Research Articles

Caitlin Begley

How Music can Relieve Anxiety in Children and Young People

Using music is an increasingly popular form of therapy for children with anxiety, depression, ADHD and autism. The most common form of...

Caitlin Begley

Under-resourced, over-stretched: why we need to re-evaluate our children’s mental health services.

"Under-resourced, over-stretched." This is how a paediatric doctor has described the state of Britain's children's mental health services...

Vidhya SK

Breathing your anxiety away: How and why it works

The rise of anxiety in young people Anxiety refers to feelings of uneasiness and worry, which can range from mild to extreme. Many people...

Alejandra Arellano

Breathing and anxiety

Breathing is one of the most crucial physiological functions of our bodies. It is automatic and controlled by the respiratory centre of...

Farah Hassan

Stress & Burnout amongst Students

Part 1. Recognising the Problem: Stress or Burnout? The body's reaction to feeling threatened or under pressure is known as stress [1]....

Ryan McIlhennon

Toxic Masculinity and Adolescent Mental Health

Toxic masculinity and its harmful effects on mental health have been the subject of much research and discussion. Michael Flood defines...

Caitlin Begley

Reading: a lifeline for children's mental health

With mental health services being stretched to their limit in the last few years, and with more children reporting mental health...

Vidhya SK

Adolescence: a sensitivity to the social

What does the word teenager bring to mind? Since the dawn of time, adolescents have always upheld a negative impression of being moody...

Ryan McIlhennon

Empathy, inclusivity, and virtual reality.

Once a fantasy of the 1935 science fiction story Pygmalion's Spectacles, written by Stanley G. Weinbaum, virtual reality is quickly...