12 August 2024 After the last two posts which discussed serious concerns with the framing of depr

It's making you - and everyone else - crazy 5 August 2024 I published last week's post, The de

29 July 2024 One of the best things about publishing my articles on Substack is the Comments sect

8 July 2024 My dear reader, I know this blog isn't the place for me to process my trauma, but I h

6 May 2024 Many people hold grave concerns about the impact that artificial intelligence (AI) is

Updated 5 February 2024 A letter published in the BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal) in D

8 January 2024 In last week's post, Worried sick, I briefly mentioned a study which examined mark

New research shows that hypochondriacs die younger. 1 January 2024 The late, great Irish comed

18 December 2023 'Tis the season to be jolly, so the Christmas carol tells us, but not everyone i

4 December 2023 As I’ve discussed in previous articles, antidepressants are now the most common

16 December 2024 N.B. I hate those stupid trigger warnings that encourage grown adults to believe

18 December 2023 'Tis the season to be jolly, so the Christmas carol tells us, but not everyone i

5 July 2021 Ever since Dr David Perlmutter, a neurologist and - according to his Wikipedia profil

7 June 2021 For many years, I've been writing articles about the frauds perpetrated on the public

After reading Gretchen Rubin's book The Four Tendencies last year, which lays out a conceptual frame

and     Dementia. We all make jokes about it: grey nomads put 'Adventure Before Demen

  As so often happens in my practice, in the last week or so the same topic of concern h

26 November 2018 I have quite a few pet peeves. (OK, I admit it, more than a few.) The one I want t

A recent US study has revealed a worrying trend: in the midst of growing concerns about rising rates

25 September 2017 Would you take a drug that increases your risk of osteoporosis and bone fracture,

Antidepressant drugs are only marginally effective for most people, and come with a laundry list of

2 June 2014 In the last couple of weeks, I've had several interesting conversations with clients

I've written extensively about the link, documented in research published in peer-reviewed medical j

October 10 has been designated by the World Health Organization (WHO) as World Mental Health Day 201

The emerging field of microbiome research offers fascinating, at times disturbing, but ultimately em

A while back, I wrote about FOMO - Fear Of Missing Out, and how it drives food cravings. There's ano

Depression, anxiety, feelings of overwhelm and general stress are modern-day epidemics. Yet when peo

Updated 22 February 2021 Over the last few months, I've been collecting numerous medical journal

I’m delighted to share an intimate and wide-ranging conversation with Andrew ‘Spud Fit’ Taylor

I bet that title got your attention! After all, what could possibly be healing about anger? Isn't it

Do you ever notice that your reactions to daily life events are... ahem... somewhat less mature than

Does your life ever feel like the movie Groundhog Day? The same conflict playing out over and over a

Updated 15 February 2021 In Part 1 of this special series, in which I'm covering recently-publish

Today, March 12, marks the beginning of Brain Awareness Week, a global campaign to increase public a

A massive Danish study has sounded alarm bells about the effect of hormonal contraceptives (incl

You may never have stopped to think about it, but every time you become unwell in any way, inflammat

It's a truism that childhood experiences continue to influence our emotional reactions and behaviour

28 June 2021 Research on the effects of obesity on the human brain has made significant progress

21 June 2021 Do you want the bad news on mental health first, or the good news? OK, let's go with

Have you been tempted to avail yourself of the services of a mail order DNA testing company? Or perh

4 November 2019 A study published on 7 October 2019 in the British Journal of Psychiatry has call

If you've ever seen the Monty Python's Life of Brian, you'll no doubt vividly recall the final scene

In a previous post, Hormonal contraception and women’s mental health, I discussed the findings of

As I discussed in last week's blog post, Drugs and gut bugs, research on the human gut microbiome is

Updated 22 January 2024 In Part 1 of this series on proton pump inhibitors, I covered the basics

21 June 2021 Do you want the bad news on mental health first, or the good news? OK, let's go with

21 January 2020 In previous articles (see ‘Depressed’ or just going through a rough patch –

I'm devoting this, my fifth update on the 5th International Plant-Based Nutrition Healthcare Confe

The human brain and body are both adapted to live in a very different world than the one we inhabit

Are you confused about dietary fat? I wouldn't blame you if you are! There's so much misinformation

Blood is often described as the river of life. If blood flow to any part of our bodies is reduced, t

“Don’t dwell on what has passed away, or what is yet to be”, rasps Leonard Cohen in what I con

As discussed in my article How to make an ‘obese brain'; just add saturated fat, researchers belie

Recently I conducted a Matrix Reimprinting session with a client whom I'll call Devorah. She was str

Did you suffer, or fear that you would suffer, abandonment (either physical or emotional) by your pa

Originally published 28 September 2020; updated 14 August 2023 Paracetamol, also known as acetami

Receiving a prescription for the oral contraceptive pill is practically a rite of passage for Austra

Scientists in Germany have identified distinct changes in brain function that occur after people per

Updated 26 December 2022 It's that time of year again. Christmas carols blaring from the stores t

Among eating disorder treatment specialists, 'vegan' is a dirty word. I've seen many clients sufferi

2 April 2018 I've been becoming increasingly worried over the years about the creeping medicalisa

  Conventional wisdom has it that 'a little of what you fancy does you good', and that '

  Why do we humans do things that we know are bad for us, like smoking, eating junk food

  It's a truism that you should never try to change yourself to please somebody else. Pe

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It may be stating the obvious, but you weren't born depressed, anxious or with low self-esteem. Y