Thought Formation

What does DSM stand for?

Plus: experiencing AVATAR therapy, a new trial of the keto diet, and risk factors for postpartum depression

Feb 6 • Niall Boyce

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January 2026

RCTs are not the world

Plus: menopause and mental health; how AI changes psychiatrists' practice; and the troubling case of Ezra Pound

Jan 30 • Niall Boyce

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Wealth and mental health

Plus: Yoga versus opioids; will AI deskill doctors?; and the forgotten phobia

Jan 16 • Niall Boyce

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1 million people, 14 disorders, 5 clusters

Plus: mourning and neurodivergence; intimate partner violence and mental health; and why psychiatrists need better obituaries

Jan 9 • Niall Boyce

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December 2025

Can anti-inflammatories really treat depression?

Plus: from "dementia praecox" to "delirium praecox"; why mental health needs to prioritise smoking cessation; and a Christmas wish from the Head of…

Dec 19, 2025 • Niall Boyce

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Back to reality

The truth about cyberbullying. Plus: nitrous oxide for depression; creative arts for PTSD; and a major gap in suicide prevention research

Dec 12, 2025 • Niall Boyce

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October 2025

New, old medication for schizophrenia

Plus: ketamine versus ECT; ChatGPT and mental health; and a Lacanian ending

Oct 31, 2025 • Niall Boyce

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The side-effects of antidepressants

Plus: A step backwards in public attitudes to mental health; lead exposure, anxiety, and depression; and the problem with being an expert by experience

Oct 24, 2025 • Niall Boyce

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Just my (bio)type

Towards precision treatment for depression. Plus: hearing voices in Thailand, mental health in Europe, and unusually-positioned mitochondria in skin…

Oct 17, 2025 • Niall Boyce

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Mental health and lung disease

Plus: taking aim at "pseudoscience"; acetaminophen and autism; and a case report of neutropenia with xanomeline/trospium

Oct 3, 2025 • Niall Boyce

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September 2025

For richer, for poorer mental health?

Plus: how views on mental health care resist political polarisation; alcohol consumption and death by suicide; and the need for gender-inclusive ADHD…

Sep 26, 2025 • Niall Boyce

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What don't we know about postpartum anxiety?

Plus: "Is it me or my illness?"; cash transfers as an unexpected tool for suicide prevention; and Freud's forgotten collaborator

Sep 12, 2025 • Niall Boyce

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