I have struggled with depression and anxiety – it doesn’t have to be the end
Ariane Sherine: A former boyfriend attacked me nine years ago, destroying my mental health – but I am no longer ashamed. I want people to know life can get better
New mothers at risk as NHS ‘fails to provide depression care’
National Childbirth Trust condemns 'absolutely disgraceful' shortfall in help for mothers suffering depression
Mindful eating? How to get more from your meals
Snack too much with the laptop? Don't think about or enjoy food enough? Morwenna Ferrier tries an online course to help every morsel matter
Need more mindful activities? Five things to try
Stress relief to better relationships, diets to outdoor
adventures, here are five ways help mind and body live in the moment
The clowns helping to improve the lives of dementia patients
Why is spending time with people wearing red noses an effective therapy for people with Alzheimer's and related conditions?
How trapeze classes can lift women out of depression
Grace Wong: Aerial classes get people active and give them a symbolic boost too – raising them out of their mental health problems and helping them to change their perspective
How meditation brought me back from burnout
Burned out and suffering from anxiety, Shona Mitchell rejected medication for mindfulness. Here she explains how it changed her life
Can film scripts help people understand anxiety?
Laura Barnett: Anxiety is one of the most common mental health conditions, now with its own arts festival. But can seeing various disorders played out in films such as Solaris and Walz With Bashir further our understanding?
Elizabeth Is Missing review – Emma Healey’s dementia detective story
A novel narrated by an 82-year-old searching the neighbourhood for her elderly friend is both brilliant and unconvincing, writes Andrea Gillies
American jails have become the new mental asylums – and you’re paying the bill
Thomas J Dart: How to fund real treatment, instead of turning would-be patients into expensive inmates
When can you stop worrying about getting postnatal depression?
Luisa Dillner: New research suggests that, although mothers are at risk of postnatal depression in the year after giving birth, depression is most likely to strike when their child is four years old
A third of first-time mothers suffer depressive symptoms, research finds
Australian study also suggests more women are depressed when their child turns four than at any time before that
Living with anxiety is hard, but there are coping mechanisms
Kit Marsters: You told us: Asking for help, keeping busy, and remembering that I'm not going to die are things I do to fend off anxiety attacks
Lucid dreaming can be induced by electric scalp stimulation, study finds
Scientists discover that use of electric currents can influence sleepers' brains, potentially allowing them to control their dreams
Are e-cigarettes good for your mental health?
Jack Dutton: Patients with mental health problems are far more likely than others to become dependent on cigarettes. Can 'vaping' reduce symptoms without the risks?