When Psychiatry Meets Mythology
Loshini Rajentharan explains why mythological vignettes help her reflect on her work with psychiatric patients.
The ‘Gotcha’: AI and the Reception of Laundry Lists
What role do intention, generation, and reception play in creativity? When does an artefact become art? James de Lullington responds to the Interdisciplinary AI workshop held at the Institute of Medical Humanities in June 2026.
Sex, Relationships and Social Care for Autistic People and People with Learning Disabilities
Georgia Rivers and Monique Huysamen discuss how social care policy can better understand the way in which autistic adults and people with learning disabilities express their desires.
Apparently Recovered: An Interview with Monika Pietrzak-Franger on her New Visual Study of Long Covid
Genevieve Smart interviews Professor Monika Pietrzak-Franger on Apparently Recovered: A Study of Long Covid. The interview focuses on health invisibility, stigma, and the right to hope.
Is AI encircling psychiatry research?
Pavo Orepic, Emma Cooper-Palmer, and Inés Abalo-Rodrígue report from the 2026 Schizophrenia International Research Society Congress
Why Must Chinese Women Eat Well, but Stay Thin? Food, beauty and eating disorders in contemporary China
Hua Ma explores how Chinese food culture and beauty culture shape women’s lived experiences of eating disorders.
Ecological Survival in Brian Vaughn and Pia Guerra’s Y
Pramod K Nayar explores how ecological disaster and multispecies survival is represented in Brian Vaugh-Pia Guerra's graphic novel Y
Of or About: Classifying Memoirs Concerning Schizophrenia
Arunima A. Vasudevan examines the need for an academic distinction between ‘memoirs of’ and ‘memoirs about’ schizophrenia to better account for complexity of expression within the experience.
Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care
Genevieve Smart, Nora Heidorn, Maria Morata Marco, Katharina Wiedlack, and Sofie Leyton reflect on the ‘Experimental Pedagogies for Health and Care’ workshop, exploring new directions for teaching and knowledge sharing in the Medical Humanities.