‘Stepping outside into nature is not a given, it’s a privilege’
When I first met John, he spent most days in silence, scrolling through his phone, watching true crime, and cancelling visitors. He said his world was shrinking. His wife had…
The Surprising Link Between Pet Attachment and Mental Health
This post is in response to How Our Bonds With Pets Support Mental Health By Jason Shimiaie M.D. Can you be too attached to your pet? In a Psychology Today…
Progress in Mental Health Services Can Bring New Hope
All of us live in macrocosms as well as our own microcosms. There is the larger world around us and the smaller world that we each inhabit. The other day,…
Skin test could predict self-harm
Research led by a University of Glasgow professor of psychology has identified a physiological marker associated with self-harm in young people. In the latest of a series of studies into…
How to eat well at every age
Eating should be about nutrition and staying alive, and food should be a nice part of life and not a problem. But so often it goes wrong. I have been…
health psychology at Bath and starting a career in mental health
Originally from Mumbai, India, Dhun Hemal Mehta chose Bath for MSc Health Psychology after completing an undergraduate psychology degree. After graduating in 2025, she talks about what she feels makes…