After two years of therapy I have decided that where I am is good enough
There have been few dramatic revelations; it has all been rather gentle.
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The real problem with how we deal with ADHD
My brain is weird and maddening, but I think I’m finally getting the hang of it. It should be society’s…
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There are concerns around ADHD overdiagnosis. But what about misdiagnosis?
A BBC Panorama documentary raises urgent questions, such as how many people are being told they have ADHD when they…
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Sick Britain: where have all the workers gone?
An unwell, understaffed country has emerged from the era of Covid-19.
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How Big Tech made us screen addicts
Gaia Bernstein’s Unwired argues that smart devices are engineered to keep our children hooked. Can we hold the industry to…
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The Windsors is the most painfully accurate depiction of the royals on TV
Forget The Crown – the uncanny veracity of this wild satire rings out like the dinner gong at Balmoral.
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Joanna Moncrieff: “I’m not convinced antidepressants have any use”
The controversial psychiatrist on taking on the pharmaceutical firms, and how Covid made it “OK to cancel scientists”.
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The BBC podcast series A Very British Cult is dark and gripping
This deep dive into a supposed life-coaching organisation is an explosive listen. I won’t spoil the ending.
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Rachel de Souza: “Big Tech knows it harms children – it should get serious”
The children’s commissioner on social media, porn and the mental health crisis in schools.
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The dark world of anorexia
Hadley Freeman’s Good Girls is ruthless and revealing on her illness but too soft on our culture’s damaging obsession with…
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Social media is taking a dangerous toll on teenage girls
The evidence is now clear: smartphones are the major cause of the mental illness epidemic among young women.
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A childlike wonder at the world’s everyday beauty is best left to grown-ups
I feel the more experience we have of the world – not less – the more deeply we feel what…
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Eastern Ukraine’s surging healthcare crisis
Doctors and NGOs near the war’s front lines report that a physical and mental health disaster is looming.
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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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