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Food calorie labels on menus in cafes and restaurants can be helpful for people with binge eating disorders, even aiding their recovery, finds new research from UCL and King’s College London.

Evidence-based parenting programmes delivered through community organisations can support family wellbeing and should be considered as part of wider strategies to reduce health inequalities, a landmark UCL study has found.

Dr Lucy Core (UCL Dementia Research Centre) describes in The Conversation how some patients with dementia can develop new and unexpected interests, suggesting that not all dementia symptoms are related to memory loss.

Pressure to achieve at school at age 15 is linked to depressive symptoms and risk of self-harm, and the association appears to persist into adulthood, finds a study led by UCL researchers.

A group-based support programme for foster carers significantly improves carer wellbeing, reduces burnout and stress, and strengthens relationships with children in care, while also offering good value for money, finds a new study led by a UCL researcher.

In an article for the Institute of Alcohol Studies, Dr Sharon Cox (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) reports on new analysis finding that one in eight people who drink at increasing or higher-risk levels felt guilt or remorse after drinking in the past six months.

5 February marks a day when you and I can help facilitate the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. While the world is getting better at talking about mental health, it can still be difficult to have simple conversations.

Dr Darío Moreno Agostino (UCL Institute of Education) outlines his research on the mental health of baby boomers and generation X, revealing persistent gender and socioeconomic inequalities and rising distress during the pandemic, in an article for The Conversation.

People who have ADHD traits at age 10 are more likely than those without such traits to have physical health problems and to report physical health-related disability at age 46, according to a study led by UCL and University of Liverpool researchers.

Professor Daisy Fancourt (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) discusses the physiological and psychological benefits of incorporating art into our everyday lives. Writing for The Guardian, she explains the science behind it.

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Daisy Fancourt (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care) debunks the 'mad artistic genius' theory and explores the complexities behind the stereotype.

Writing for The Conversation, Professor Eamon McCrory (UCL Psychology and Languages) PhD candidate Ritika Chokhani (UCL Division of Psychiatry) explain how "social thinning" has reduced social options for many young people.

Six particular depressive symptoms when experienced in midlife predict dementia risk more than two decades later, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Writing for The Telegraph, Professor Noreena Hertz (UCL Policy Lab) explores how some young people are using AI for purposes beyond academics and increasingly as a tool for emotional, psychological and etiquette support.

Digital concerns around privacy, online misinformation, and work-life boundaries are highest among highly educated, Western European millennials, finds a new study from researchers at UCL and the University of British Columbia.