We need to talk about male suicide – and not just when celebrities suffer
Our society fears seeing men as vulnerable or weak, writes OCD Action chair Richard Taylor
Why we fell for clean eating
The long read: The oh-so-Instagrammable food movement has been thoroughly debunked – but it shows no signs of going away. The real question is why we were so desperate to believe it
People can live with mental illness. I am living proof of this
Art allowed me to express myself in a way I had never done before. I’ve come so far since my desperate suicide attempt
I was neither female nor starving myself. So how was I anorexic?
Being a male patient on an eating disorders ward was isolating at times, but it was a life-changing experience, writes student Toby Symonds
Arts can help recovery from illness and keep people well, report says
All-party inquiry demonstrates benefits to health and wellbeing of the arts, leading to fall in hospital admissions
Dementia and Alzheimer’s main cause of death for women, says Public Health England
Female life expectancy is now 83 years but many women will spend a quarter of their lives in ill-health, finds report
To the Bone confirms there are (almost) no good movies about anorexia
The Netflix drama, which stars Lily Collins, leans on some outdated tropes. But only a handful of novels and films have evoked the reality of the illness, or explained why so many women turn their unhappiness on themselves
From Viagra to Valium, the drugs that were discovered by accident
From Alexander Fleming onwards, the lives of millions have been transformed and saved by treatments that scientists were not even looking for
How to support a depressed partner while maintaining your own mental health
Looking after someone with chronic depression can be hard, as Poorna Bell discovered when her husband became ill. The first rule, she says, is to look after yourself
Crisps, keyboards, pens – how do you treat an unusual phobia?
When you are plagued by unusual fears, people’s reactions can be the hardest thing to bear. One writer with a phobia of jewellery explores what can be done
Can you write your way to happiness?
A growing number of diarists are using expressive writing or ‘bullet journalling’ to improve their health and productivity. But does keeping a daily log actually work?
Am I normal? You asked Google. Here’s the answer
Every day millions of internet users ask Google life’s most difficult questions, big and small. Our writers answer some of the commonest queries
Teenagers’ sleep quality and mental health at risk over late-night mobile phone use
Researchers advise ‘physical boundaries’ over devices in bedrooms after study finds poor sleep associated with phone use linked to depressed moods
In Pursuit of Memory: The Fight Against Alzheimer’s – review
Joseph Jebelli’s personal study of a disease that has reached epidemic proportions offers the latest research – but not much hope
Back, Sack & Crack (& Brain): a graphic memoir with balls
From his back to his stomach to his testicles, Robert Wells had been in pain for decades – but no one in the NHS believed him. So he turned it all into a hilarious graphic novel