Why we still can’t quantify the pandemic’s impact on our mental health
A study claiming the psychological impact of coronavirus was “minimal” has provoked disbelief.
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How Canada got assisted dying wrong
Conservatives are exploiting Canada’s example to oppose euthanasia – but what if there’s a better way of doing things?
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The Weigh Up explores life after anorexia
This BBC Sounds podcast is a first-person account of how recovery from the eating disorder is possible.
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Children’s mental health services are a postcode lottery
Nearly a third of young people are not receiving treatment when referred – the government must take action.
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Stranger Things series four is all about “trauma”. No wonder Gen Z love it
The sci-fi show is increasingly metaphorical, speaking directly to younger viewers well-acquainted with pop psychology.
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Three cheers for Nicola Sturgeon for knowing when to walk away
It takes a lot of courage to go against the momentum of your life and quit a high-pressure job, but…
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The NHS can’t help the mentally ill – can influencers?
Social media personalities are cashing in on the mental health crisis.
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Eating disorders are a greatly misunderstood silent killer
Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, yet prejudice and ignorance persists.
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We’re talking about “burnout” wrong
Through overuse and misuse, the term has lost all meaning.
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Your therapist shouldn’t be on TikTok
On social media, therapists are turning consultation room conversations into memes. It’s a sinister trend.
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What a teachers’ strike doesn’t solve
I didn’t leave my teaching job after two years because of the pay. It was everything else.
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The cost of dying: “pauper’s funerals” have doubled since 2019
Exclusive figures reveal how more people are turning to public health funerals in poor parts of Britain.
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Job centres are the front line for mental health services
We need to prevent people from becoming patients in the first place.
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Are you mentally ill, or very unhappy? Psychiatrists can’t agree
As rates of diagnosis rise, a fierce debate rages in psychiatry. Are we experiencing a parallel pandemic, or having a…
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The great attention deficit: what’s fuelling the rise in adult ADHD?
No longer confined to “problem children”, ADHD diagnoses are booming – yet it’s a condition that remains widely misunderstood.
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Steve Platt’s Notebook: Memories of class war, the broken housing system, and struggles with mental health
Thirty years ago I was thrust into the limelight by John Major’s libel action against me; it was brutal, but…
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I’m a public health doctor – I know austerity is why people are struggling
Jeremy Hunt missed an opportunity to improve the population’s health in his Autumn Statement.
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No, you don’t have ADHD
The condition I struggle with has become a badge of victimhood.
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Michael Marmot: “Stress associated with poverty will damage children”
The health inequalities expert on how rising prices are making us ill.
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Why we should prioritise mental fitness, not just illness
We can't ignore the links between physical and mental well-being.
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