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Psyche is a digital magazine from Aeon Media that illuminates the human condition through psychology, philosophy and the arts.

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is a senior research scientist at Akrivia Health in Oxford, a company dedicated to collating and curating data from NHS secondary mental health services. She previously worked as an academic ...

is a writer based in south London, UK. His work has appeared in Ransom Note and Interalia Magazine.