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Daniel Freeman: “Psychosis is seen as scary. It’s the last taboo”
“Professor Paranoia” on what works in psychiatry, and why he’s asking patients to put on virtual reality headsets.
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Children’s mental health is yet another brutally polarised debate
For the sake of those who are genuinely struggling, difficult questions and nuanced arguments must receive a fair hearing.
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Dropping the Mental Health Bill is yet another broken Tory promise
A joint committee worked tirelessly on recommendations for reform. Labour must pick up its work where the government failed.
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Government has “worrying degree of complacency” towards rural mental health, MPs say
The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has expressed concern over failure to address high suicide rates in countryside communities.
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Does AI know you better than you know yourself?
As stretched mental health services turn to tech solutions, Silicon Valley is cashing in – with sometimes alarming consequences.
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Matthew Perry was brave to speak about addiction without full recovery
We love a reformed addict story, but admitting to the existence of failure can be a freeing gift to someone…
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Mikhaila Peterson’s life at the molten core of the culture wars
At the key moments in the drama of Jordan Peterson, his daughter is usually there.
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The case for a minister for men
From educational failure to high suicide rates, the government needs to address male problems.
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Corinne Bailey Rae’s radical return
The industry feared her new album, Black Rainbows, would alienate white audiences. She made it anyway.
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Parliament is back: what’s on the agenda?
As MPs return from summer, here’s what to expect in legislation on the economy, sustainability and healthcare.
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The cruelty of cricket
Nick Compton had talent and a famous name, but the unforgiving sport both hid and exacerbated his insecurities.
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Inside the soul of Tyson Fury
He’s too strange, too powerful, too honest and complicated to contain in a bite-size media persona.
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A hypochondriac learns to live with her body
Could being gently beaten with birch leaves allow me to sit with my bones, and stop looking up symptoms on…
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David Nutt: “It’s the biggest breakthrough in mental health for 50 years”
The psychiatrist David Nutt on psychedelic drugs as a treatment for depression.
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How Dele Alli exposed the trauma that accompanies success in elite sport
We are increasingly discovering the mental cost of the pressure the sports industry places on its stars.
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Insomnia has trapped me inside my own head
Who would I be if I could sleep? Would I appreciate the joy of being with people if I didn’t…
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Two thirds of young people say work damages their mental health
Polling shared exclusively with Spotlight finds that most workers think their job does them harm.
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“Take back control” has become “we can’t control”
The implication of Labour’s focus on “resilience” is that modern subjects are weak, inflexible and unable to cope.
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Clancy Martin: “The best medicine for suicide is to talk about it ”
The Canadian novelist reflects on his life-saving philosophy.
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