Maxim Team
Personal Story: Are my parents perfect?
Dear reader, It is very challenging to put into words how I periodically feel. It is almost like I am deliberately attracting problems...
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Evidence-Based Health Research
Caitlin Begley
Apr 16, 20235 min
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...
Maxim Team
Apr 13, 20231 min
Personal Story: Self-identity and mental health
Dear reader, Coming to terms with the fact that something is not quite what it should be is difficult enough, so it makes sense that...
Ryan McIlhennon
Nov 28, 20224 min
Me, myself, and I: Cultivating a healthy sense of self-esteem.
What is self-esteem? Our sense of self-esteem is basically how we perceive and value ourselves. A healthy sense of self-esteem is...
Ryan McIlhennon
Nov 20, 20223 min
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
Nov 17, 20222 min
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...
Ryan McIlhennon
Nov 12, 20222 min
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...
Caitlin Begley
Nov 9, 20223 min
Tackling SAD this winter
Noticing your child's mood changing with the weather? As the winter months arrive, the nights are getting longer and the days are getting...
Salomé Ramos
Sep 24, 20222 min
Pet benefits in mental health among children
Humans are known to be social species, but also, they look for intimacy, affection, physical comforting and empathic listening. For...
Lisa F.
Aug 1, 20222 min
Children, technology & mental health
What's the problem? I was judging the parent who gave their children a phone to watch youtube or play games. But then there was a day I...
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