Talks/Video

Writing

  • Why we should take teenage love more seriously (Guardian)

  • I’m an expert on adolescence: here’s why a smartphone ban isn’t the answer, and what we should do instead (Guardian)

  • What condom negotiation can teach us about adolescence itself (The Psychologist)

  • The adolescent mental health mess (Medium)

  • I’m a psychologist with a history of anxiety. Treating it as a permanent problem might make young people feel worse (Guardian)

  • What if we’re talking about teens’ mental health too much? (STAT News)

  • Do mental health awareness events reduce mental health problems? We don’t know but we must find out (UCL)

  • Mental health awareness—time to refocus (The Psychologist)

  • UK schools are teaching teenagers about mental health in the wrong way (New Scientist)

  • What we’re getting wrong in the conversation about mental health (Guardian)

  • Covid’s ‘lost generation’ may be more resilient than we think (Guardian)

  • Why it’s so important we believe people about their mental health (New Scientist)

  • The big idea: Is it your personality, or a disorder? (Guardian)

  • How bad is social media really for our mental health? (Penguin Features)

Interviews

  • Should we take teens more seriously? (BBC Radio 4 All in the Mind)

  • The psychologist who says no, our teens aren’t all harmed by social media (The Times)

  • Are we talking too much about mental health? (New York Times)

  • Not everyone needs to go to therapy (The Atlantic)

  • Has mental health awareness gone awry? An interview with Lucy Foulkes (Profectus)

  • Dr Lucy Foulkes and the truth about mental illness (MQ Open Mind)

  • Can mental health awareness have unintended consequences? (BBC All In The Mind)

  • What’s going on with UK teenagers’ mental health? (Guardian Science)

  • Defining mental illness (BBC Radio 4’s Start the Week)

  • Does how we talk about mental health change the way we experience it? (VICE)

  • ‘That’s not about money, that's about basic respect and compassion’ (The Psychologist)

  • The best books on anxiety (Five Books)

  • Dr Lucy Foulkes on how mental health is misunderstood (UCL)

  • Mental health and the pandemic: If you feel sad, it’s probably not depression (The Times)

  • Let’s talk about our feelings, not label normal emotions (Irish Examiner)