat mental health disorders will enter development for clinical use following...
Awards for medical journalism on mental health
As a founding director of the Hippocratic Post I was delighted to be a part last week of our Awards for Student Medical Journalism at...
Faith healers and better mental health
Over time, society and medicine have progressed, pushing tradition, ritual, superstition, and religion aside in favour of more evidence-based practices. Blood transfusions replaced leeches and daily...
If I don’t help mentally ill patients, who will?
Clinical Psychologist Emmerson Gono from MSF describes the challenges of working with mentally ill patients in a Zimbabwean prison. *Stephen is a 30 year old...
Does my child have an eating disorder?
The first thing to remember is that weight loss may have a variety of causes, and it's important not to jump to conclusions. If you...
Strong evidence linking Aluminium and Alzheimer’s
There has been a strong link between human exposure to aluminium and the incidence of Alzheimer's disease for half a century or more. However, without...
Voxel mapping for Alzheimer’s
Alzheimer’s disease is by far the commonest form of dementia, affecting around 1.5 per cent of all people over the age of 65. There is...
