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We check our smartphone screen every six minutes, 10 times an hour, but what is it that motivates us to do it so often? Could it be that every time w…

Receiving an organ transplant is traditionally perceived as a purely physiological process. However, it is important to consider the emotional impact…

Loneliness has been always been part of the human experience and there will be times in all of our lives, when we will all feel alone in some way. Ho…

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Sometimes our daily routine is punctuated by moments where life appears to imitate art. Perhaps the most common example of this is when one party say…

As the new year has arrived the hype quickens around us all; the implicit and explicit expectations have many people feeling like they ‘should’ be do…

You may have heard of phrases such as the ‘back to work blues’, the ‘January blues’, or ‘blue Monday’. These phrases have sprung up to describe a low…

Do you find yourself wondering what the new year can bring? Do you find yourself having hope, full of excitement, having dreams and a great desire of…

Several years ago I sat in a lecture hall expecting to hear an academic lecture on depression. Instead I listened to two very attractive people descr…

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