Four empty grey-green waiting-room chairs against a bare wall under a clock, warm daylight across a tiled floor, illustrating mental health access latency.

Christopher Bray - 23 July 2026 - 4:19 pm

The Crisis Has to Survive the Wait: Mental Health Access Latency and Time-to-Contact

Key Takeaways: July is Minority Mental Health Month, and the most useful instrument to bring to it is not a diagnostic manual but a clock.[…]

Overhead view of a colorful bowl with salmon, berries, leafy greens, walnuts, quinoa, avocado, cucumber, broccoli, and seeds on a linen napkin.

Christopher Bray - 3 May 2026 - 9:09 pm

The Inflammatory Subtype of Depression: When Cytokines Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and a quietly transformative finding from the last fifteen years of psychiatric research is that depression is not a[…]

Close-up view of two individuals with their hands gently clasped together resting on a blanket.

Christopher Bray - 14 February 2026 - 4:09 pm

The Biology of Connection: Why Love is Good for Your Heart

On Valentine’s Day, we often focus on the romantic symbolism of the heart, but science suggests that our emotional connections have a profound, tangible impact[…]

Posts about Mental Health

The Crisis Has to Survive the Wait: Mental Health Access Latency and Time-to-Contact

The Inflammatory Subtype of Depression: When Cytokines Cross the Blood-Brain Barrier

The Biology of Connection: Why Love is Good for Your Heart