11 May 2020
How foster carers help looked-after children cope with the COVID19 lockdown
Martin Barrow shares his experience of the challenges – and unexpected upsides – of lockdown for his foster children
7 May 2020
An inconvenient truth? Older people’s mental health during Covid-19
Jan reflects on the mental health implications of the pandemic for older people in care homes
6 May 2020
Supporting bereaved parents during the pandemic
Alyx Elliott shares how Petals are continuing to deliver baby loss counselling to parents during the lockdown
30 April 2020
Between the headlines: making sense of the evidence about mental health and Covid-19
Andy explains how we’ll be drawing together research and evidence to make sense of the pandemic’s impact on our mental health
27 April 2020
We mustn’t let this crisis entrench mental health inequalities
Changes to the benefits system are long overdue. We cannot let those most in need be forgotten in the long-term response to the crisis, argues Tom Pollard
21 April 2020
Unsettling and unjust: mental health inequalities and coronavirus
Andy outlines how the impact of coronavirus, like mental illness, is being driven by inequality
14 April 2020
Was it catastrophising or not after all?
Marsha McAdam on the surreal way the pandemic is validating the previous fears she experienced with Borderline Personality Disorder
8 April 2020
A public health approach to understanding resilience during COVID-19
Sally Amor challenges the idea of resilience as ‘grit and determination’, recommending instead a trauma-informed understanding
1 April 2020
Keeping yourself and others safe: Leadership in the age of COVID-19
Jim McManus shares hard-learned lessons on looking after yourself and others during the pandemic
27 March 2020
Managing your eating through a time of turmoil
Hope shares some practical tips on what can be helpful with managing an eating disorder while isolating at home
25 March 2020
Life in quarantine: notes from a psychiatrist
Nuwan Dissanayaka considers the impact of the pandemic on some of the most vulnerable and isolated in our communities
24 March 2020
Managing an anxiety disorder in the midst of coronavirus
Thea shares her reflections on managing her mental health during the pandemic