*This article discusses suicide, please take care of yourself when reading and see various avenues of support at the bottom if you are affected by any of the issues discussed* Author: Leanne Cook I work as a Research Assistant in suicide research at the University of Manchester, which puts me among a group of people … Continue reading The trouble with committing: changing the way we talk about suicide
Author: Jason Chu We welcome 2019 with the usual chant - New year, new me It's time for that New Year's Resolution. This age-old tradition dates-back to Babylonians entering the new year by promising to their gods that they would return borrowed objects and to pay their debts. Today, it is more concerned with an annual … Continue reading How to Tackle Your New Year’s Resolution?
Author: Beccy White It was only when I finished the final page of this book that it struck me how appropriate its unappealing state was. The copy I had been reading was third hand (at least) and in poor condition – the cover was peeling off and dirty, the pages were dog eared and, in … Continue reading Book Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine – Gail Honeyman
Author: Laura Hemming Here at the University of Manchester, we aim to ensure that our research in the faculty of biology, medicine and health is in line with our social responsibility priorities. This led me to develop a patient and public involvement group to assist with my PhD research into understanding prisoner suicide and aggression. … Continue reading “That’s when my mental health started to get cloudy”: Becoming an expert by experience
“You can’t stop the waves but you can learn to surf” - Jon Kabat-Zinn Author: Katie Davies Mindfulness is… hard to define! There are many definitions of mindfulness but Mark Williams and Danny Penman sum it up well: “Mindfulness is a very simple form of meditation… A typical meditation consists of focusing your full attention … Continue reading Mindfulness in a PhD World
Why do people have to be this lonely? What's the point of it all? Millions of people in this world, all of them yearning, looking to others to satisfy them, yet isolating themselves. Why? Was the earth put here just to nourish human loneliness? - Haruki Murakami, Sputnik Sweetheart Author: Jason Chu The epidemic of … Continue reading Lost in Isolation
Research by a team of psychologists at the University of Manchester has the potential to help people suffering from psychosis take control of their mental health through the use of a smartphone app. Author: Jo Sharpe The term “psychosis” refers to experiences in which an individual interprets reality in a different way to other people, … Continue reading Could smartphones hold the answer to the mental health crisis?
Author: Hannah Long Do you ever feel like you have had successes, but are undeserving of them? That soon people are going to realise that you are not as good as they think you are? There’s been a mistake; I’ve got here by sheer serendipitous luck and I’m a fraud. Am I really going to … Continue reading Feel like an academic fraud? Tips for shaking off imposter syndrome
So what's the big deal with sleep? It's an unavoidable necessity which takes up about a third of our lives. And despite this time-consuming significance, we don't really understand it that well. Every part of our biology is dependent on a good night's sleep. Everything from regulating our immune system to consolidating our memories. However, … Continue reading 7 Healthy Sleep Habits
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