When Suffering Becomes Contagious: Trauma, Mental Health, and the Ethic of Boundaries
Suffering rarely remains confined to the individual who carries it. When pain becomes chronic and mental health deteriorates, relationships, conversations, and daily interactions begin to absorb its weight. In this…
Is This Mental Health Prevention or Treatment?
As the number of people who struggle with clinical levels of mental health problems continues to rise, many experts and policy makers are calling not only for more availability of…
Talking Mental Health With Your Primary Care Doctor
Each year, Americans make an estimated 500 million visits to primary care doctors. In fact, the CDC found just over 85% of Americans had a visit with a doctor or…
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,…
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…