ITM Newsletter — 18th September 2020
Catch-up on any InSPIre the Mind blogs you’ve missed with this quick summary of the last couple of weeks!
Don’t forget, our free fundraiser for mental health charity is still running! All you have to do is send us your best & most inspiring photography and we’ll match every submission with a £1 donation — so far we’ve raised almost £50 so keep sending in those photos! 📸
RECENT BLOGS
✽ The future of male mental health: society’s role in tackling the suicide crisis
Male mental health has always been at the forefront of my mind growing up with a brother with Asperger’s. I noticed how he really struggled his whole life with getting the right support for his crippling anxiety and opening up about his mental health.
Then, throughout my late teens to early twenties, the rise of social media brought to my attention fundraising and awareness campaigns such as Movember and Men’s Minds Matter, which aim to get men talking about their mental health.
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✽ What people say and what their brains do…
By Dr Uma Vaidyanathan
A major topic in research over the past couple of decades has been understanding biological correlates (or as often referred to, biomarkers) of mental health and illness. Millions of dollars have gone into this work, including measuring biometrics such as skin conductance (or how much a person sweats), how much they startle, their heart rate, their brain scans, and genetics, and whether it correlates with their disorder status or personality traits.
MORE FROM INSPIRE THE MIND…
✽ Global Mental Health: Where are we heading?
Global mental health is a term that describes the practices, research and policies delivered and enacted worldwide to improve the mental health of the world’s citizens. I have chosen today to discuss global mental health because it is a topic I feel most passionately about.
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✽ Neurostimulation could be a multi-pronged treatment for depression
Many psychiatrists would say that while we treat depression in many ways, all these many treatments can be grouped into one of a few categories, usually based upon how the treatment is delivered to a patient.
For example, treatment that is ingested, such as in the form of a pill, tablet or liquid, is called pharmacotherapy.
