When I was lost and angry, I felt at peace in my local Turkish baths. How sad that yet another is closing
In my 20s I was at a low ebb – I had lost my hair and was suffering from an eating disorder. But a few hours in this calm space did something quite profound for me, writes Guardian columnist Emma Beddington
‘I was in a horror film, unsafe. And the person I was in danger from was me’: the truth about severe postpartum anxiety
Days after my baby was born, I was overwhelmed by raw terror. Soon, my son and I were living in a specialist unit. This is what I learned
Strangers to Ourselves by Rachel Aviv review – rewriting the language of mental illness
The New Yorker writer tries to redefine attitudes through a quintet of studies of troubled people from around the world
‘I didn’t see how I could ever get back to a normal life’: how burnout broke Britain – and how it can recover
First smartphones made work inescapable. Then came the pandemic and the cost of living crisis. We are more overstretched and stressed than ever before – but there’s a way out
Parents urge UK universities to reveal student suicide rates
Inquest to be held into death of Harry Armstrong Evans, who was at University of Exeter
‘It feels like fresh air to my ears’: can brown noise really help you concentrate?
Some people use it to improve their focus while others use it to drop off to sleep. The writer Zadie Smith says she listens to it day and night. But what is brown noise? And does it work?
Who’s paying for Britain’s disastrous mini-budget? We are, with our health
From stress about homelessness to illnesses caused by food poverty and cold homes, this financial chaos will take a heavy toll, says public health professor Devi Sridhar
Rage rooms and primal screams: how stressed-out workers are letting off steam
London’s ‘Screamatorium’ is one way to self-soothe as office tension (and therapy costs) mount
Little evidence screaming helps mental health, say psychologists
Experts question long-term benefits of therapy for mental and psychological disorders
Oh wow! How getting more awe can improve your life – and even make you a nicer person
Whether it’s the immensity of the Grand Canyon or the beauty of an intricate spider’s web, feeling awestruck is good for you. Here are 10 ways to get awed
Bad dreams in middle age could be sign of dementia risk, study suggests
Research finds people who had them at least once a week were four times more likely to experience cognitive decline
‘We need to find our kin, people who speak the same language’: the power of shared grief, from Covid to the Queen
Why are so many of us mourning a queen we never met? Is it about Elizabeth II the person, or what she represented for Britain and the world – or us, and our apparently unrelated sorrows? We talk to psychotherapists, anthropologists – and the bereaved
The big idea: should we drop the distinction between mental and physical health?
The current false dichotomy holds back research and stigmatises patients
‘I’m not a shaman – I just want to help people’: shoe designer Patrick Cox on his psychedelic toad awakening
The celebrity shoemaker was a fixture of the 90s London scene, then after the breakdown of his business – and his mental health – he found salvation from a very unlikely source ...