ITM Newsletter — 24th July 2020
Hi there!
We’ve had some really lovely pieces go up on InSPIre the Mind this week that we hope you take some time to read and enjoy as much as we have. A couple of great blogs this week, first from our very own Co-Editor, Courtney Worrell, and next from Dinesh Bhugra CBE (published just TODAY!)
RECENT BLOGS
Ten Positive Things That Could Emerge from the Pandemic
First pandemic in living memory has created a number of sensational issues in the minds and behaviour of the general population, healthcare professionals and policymakers.
In many countries, leadership has gone absent without official leave (AWOL). Particular ethnic groups have suffered disproportionately and the inequality between groups has been highlighted in unprecedented ways. The role of governments in protecting the populations has come into a bright spotlight and many governments around the world have failed abjectly.
Mental health funding: A Cinderella Story
Once upon a time, there was a girl who grew up to become a mental health researcher…
No. Wait. Once upon a time? I’m not the Cinderella in this fairy tale…
I am the girl who grew up to become a researcher though.
I’ve been working in mental health for a number of years now and have written a number of blogs in this time. The first of which was all about stigma. Since then, I have written about an inspirational doctor, who transformed care for many. I have written more directly about my work with a blog on the future of clinical trials, and I have written about microdosing — something which is very different to my own work but could have important implications for it. But my first — about stigma — is the one I want to emphasise.
MORE FROM INSPIRE THE MIND…
✽ Understanding mental health and how to keep it strong during this pandemic
Medical student Lokesh talks all about understanding what mental health is and shares his thoughts on how to properly care for our mental wellbeing during lockdown
✽ Running from a scientist’s point of view: hating it or loving it?
In her latest piece, Juliette talks all about running, why some love it, why others hate it, and how the brain-body relationship influences your experience of exercise and mental health
✽ Lockdown awakening: Embracing the complexities
Natasha returns with reflections on her time during #lockdown and talks all about mental health & how to embrace the complexities, from a neurodivergent perspective
✽ The outdoors and mental health: an “after-the-lockdown” perspective
As lockdown eases in England, Carolina reflects on how her relationship with #nature grew in this time & talks about how connecting with the nature around us can benefit mental health & wellbeing
