How Social Interactions Fuel Your Brain
By Francesa Murenu Over the past year, our ways of relating to others have been fundamentally challenged. Social distancing and the forced isolation of repeated lockdowns have been accompanied by feelings of fear, mistrust, and anxiety for many. The pandemic has reminded us how much we need to live as a community, to be “social animals”. From […]
A Pandemic Within A Pandemic: The Impact Of Lockdown On Violence Against Women And Girls
By Gülden Boyner Ulusoy and Annemarie Schumacher Dimech “Peace is not the just the absence of war. Many women under lockdown for Covid-19 face violence where they should be safest: in their homes. Today, I appeal for peace in homes around the world. I urge all governments to put women’s safety first as they respond […]
Time To Think Of Sex And Gender Differences In Mental Health Services For Psychosis
By Maria Ferrara, MD If you ask ordinary physicians whether they provide care differently to women and men affected by psychosis they will likely be horrified at the thought of discriminating based on sex; all individuals have the same rights when it comes to mental health care, they will reassure patients and family members. […]
The magic of regular exercise: Boosting brain health
By Tina Stibbe Every one of us is well aware of the fact that regular physical activity is good for our health in general. First and foremost, it helps maintain a healthy weight and improves cardiovascular function by training the heart. Other benefits include better sleep, increased fitness and flexibility as well as a stronger […]
Food for thought: Brain health starts on your plate
Guest post by Tina Stibbe, freelance writer Brain health could be described as the absence of any disorders affecting its faculty to fulfil its tasks. As we age, our brain capacity reduces due to the loss of neurological integrity, leading to cognitive decline and, in some cases, to diseases such as Alzheimer’s. There are means […]
World Mental Health Day: Let’s Invest In Our Brains!
By Shahnaz Radjy, Executive Committee member, Women’s Brain Project The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared October 10 as World Mental Health Day. But what does that mean? Why should we care? The easy answer is that we should all care because we all have a brain. It’s that simple. This year, with the […]
An Insight Into Eating Disorders: Impact, Gender Differences And Why They Are Real Disorders
Guest post by Alice Savoia – August 2020 Try to imagine a situation when you felt embarrassed by the way you look, disgusted by the image you saw in the mirror, and eager to disappear. A moment when people around you didn’t understand how you were feeling, or, perhaps worse, they didn’t recognize your discomfort […]
Celebrating Family
By Ruth L. Formosa Ventura, Systemic Psychotherapist and Couple & Family Therapist The family, in all its variant shapes, represents the microcosm of society. It is the human system in and through which most of us grow physically, mentally, psychologically, morally, spiritually, intellectually, and socially. It also shapes our beliefs of who we are as […]
Communications In Time Of Crisis: An Interview With Sara Rubinelli, Health Communication Expert
By Annemarie Schumacher Dimech, President and Co-Founder of the Women’s Brain Project Further to the outbreak of the #COVID19 pandemic, Sara Rubinelli started issuing recommendations for the general public on her social media channels. She is a Professor of Health Communication at the University of Lucerne, and President of the International Association for Communication in […]
Post-Partum Mental Health
By Ruth L. Formosa Ventura, Systemic Psychotherapist and Couple & Familly Therapist, member of the WBP Executive Committee Fact: Did you know that 1 in 10 women suffer with postnatal depression? Prevalence varies from 4.5 % to 28 % in onset, duration, and severity of symptoms mainly because of the range of measurement scales used, […]
