The NHS can’t help the mentally ill – can influencers?
Social media personalities are cashing in on the mental health crisis.
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Eating disorders are a greatly misunderstood silent killer
Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, yet prejudice and ignorance persists.
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We’re talking about “burnout” wrong
Through overuse and misuse, the term has lost all meaning.
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Your therapist shouldn’t be on TikTok
On social media, therapists are turning consultation room conversations into memes. It’s a sinister trend.
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What a teachers’ strike doesn’t solve
I didn’t leave my teaching job after two years because of the pay. It was everything else.
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The cost of dying: “pauper’s funerals” have doubled since 2019
Exclusive figures reveal how more people are turning to public health funerals in poor parts of Britain.
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Job centres are the front line for mental health services
We need to prevent people from becoming patients in the first place.
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Are you mentally ill, or very unhappy? Psychiatrists can’t agree
As rates of diagnosis rise, a fierce debate rages in psychiatry. Are we experiencing a parallel pandemic, or having a…
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The great attention deficit: what’s fuelling the rise in adult ADHD?
No longer confined to “problem children”, ADHD diagnoses are booming – yet it’s a condition that remains widely misunderstood.
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Steve Platt’s Notebook: Memories of class war, the broken housing system, and struggles with mental health
Thirty years ago I was thrust into the limelight by John Major’s libel action against me; it was brutal, but…
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I’m a public health doctor – I know austerity is why people are struggling
Jeremy Hunt missed an opportunity to improve the population’s health in his Autumn Statement.
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No, you don’t have ADHD
The condition I struggle with has become a badge of victimhood.
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Michael Marmot: “Stress associated with poverty will damage children”
The health inequalities expert on how rising prices are making us ill.
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Why we should prioritise mental fitness, not just illness
We can’t ignore the links between physical and mental well-being.
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“It doesn’t go far enough”: experts react to the proposed Mental Health Bill
Witnesses told MPs that more needs to be done to support those detained under the Mental Health Act.
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How poetry can help fix our loneliness crisis
Poetry lets us connect with other people – we’re not alone in our despair or delight.
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Whitehall plans suicide prevention training for civil servants as recession looms
Economic downturns often coincide with suicide rate increases, so the government is discussing how its front-line staff can help the…
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The problem with the “quiet quitting” media storm
The concept has gone viral on social media – but that could also undermine its power.
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From Diana to Meghan – why do the British problematise displays of emotion?
It’s not victimhood to express feelings – it’s good for your mental health.
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“This is just not safe for anyone”: the NHS doctors at breaking point
Medics explain how relentless scrutiny and gruelling hours are driving them to leave the profession.
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