Combatting post-uni panic
It’s that time of year again; deadlines aplenty thrust at students with seemingly reckless abandon, grad job application deadlines rearing their ugly heads, and graduation looming just around the corner…
Loneliness in lockdown
The student population is suffering… Over three weeks into the third national lockdown, many students are struggling with the presence of loneliness as they try to continue with their lives…
University of Edinburgh called upon to stop ‘behavioural despair tests’ on mice
CW: depression, suicide The Ferret (an investigative journalism outfit) has reported that animal rights groups, including Peta, have urged Edinburgh University to stop using the ‘behavioural despair test’. Behavioural despair…
The Covid-19 pandemic is desperately worsening our mental health crises
CW: suicide There is no doubt that the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated into a mental health pandemic. With the pervasiveness and uncertainty of coronavirus comes psychological and physical effects, fuelling…
Thrust into the absurd, why must we keep carrying on?
So how was everyone’s summer? Did everyone have a fun time accomplishing lots and feeling comfortable about the state of the world? The last time I wrote an editorial to…
Mental health support in schools: is it enough?
We are used to reading headlines warning us that the mental health of children and young people is ‘at crisis point’. Rates of anxiety, depression and self-harm are soaring, leaving…
Bojack Horseman: Is this the end of an era?
The summer after my junior year of high school, I was in between TV shows and in search of a mindless comedy to pass the time while I searched for…
Seasonal Affective Disorder: how to beat those winter blues
As the days get shorter and the dark nights draw in particularly early over Edinburgh, many of us eagerly look forward to the upcoming festivities that winter promises, however for…
