Mental health – Behind The Mind

Graham Young: Why was this serial poisoner set loose to strike again?

As someone hoping to enter a career in psychology, I often praise the important work undertaken by mental health professionals in conducting effective mental health interventions. These…… Read more “Graham Young: Why was this serial poisoner set loose to strike again?”

To interview your own family is a strange experience, especially when they provide the same story from two very different perspectives. I decided to do so to…… Read more “Patients and Patience: Conversations with a couple living with dementia”

Chronic illnesses are often misunderstood, discredited and invalidated, even by medical professionals. Knowing that something is wrong yet consistently being told that you’re over-reacting, imagining things or…… Read more “Coping with Chronic Illness: An interview with the author of ‘Off My Chest.’”

CONTENT WARNING: Murder, gun crime, suicide, death of children, mentions of drug abuse, mental illness (schizophrenia/psychosis). On the 6th of August 1985, Sheila Caffell murdered both of…… Read more “Sheila Caffell; a victim of mental health stigma, scapegoated for mass murder.”

‘Mad’ monarchs have always been studied as fascinating case studies on the treatment of histories mentally ill, perhaps because there are just so many of them, and…… Read more “Joanna The Mad: Mentally ill monarch or political pawn?”

Disclaimer: this post was written just prior to the UK entering lockdown. It’s needless to say that the world is currently, collectively facing an incredibly stressful time…… Read more “Managing stress during the coronavirus pandemic”

Without doubt, the world today is far less gruesome, violent and volatile than it ever has been in countries such as the UK. Because of this, we…… Read more “Mental illness is not a modern problem, but a human one; the great plague proves it.”

It’s always intrigued me that when you begin to talk about holding any kind of paranormal belief – particularly within a scientific context – you’ll be viewed…… Read more “A look into the psychology of my paranormal experiences”

‘Meds’ can be a daunting thing to bring up, especially when it comes to medicating for a mental health issue. Many won’t understand the necessity, as your…… Read more “My experience with anxiety medication, and addressing the stigmas”

For many people suffering with mental illness, it can be profoundly difficult to seek treatment and support. However, most would still certainly prefer not to be sick,…… Read more “The toxicity of online ‘anti-recovery’ communities.”

In recent times, there’s been a lot of voiced frustration about the government’s lack of support for our NHS, from complaints regarding excessive waiting room times to…… Read more “The government is failing mentally ill young people: here are their stories”

It’s important to understand that everyone’s anxiety is different. Some may have no issues with travelling at all, or may find stepping outside their comfort zone to…… Read more “10 tips for travelling with confidence when you have anxiety”

It goes without saying that problems with anxiety and problems with sleep go hand in hand. Personally, throughout high school and college, I often had a cocktail…… Read more “6 sleep hygiene tips to relieve anxiety symptoms”

Many of us enjoy the literary genre of gothic and psychological horror, though we generally accept the villains of gothic literature to be over-dramatized works of fiction,…… Read more “Vlad Dracula: inside the psyche of one of history’s bloodiest tyrants”

Though few know her name, the likeness of Audrey Munson appears all over the city of New York. Born in 1891, Munson was a supermodel in the…… Read more “Audrey Munson: America’s first supermodel, who spent 64 years in an asylum”

There are a lot of things that separate millennials and Gen Z’ers from their surviving grandparents. Our attitudes towards marriage and sexuality, religiousness, lifestyle and even fashion…… Read more “The silent generation: how attitudes to mental health have evolved since WW2.”