Life On Mars This page links to my Substack reviewing the latest research on teenage mental health and psychology. Chewing the emotional cud, problematic internet gaming and nicotine-related arrested developmentLife On Mars #20 Mental fatigue and sporting performance, noticing nature and the impossibility of helpful routinesLife On Mars #19 Skipping breakfast, making music and juvenile justice involvementLife On Mars #18 Unintended consequences, lower body strength and therapy chatbotsLife On Mars #17 I-talk, from maltreatment to risk, and weight-lifting powerLife On Mars #16 Civic engagement, parental micro-stressors and a perfect teenage dayLife On Mars #15 Blue light, social media time, and owls v larksLife On Mars #14 Online illness identities, faulty depression prevention and avoiding avoidanceLife On Mars #13 Ongoing smartphone wars, anxious eyes and slow breathingLife On Mars #12 School phone bans, green and blue spaces, and tolerance of uncertaintyLife On Mars #11 Boosting resilience through exercise, stress and depression in teenage girls, and a sleep intervention that worksLife On Mars #10 Smartphones (and when a phobia is not a phobia), new links between mental health and socioeconomic status, and normalised appearance preoccupationLife On Mars #9 The grandparent effect, more evidence against universal school mental health interventions, and sensitivity to light and noise in anxietyLife On Mars #8 Working memory, personality distractions and the whole-school interventions that work (and those that don’t)Life On Mars #7 The hidden effects of vaping, school belonging and the slow march of the anti-depressantsLife On Mars #6 Diagnostic inflation, increasing cannabis risks, and the promise of salmon and walnutsLife On Mars #5 How to avoid catching depression, the risks of being a sofa enthusiast and yet more rodentsLife On Mars #4 The Goldilocks hypothesis, substance-addicted teenage rats and family closenessLife On Mars #3 Virtual reality exposure therapy, eating disorders and the pull of nature Life On Mars #2 Autonomy, junk food and school commutesLife On Mars #1
