A simple guide to recognising, naming, and understanding your feelings. A free guide by Steve Ellen, with a four-step emotion check, everyday practices and a quick decoder to help you recognise what you’re feeling and choose a small next step. Download the free PDF 31 pages · PDF · 538 KB You can also try the Emotions Decoder quiz. Published...

Mental - First Published 2019. Updated Edition published 2021. Psychiatrist Dr Steve Ellen and comedian Catherine Deveny combine forces to demystify the world of mental health. Providing an insider perspective, they share their personal experiences of mental illness and unpack the current knowledge about conditions and treatments. What do we know? What don’t we know? How do we get help?...

I wrote this short novel as a 12th birthday present for my partner's daughter, Severine, in July 2024. It's an adventure set in Bali, about a young girl who leads her family and villagers to fight off monkey men invaders. Feel free to download and share with any young people. Note - written with the help of the AI program Sudowrite...

This is the United Kingdon version of Mental, specific to the NHS and edited by a UK psychiatrist. Psychiatrist Dr Steve Ellen and comedian Catherine Deveny combine forces to demystify the world of mental health. Providing an insider perspective, they share their personal experiences of mental illness and unpack the current knowledge about conditions and treatments. What do we know?...

This is the Chinese version of Mental, translated to Mandarin, specific to the Chinese health system, and edited by Chinese psychiatrists. Psychiatrist Dr Steve Ellen and comedian Catherine Deveny combine forces to demystify the world of mental health. Providing an insider perspective, they share their personal experiences of mental illness and unpack the current knowledge about conditions and treatments. What...

Psych-Lite is the shortest psych textbook you'll ever read. Rob and I co-wrote Psych-Lite after realising that students in the various health courses finished their six to eight-week psychiatry rotations before they understood the basics of the various disorders and treatments and missed the opportunity to understand what was happening to the patients they met. We decided they needed a...