Antidepressants are a commonly used treatment for a range of mental health conditions, including depression and anxiety.

Coercion in children and young people's inpatient services should be minimized but there is wide variance in what predicts ...

Elisha Joshi reviews a study exploring the prevalence and risk factors for self-harm in adolescents with and without ...

Chinese study suggests that combining MRI scan and behavioural assessments data may increase the accuracy of diagnosing ...

The two years either side of the final menstrual period represent a time of small increased risk for new onset bipolar and ...

40 years working in NHS, and still going. As a general practitioner and psychiatrist, I have worked at the interface throughout my professional career. Past Chair and Past President of Royal College ...

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Dr Katie Marwick is a Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist with NHS Lothian, specialising in Liaison Psychiatry and Perinatal Psychiatry.

Self-harm is not usually an attempt at taking our own life, but a way of expressing deep emotional feelings, such as low self-esteem. It is also a way to cope with traumatic events or situations, such ...

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