Category: Blogs
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The Cost of Inaction
Why Investing In Refugee Mental Health Makes Economic and Moral Sense. Originally published in The Doc Suit Debrief. Imagine one day losing your home, leaving behind everything you know, and having no sense of safety. Then, you are expected to rebuild your life with the traumas you are carrying in an unknown, often hostile, environment.…
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Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress 2025
Conference Reflections In June 2025, thousands of psychiatrists, researchers, and clinicians met in Wales for the Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress 2025. This is one of the UK’s leading conferences in mental health, exploring emerging challenges, scientific advances, and human experiences at the heart of psychiatry. I was particularly drawn to sessions on insomnia,…
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European Psychiatric Association: 33rd European Congress of Psychiatry 2025
Conference reflections The 33rd European Congress of Psychiatry, hosted by the European Psychiatric Association (EPA), took place from April 5-8, 2025, in Madrid, Spain. I am grateful to the Royal College of Psychiatrists for the funding to attend this conference as part of my Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry award. Under the theme “Towards Real-World Solutions…
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Why Vaisakhi is a special day for humanity – and how it marked a turning point for the British empire
What makes Vaisakhi so special? Vaisakhi falls on April 13th (the first day of the Punjabi month of Vaisakh), and is an important day for Sikhs marking the birth of the Khalsa, a community of Sikhs, committed to justice, equality, and service. In 1699, Guru Gobind Singh Ji asked for five volunteers who were willing…
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The Asylum System and Refugee Mental Health: Talk at LSHTM, March 2025
I was recently invited to talk at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine about refugee mental health at a seminar. This was a great chance to bring together my professional and personal interests in migration, as two generations of my family have been through migration. I spoke about the asylum system and mental…
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Fifth WHO Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health
The World Health Organisation held the fifth Global School on Refugee and Migrant Health in 2024. The theme of the year was “Advancing Universal Health Coverage for Refugees and Migrants: From Evidence to Action.” It was hosted in Bogotá, Colombia, bringing together leading experts from around the world in both humanitarian medicine and refugee and…
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RCPsych: Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry Conference 2024
Conference reflections I had the pleasure of attending the faculty of Rehabilitation and Social Psychiatry’s conference at the Royal College of Psychiatrists recently, after being selected for the faculty’s Psych Star fellowship for this upcoming academic year. It feels like a perfect amalgamation of the different disciplines I enjoy, bringing together my social sciences background…
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On transitions
Recently, I had to walk past my former office in this beautiful part of London. The walk made me reflect on the process of going through a transition. It was a really hard decision when I left the firm to change my career, because I liked my work and the culture there. I was filled…
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How our career changes are really career additions
My thoughts on reframing the term “career change” to “career addition”, to harness the unique combination of skills and experiences, to find a unique superpower
Preeti Kaur 