Niall Boyce

Jan 16, 2025 | thelancet.com | Niall Boyce

At first glance, the title of We Live in Time, a charming and moving comedy-drama from director John Crowley, suggests something abstract and ethereal. Yet it is a statement profoundly rooted in the embodied human experience. We live in time in the sense that the pleasures, pains, and restrictions of our lives are defined not only by our physical surroundings, but by the passage of time itself.

Oct 26, 2024 | thelancet.com | Niall Boyce

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Oct 9, 2024 | thelancet.com | Jonathan Pimm |Mark Salter |Udani Samarasekera |Niall Boyce

Self-harm is when someone hurts themselves on purpose, regardless of the reasons for doing this. Often, shame and stigma stop people from seeking help. Self-harming behaviour increases the risk of death by suicide, and it is a common cause of disability in young people. Currently, people attending health services only represent the tip of the iceberg; the proportion of teenagers self-harming has increased over the past 20 years—this is particularly so for young women and girls.

Sep 15, 2024 | psychiatrymargins.com | Awais Aftab |Niall Boyce

The Interdisciplinary Center for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy & Philosophy, Amsterdam University, is holding a virtual workshop on “The Identity Crisis in Psychiatry” on Sep 24-25, 2024. I’m one of the speakers (along with Dan Stein, Jennifer Radden, Damiaan Denys, Rachel Cooper, and Serife Tekin). For details, see the event page.

Aug 28, 2024 | nationalelfservice.net | Niall Boyce

Diagnosis is one of the most important and controversial areas in mental health science and care. It’s become a commonplace to say that psychiatry lacks the biomarkers—blood tests, imaging, and so forth—that are used by other medical specialties. Instead, clinicians have to take a careful history from the patient, and interpret this in the light of their own observations, the individual’s history, and collateral information from friends and family.