CBD: a marijuana miracle or just another health fad?

The cannabis-derived compound is popping up in everything from mineral water to bath bombs. We ask experts and users if it actually works

‘It makes me enjoy playing with the kids’: is microdosing mushrooms going mainstream?

Before the school run, or commuting to work, increasing numbers are taking tiny doses of psychedelic drugs in the UK. Why?

Coroner calls on universities to destigmatise mental health issues

Maria Voisin was speaking after inquest into death of Bristol university student Ben Murray

Are cleaning gurus sweeping an epidemic under the carpet?

Repetitive tasks can help with anxiety, but can we trust them to safeguard women’s mental health? By Eva Wiseman

The ‘breast is best’ lobby has left women feeling judged and unworthy

The National Childbirth Trust’s stance on birth and breastfeeding has been rigid and divisive, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

National Childbirth Trust president quits in breastfeeding row

Charity must remain a campaigning voice for women, says ex-head Seána Talbot

Is a daily routine all it’s cracked up to be?

To be productive, creative and sane, we’re told, you need a regimen. But do they work?

Can going to therapy become as straightforward as going to the gym?

At Self Space, Jodie Cariss offers flexibility, online bookings and the chance to change therapist mid-treatment. But does it work? Stuart Jeffries tries it out

Aphantasia: why a Disney animator draws a blank on his own creations

Glen Keane, who illustrated The Little Mermaid, is among the 2% of the population with a little-known condition leaving them without mental imagery

‘It can be a wonderful freeing moment’: opening up about mental health at work

Mental illness is still taboo in many workplaces. But life can be transformed when you are able to talk to colleagues

When I could barely look in the mirror, hot yoga untangled my darkest thoughts

It is controversial, repetitive and very sweaty, but a daily Bikram class repaired my body and soul, restoring my confidence

Extreme loneliness or the perfect balance? How to work from home and stay healthy

More and more people are working where they live, attracted by the promise of flexibility, efficiency and no commute. But does this come at a cost to their wellbeing?

Charlotte Church: ‘Spring is here – and every morning I go forest bathing’

Shinrin-yoku, an immersion in nature, is regularly ridiculed. But until you’ve tried it, you cannot know just how powerfully restorative time in the woods can be

Social media addiction is not natural or normal – but is it really a disease?

We should be focusing on living with Facebook et al, rather then abandoning, restricting or censoring it, says technology writer Roisin Kiberd

Good Reasons for Bad Feelings review – a new approach to mental disorder

Randolph Nesse’s insightful book suggests that conditions such as anxiety and depression have a clear evolutionary purpose